Albert Portas #133 def. Alberto Berasategui #19

6-3 7-5

Albert Portas defeated Alberto Berasategui 6-3 7-5 in the 1997 Barcelona Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 19, 1997*
Tournament: Barcelona Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 16m

Match Statistics

Stat	Albert Portas	Alberto Berasategui
Aces	1	2
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	69	77
First serve points won %	70	50
Second serve points won %	40	56
Break points saved %	60	44
Break points converted %	56	40
Service points won %	61	51
Return points won %	49	39
Total points won %	54	46

Player Comparison

Field	Albert Portas	Alberto Berasategui
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Nov 15, 1973	Jun 28, 1973
Age	23	23
Height	188 cm	173 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	133	19
Ranking points (entering)	321	1,449
Elo (entering)	1,593	1,809
Current career W-L	142–198	276–195
Current career earnings	$2,972,633	$4,676,187

Pre-match H2H

Albert Portas #133 0 – 1 Alberto Berasategui #19

Path

Albert Portas's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Karim Alami #61	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 19, 1997	QF
Fernando Vicente #164	7-5 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 18, 1997	R16
Marcelo Rios #9	7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 1997	R32
Gustavo Kuerten #65	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 16, 1997	R64

Albert Portas's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Albert Costa #12	5-7 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 20, 1997	F

Alberto Berasategui's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Fernando Meligeni #84	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 19, 1997	QF
Felix Mantilla #13	7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 18, 1997	R16
Richard Fromberg #89	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 1997	R32
Javier Sanchez #36	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 16, 1997	R64