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Mariano Puerta #58 def. Franco Squillari #54

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 11, 1998*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Mariano Puerta
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Franco Squillari
Duration	1h 2m

Stat	Mariano Puerta	Franco Squillari
Aces	2	3
Double faults	1	7
First serve %	78	48
First serve points won %	61	48
Second serve points won %	45	28
Break points saved %	57	22
Break points converted %	78	43
Service points won %	57	38
Return points won %	62	43
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Puerta	Franco Squillari
Country	ARG	ARG
Birth date	Sep 19, 1978	Aug 22, 1975
Age	20	23
Height	180	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	58	54
Ranking points (entering)	727	788
Elo (entering)	1,684	1,639
Career W-L	121–116	146–159
Career earnings	$1,781,372	$2,504,591

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Puerta 0 – 1 Franco Squillari

Path

Mariano Puerta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1998	SF	Alex Corretja	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1998	QF	Fernando Vicente	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1998	R16	Francisco Clavet	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1998	R32	Juan Antonio Marin	7-6(8) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Puerta's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Franco Squillari's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1998	SF	Galo Blanco	6-1 2-6 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1998	QF	Mariano Zabaleta	5-7 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1998	R16	Dominik Hrbaty	6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1998	R32	Federico Luzzi	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data