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Mariano Puerta #84 def. Gaston Gaudio #60

3-6 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 4, 2000*
Tournament	Santiago
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Mariano Puerta
Score	3-6 6-4 6-2
Loser	Gaston Gaudio
Duration	1h 34m

Stat	Mariano Puerta	Gaston Gaudio
Aces	2	7
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	65	59
First serve points won %	78	63
Second serve points won %	54	53
Break points saved %	0	33
Break points converted %	67	100
Service points won %	70	59
Return points won %	41	30
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Puerta	Gaston Gaudio
Country	ARG	ARG
Birth date	Sep 19, 1978	Dec 9, 1978
Age	21	21
Height	180	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	84	60
Ranking points (entering)	470	676
Elo (entering)	1,683	1,638
Career W-L	121–116	253–188
Career earnings	$1,781,372	$6,066,156

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Puerta 0 – 1 Gaston Gaudio

Path

Mariano Puerta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2000	QF	Fernando Vicente	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2000	R16	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-3 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2000	R32	Franco Squillari	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Puerta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 5, 2000	F	Gustavo Kuerten	6-7(3) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Gaston Gaudio's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2000	QF	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2000	R16	Adrian Garcia	7-5 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2000	R32	Martin Spottl	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data