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Mariano Puerta #128 def. Franco Squillari #46

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Feb 26, 2000*
Tournament	Mexico City
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Mariano Puerta
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Franco Squillari
Duration	56m

Stat	Mariano Puerta	Franco Squillari
Aces	0	1
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	72	53
First serve points won %	85	60
Second serve points won %	69	55
Break points saved %	100	25
Break points converted %	75	0
Service points won %	81	57
Return points won %	43	19
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Puerta	Franco Squillari
Country	ARG	ARG
Birth date	Sep 19, 1978	Aug 22, 1975
Age	21	24
Height	180	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	128	46
Ranking points (entering)	296	772
Elo (entering)	1,643	1,644
Career W-L	121–116	146–159
Career earnings	$1,781,372	$2,504,591

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Puerta 1 – 2 Franco Squillari

Path

Mariano Puerta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2000	QF	Guillermo Canas	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 2000	R16	Hernan Gumy	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2000	R32	Fernando Vicente	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Puerta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2000	F	Juan Ignacio Chela	4-6 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data

Franco Squillari's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2000	QF	Nicolas Lapentti	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 2000	R16	Ronald Agenor	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2000	R32	Galo Blanco	3-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data