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Christophe Rochus #76 def. J. Balcells #89

7-5 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Sep 30, 2000*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Christophe Rochus
Score	7-5 7-6(5)
Loser	J. Balcells
Duration	1h 30m

Stat	Christophe Rochus	J. Balcells
Aces	1	11
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	69	75
First serve points won %	73	67
Second serve points won %	68	40
Break points saved %	0	73
Break points converted %	27	100
Service points won %	72	60
Return points won %	40	28
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Christophe Rochus	J. Balcells
Country	BEL	ESP
Birth date	Dec 15, 1978	—
Age	21	—
Height	170	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	76	89
Ranking points (entering)	538	494
Elo (entering)	1,600	1,683
Career W-L	114–208	38–46
Career earnings	$2,753,294	$815,801

Pre-match H2H

Christophe Rochus 0 – 0 J. Balcells

Path

Christophe Rochus's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 2000	R16	Galo Blanco	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2000	R32	M. Charpentier	6-3 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Christophe Rochus's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 2000	SF	Olivier Rochus	5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. Balcells's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 2000	R16	Hernan Gumy	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2000	R32	Alberto Berasategui	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data