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Fernando Vicente #120 def. Davide Sanguinetti #69

6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 16, 1998*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Fernando Vicente
Score	6-2 7-5
Loser	Davide Sanguinetti
Duration	1h 18m

Stat	Fernando Vicente	Davide Sanguinetti
Aces	0	5
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	47	51
First serve points won %	77	75
Second serve points won %	68	37
Break points saved %	100	25
Break points converted %	75	0
Service points won %	72	56
Return points won %	44	28
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Vicente	Davide Sanguinetti
Country	ESP	ITA
Birth date	Mar 8, 1977	Aug 25, 1972
Age	21	25
Height	180	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	120	69
Ranking points (entering)	421	665
Elo (entering)	1,608	1,613
Career W-L	158–212	157–233
Career earnings	$2,917,616	$2,935,584

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Vicente 0 – 0 Davide Sanguinetti

Path

Fernando Vicente's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1998	R32	Hicham Arazi	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Marc Kevin Goellner	2-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Vicente's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1998	QF	Gustavo Kuerten	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Davide Sanguinetti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1998	R32	Cedric Pioline	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Julian Alonso	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data