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Mariano Puerta #59 def. Nicolas Almagro #98

6-3 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Apr 8, 2005*
Tournament	Casablanca
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Mariano Puerta
Score	6-3 7-6(2)
Loser	Nicolas Almagro
Duration	1h 23m

Stat	Mariano Puerta	Nicolas Almagro
Aces	2	7
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	70	59
First serve points won %	80	78
Second serve points won %	57	48
Break points saved %	100	75
Break points converted %	25	0
Service points won %	73	66
Return points won %	34	27
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Puerta	Nicolas Almagro
Country	ARG	ESP
Birth date	Sep 19, 1978	Aug 21, 1985
Age	26	19
Height	180	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	59	98
Ranking points (entering)	635	421
Elo (entering)	1,650	1,533
Career W-L	121–116	385–272
Career earnings	$1,781,372	$10,752,234

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Puerta 0 – 0 Nicolas Almagro

Path

Mariano Puerta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 2005	R32	Tomas Behrend	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Puerta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 2005	QF	Arnaud Clement	4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Almagro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 2005	R32	Lars Burgsmuller	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data