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Alberto Berasategui #27 def. Javier Sanchez #51

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 4, 1997*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Alberto Berasategui
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Javier Sanchez
Duration	57m

Stat	Alberto Berasategui	Javier Sanchez
Aces	2	0
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	84	68
First serve points won %	81	55
Second serve points won %	71	37
Break points saved %	0	20
Break points converted %	80	100
Service points won %	79	49
Return points won %	51	21
Total points won %	63	37

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alberto Berasategui	Javier Sanchez
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 28, 1973	Feb 1, 1968
Age	24	29
Height	173	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	27	51
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,760	1,783
Career W-L	276–195	321–328
Career earnings	$4,676,187	$4,427,811

Pre-match H2H

Alberto Berasategui 2 – 2 Javier Sanchez

Path

Alberto Berasategui's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1997	QF	Karim Alami	7-6(2) 6-2	W	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 5, 1997	F	Dominik Hrbaty	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Javier Sanchez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1997	QF	Marcelo Filippini	6-3 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1997	R16	Julian Alonso	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	Hicham Arazi	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data