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Karim Alami #56 def. Gilbert Schaller #87

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 23, 1997*
Tournament	St. Poelten
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Karim Alami
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	Gilbert Schaller
Duration	1h 37m

Stat	Karim Alami	Gilbert Schaller
Aces	8	0
Double faults	5	7
First serve %	37	76
First serve points won %	83	66
Second serve points won %	56	24
Break points saved %	83	73
Break points converted %	27	17
Service points won %	66	56
Return points won %	44	34
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karim Alami	Gilbert Schaller
Country	MAR	AUT
Birth date	May 24, 1973	Mar 17, 1969
Age	23	28
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	56	87
Ranking points (entering)	808	564
Elo (entering)	1,687	1,647
Career W-L	140–177	112–126
Career earnings	$2,087,596	$1,317,163

Pre-match H2H

Karim Alami 1 – 0 Gilbert Schaller

Path

Karim Alami's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 1997	R32	Patrick Baur	6-4 5-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Karim Alami's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1997	QF	Dominik Hrbaty	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Gilbert Schaller's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 1997	R32	Thomas Johansson	4-6 7-6(3) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data