Mariano Puerta def. Franco Squillari, 1998 Palermo Final

Match Information

Date: Oct 11, 1998*
Tournament: Palermo
Edition: 1998
Category: ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: F
Duration: 1h 2m

Match Statistics

Stat	Mariano Puerta	Franco Squillari
Serving
Aces Serves that land in and are not touched by the returner.	2	3
Double faults Service points lost by missing both first and second serve.	1	7
First serve % Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.	77.6%	47.9%
First serve points won % Percentage of points won after making a first serve.	60.5%	47.8%
Second serve points won % Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.	45.5%	28.0%
Break points saved % Percentage of break points won by the server.	57.1%	22.2%
Service points won % Percentage of all points won while serving.	57.1%	37.5%
Returning
Break points converted % Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.	77.8%	42.9%
Return points won % Percentage of all points won while returning.	62.5%	42.9%
Overall
Total points won % Percentage of all completed points won.	59.8%	40.2%
Match Serve+ This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.	-4.8	-24.5
Match Return+ This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.	+24.5	+4.8

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 1998 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Mariano Puerta	Franco Squillari
Country	ARG	ARG
Birth date	Sep 19, 1978	Aug 22, 1975
Age	20	23
Height	180 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	58	54
Ranking points (entering)	727	788
Elo (entering)	1,684	1,640
Current career W-L	121–116	146–160
Current career earnings	$1,781,372	$2,504,591

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Puerta #58 0 – 1 Franco Squillari #54

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Path

Mariano Puerta's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Alex Corretja #7	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 1998	SF
Fernando Vicente #62	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 1998	QF
Francisco Clavet #25	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 1998	R16
Juan Antonio Marin #79	7-6(8) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 1998	R32

Mariano Puerta's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Franco Squillari's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Galo Blanco #85	6-1 2-6 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 1998	SF
Mariano Zabaleta #83	5-7 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 1998	QF
Dominik Hrbaty #43	6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 1998	R16
Federico Luzzi	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 1998	R32