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Cedric Pioline #16 def. Fabrice Santoro #25

1-6 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 26, 1998*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Cedric Pioline
Score	1-6 6-2 6-4
Loser	Fabrice Santoro
Duration	1h 53m

Stat	Cedric Pioline	Fabrice Santoro
Aces	2	1
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	60	52
First serve points won %	67	74
Second serve points won %	52	49
Break points saved %	62	57
Break points converted %	43	38
Service points won %	61	62
Return points won %	38	39
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cedric Pioline	Fabrice Santoro
Country	FRA	FRA
Birth date	Jun 15, 1969	Dec 9, 1972
Age	28	25
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	25
Ranking points (entering)	1,771	1,438
Elo (entering)	1,896	1,802
Career W-L	370–301	456–432
Career earnings	$6,921,029	$10,013,832

Pre-match H2H

Cedric Pioline 5 – 1 Fabrice Santoro

Path

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1998	R16	Gustavo Kuerten	7-6(6) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1998	R32	Sebastien Grosjean	6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1998	R64	Carlos Costa	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Cedric Pioline's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1998	SF	Alberto Berasategui	6-3 0-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1998	R16	Pete Sampras	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1998	R32	Sergi Bruguera	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1998	R64	Arnaud Clement	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data