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Mariano Puerta #117 def. Jose Acasuso #57

6-4 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Feb 12, 2005*
Tournament	Buenos Aires
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Mariano Puerta
Score	6-4 7-6(5)
Loser	Jose Acasuso
Duration	1h 40m

Stat	Mariano Puerta	Jose Acasuso
Aces	6	13
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	71	54
First serve points won %	76	79
Second serve points won %	60	46
Break points saved %	50	71
Break points converted %	29	50
Service points won %	71	64
Return points won %	36	29
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Puerta	Jose Acasuso
Country	ARG	ARG
Birth date	Sep 19, 1978	Oct 20, 1982
Age	26	22
Height	180	191
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	117	57
Ranking points (entering)	398	651
Elo (entering)	1,577	1,725
Career W-L	121–116	181–178
Career earnings	$1,781,372	$3,642,422

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Puerta 0 – 0 Jose Acasuso

Path

Mariano Puerta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 2005	QF	Carlos Moya	7-6(0) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2005	R16	Lars Burgsmuller	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2005	R32	Juan-Pablo Guzman	6-2 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Puerta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 2005	F	Gaston Gaudio	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jose Acasuso's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 2005	QF	Nicolas Almagro	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2005	R16	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2005	R32	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data