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Alberto Berasategui #27 def. Karim Alami #75

7-6(2) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 4, 1997*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Alberto Berasategui
Score	7-6(2) 6-2
Loser	Karim Alami
Duration	1h 11m

Stat	Alberto Berasategui	Karim Alami
Aces	0	2
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	81	76
First serve points won %	78	70
Second serve points won %	67	35
Break points saved %	—	71
Break points converted %	29	—
Service points won %	76	62
Return points won %	38	24
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alberto Berasategui	Karim Alami
Country	ESP	MAR
Birth date	Jun 28, 1973	May 24, 1973
Age	24	24
Height	173	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	27	75
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,746	1,696
Career W-L	276–195	140–177
Career earnings	$4,676,187	$2,087,596

Pre-match H2H

Alberto Berasategui 0 – 1 Karim Alami

Path

Alberto Berasategui's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1997	R16	Carlos Costa	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	Fernando Vicente	6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Alberto Berasategui's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1997	SF	Javier Sanchez	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Karim Alami's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1997	R16	Dinu Pescariu	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	Andrea Gaudenzi	6-3 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data