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Galo Blanco #70 def. Stefan Koubek #171

6-7(6) 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 26, 1997*
Tournament	Kitzbuhel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Galo Blanco
Score	6-7(6) 6-2 6-4
Loser	Stefan Koubek
Duration	2h 18m

Stat	Galo Blanco	Stefan Koubek
Aces	5	2
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	53	62
First serve points won %	70	56
Second serve points won %	57	59
Break points saved %	67	58
Break points converted %	42	33
Service points won %	64	57
Return points won %	43	36
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Galo Blanco	Stefan Koubek
Country	ESP	AUT
Birth date	Oct 8, 1976	Jan 2, 1977
Age	20	20
Height	173	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	70	171
Ranking points (entering)	690	254
Elo (entering)	1,702	1,549
Career W-L	122–175	195–235
Career earnings	$1,832,691	$3,365,024

Pre-match H2H

Galo Blanco 0 – 0 Stefan Koubek

Path

Galo Blanco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1997	R16	Alex Corretja	7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 1997	R32	Franco Squillari	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Galo Blanco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 1997	SF	Filip Dewulf	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Stefan Koubek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1997	R16	Nicolas Lapentti	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 1997	R32	Alberto Berasategui	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 1997	R64	David Rikl	2-6 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data