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Alberto Berasategui #13 def. Wayne Ferreira #30

6-3 7-6(1)

Match Information

Date	May 14, 1998*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Alberto Berasategui
Score	6-3 7-6(1)
Loser	Wayne Ferreira
Duration	1h 14m

Stat	Alberto Berasategui	Wayne Ferreira
Aces	2	6
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	71	63
First serve points won %	72	67
Second serve points won %	53	35
Break points saved %	33	50
Break points converted %	50	67
Service points won %	66	55
Return points won %	45	34
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alberto Berasategui	Wayne Ferreira
Country	ESP	RSA
Birth date	Jun 28, 1973	Sep 15, 1971
Age	24	26
Height	173	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	13	30
Ranking points (entering)	2,021	1,212
Elo (entering)	1,914	1,877
Career W-L	276–195	483–314
Career earnings	$4,676,187	$9,969,617

Pre-match H2H

Alberto Berasategui 1 – 2 Wayne Ferreira

Path

Alberto Berasategui's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Giorgio Galimberti	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Alberto Berasategui's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1998	R16	Bohdan Ulihrach	7-6(3) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Wayne Ferreira's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Lucas Arnold Ker	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data