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Xavier Malisse #361 def. Francisco Clavet #29

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 31, 1998*
Tournament	Mexico City
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Xavier Malisse
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Francisco Clavet
Duration	1h 1m

Stat	Xavier Malisse	Francisco Clavet
Aces	3	0
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	54	65
First serve points won %	77	48
Second serve points won %	50	28
Break points saved %	50	33
Break points converted %	67	50
Service points won %	65	41
Return points won %	59	35
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Xavier Malisse	Francisco Clavet
Country	BEL	ESP
Birth date	Jul 19, 1980	Oct 24, 1968
Age	18	30
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	361	29
Ranking points (entering)	92	1,150
Elo (entering)	1,586	1,801
Career W-L	282–265	388–340
Career earnings	$5,702,871	$4,271,881

Pre-match H2H

Xavier Malisse 0 – 0 Francisco Clavet

Path

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1998	QF	Juan Antonio Marin	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1998	R16	Felix Mantilla	7-6(4) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1998	R32	Alex Calatrava	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Xavier Malisse's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 1998	F	Jiri Novak	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Francisco Clavet's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1998	QF	Davide Sanguinetti	7-6(1) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1998	R16	Younes El Aynaoui	3-6 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1998	R32	Martin Rodriguez	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data