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Karim Alami #74 def. M. Martelli #240

6-3 1-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 28, 1996*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Karim Alami
Score	6-3 1-6 6-2
Loser	M. Martelli
Duration	1h 56m

Stat	Karim Alami	M. Martelli
Aces	1	4
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	54	55
First serve points won %	72	78
Second serve points won %	44	31
Break points saved %	57	71
Break points converted %	29	43
Service points won %	59	57
Return points won %	43	41
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karim Alami	M. Martelli
Country	MAR	ITA
Birth date	May 24, 1973	Dec 14, 1971
Age	23	24
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	74	240
Ranking points (entering)	639	156
Elo (entering)	1,635	1,563
Career W-L	140–177	19–31
Career earnings	$2,087,596	$320,131

Pre-match H2H

Karim Alami 0 – 0 M. Martelli

Path

Karim Alami's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1996	QF	Francisco Clavet	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1996	R16	Carlos Moya	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1996	R32	Omar Camporese	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Karim Alami's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1996	F	A. Voinea	7-5 2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

M. Martelli's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1996	QF	J. Burillo	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1996	R16	Alberto Berasategui	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1996	R32	C. Auffray	7-6(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data