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Martin Verkerk #56 def. Flavio Saretta #71

7-6(4) 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	May 24, 2003*
Tournament	St. Poelten
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Martin Verkerk
Score	7-6(4) 7-6(2)
Loser	Flavio Saretta
Duration	1h 53m

Stat	Martin Verkerk	Flavio Saretta
Aces	7	1
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	56	57
First serve points won %	77	68
Second serve points won %	68	61
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	73	65
Return points won %	35	27
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martin Verkerk	Flavio Saretta
Country	NED	BRA
Birth date	Oct 31, 1978	Jun 28, 1980
Age	24	22
Height	196	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	56	71
Ranking points (entering)	733	581
Elo (entering)	1,699	1,683
Career W-L	56–64	68–74
Career earnings	$1,564,520	$1,239,319

Pre-match H2H

Martin Verkerk 0 – 0 Flavio Saretta

Path

Martin Verkerk's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2003	R16	Dominik Hrbaty	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 22, 2003	R32	Karol Kucera	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Martin Verkerk's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2003	SF	Nikolay Davydenko	5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Flavio Saretta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2003	R16	Irakli Labadze	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 22, 2003	R32	Andre Sa	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data