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Mariano Zabaleta #27 def. Nicolas Lapentti #21

3-6 7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 7, 1999*
Tournament	Amsterdam
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Mariano Zabaleta
Score	3-6 7-5 7-5
Loser	Nicolas Lapentti
Duration	3h 7m

Stat	Mariano Zabaleta	Nicolas Lapentti
Aces	7	3
Double faults	5	0
First serve %	49	63
First serve points won %	79	63
Second serve points won %	38	44
Break points saved %	62	67
Break points converted %	33	38
Service points won %	58	56
Return points won %	44	42
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Zabaleta	Nicolas Lapentti
Country	ARG	ECU
Birth date	Feb 28, 1978	Aug 13, 1976
Age	21	22
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	27	21
Ranking points (entering)	1,286	1,442
Elo (entering)	1,758	1,830
Career W-L	199–206	282–280
Career earnings	$3,204,127	$6,315,143

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Zabaleta 1 – 0 Nicolas Lapentti

Path

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1999	QF	Magnus Gustafsson	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1999	R16	Franco Squillari	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1999	R32	Raemon Sluiter	6-3 4-6 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Zabaleta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1999	F	Younes El Aynaoui	0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Lapentti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1999	QF	Hicham Arazi	2-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1999	R16	Christian Ruud	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1999	R32	Martin Rodriguez	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data