Fabrice Santoro #42 def. Tommy Haas #67

6-4 6-4

Fabrice Santoro defeated Tommy Haas 6-4 6-4 in the 1997 Montpellier Open final on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 19, 1997*
Tournament: Montpellier Open
Edition: 1997
Category: World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: F
Duration: 1h 21m

Match Statistics

Stat	Fabrice Santoro	Tommy Haas
Aces	4	3
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	46	61
First serve points won %	81	68
Second serve points won %	57	36
Break points saved %	0	67
Break points converted %	33	100
Service points won %	68	56
Return points won %	44	32
Total points won %	55	45

Player Comparison

Field	Fabrice Santoro	Tommy Haas
Country	FRA	GER
Birth date	Dec 9, 1972	Apr 3, 1978
Age	24	19
Height	178 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	42	67
Ranking points (entering)	951	705
Elo (entering)	1,779	1,769
Current career W-L	462–435	540–333
Current career earnings	$10,013,832	$13,609,987

Pre-match H2H

Fabrice Santoro #42 0 – 0 Tommy Haas #67

Path

Fabrice Santoro's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mark Philippoussis #18	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 18, 1997	SF
Felix Mantilla #14	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 18, 1997	QF
Richard Krajicek #16	2-6 7-6(6) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 17, 1997	R16
Christophe Van Garsse	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data	Oct 16, 1997	R32

Fabrice Santoro's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Tommy Haas's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7	4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 18, 1997	SF
Thomas Enqvist #17	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 18, 1997	QF
Julian Alonso #50	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 17, 1997	R16
Albert Portas #34	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 16, 1997	R32