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M. Martelli #240 def. Alberto Berasategui #18

7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 27, 1996*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	M. Martelli
Score	7-5 6-2
Loser	Alberto Berasategui
Duration	1h 24m

Stat	M. Martelli	Alberto Berasategui
Aces	4	1
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	50	66
First serve points won %	72	57
Second serve points won %	50	56
Break points saved %	90	50
Break points converted %	50	10
Service points won %	61	57
Return points won %	43	39
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	M. Martelli	Alberto Berasategui
Country	ITA	ESP
Birth date	Dec 14, 1971	Jun 28, 1973
Age	24	23
Height	180	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	240	18
Ranking points (entering)	156	1,479
Elo (entering)	1,516	1,844
Career W-L	19–31	276–195
Career earnings	$320,131	$4,676,187

Pre-match H2H

M. Martelli 0 – 0 Alberto Berasategui

Path

M. Martelli's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1996	R32	C. Auffray	7-6(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

M. Martelli's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1996	QF	J. Burillo	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Alberto Berasategui's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1996	R32	K. Goossens	3-5 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data