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Marat Safin #20 def. Galo Blanco #77

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 6, 2000*
Tournament	Mallorca
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Galo Blanco
Duration	1h 12m

Stat	Marat Safin	Galo Blanco
Aces	6	3
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	53	51
First serve points won %	77	66
Second serve points won %	59	39
Break points saved %	100	43
Break points converted %	57	0
Service points won %	68	53
Return points won %	47	32
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Galo Blanco
Country	RUS	ESP
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Oct 8, 1976
Age	20	23
Height	193	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	20	77
Ranking points (entering)	1,216	523
Elo (entering)	1,833	1,581
Career W-L	395–247	122–175
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$1,832,691

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 0 – 1 Galo Blanco

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2000	QF	Carlos Moya	3-6 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2000	R16	Christian Ruud	3-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2000	R32	Adrian Voinea	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2000	F	Mikael Tillstrom	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Galo Blanco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2000	QF	Juan Ignacio Chela	5-7 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2000	R16	Jeff Tarango	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2000	R32	Orlin Stanoytchev	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data