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Nicolas Lapentti #84 def. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo #60

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 30, 2006*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Nicolas Lapentti
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo
Duration	1h 3m

Stat	Nicolas Lapentti	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo
Aces	3	1
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	61	69
First serve points won %	95	52
Second serve points won %	69	27
Break points saved %	—	50
Break points converted %	50	—
Service points won %	85	44
Return points won %	56	15
Total points won %	68	32

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Lapentti	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo
Country	ECU	ESP
Birth date	Aug 13, 1976	Jan 6, 1978
Age	30	28
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	84	60
Ranking points (entering)	475	663
Elo (entering)	1,679	1,700
Career W-L	282–280	68–133
Career earnings	$6,315,143	$2,346,407

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Lapentti 1 – 1 Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo

Path

Nicolas Lapentti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 2006	QF	Gilles Simon	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 2006	R16	Fabio Fognini	2-6 6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2006	R32	Paul-Henri Mathieu	3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Lapentti's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 2006	F	Filippo Volandri	7-5 1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 2006	QF	Fernando Verdasco	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 2006	R16	Gianluca Naso	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2006	R32	Alessio Di Mauro	7-6(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data