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Mariano Puerta #58 def. Fernando Vicente #62

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 10, 1998*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Mariano Puerta
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Fernando Vicente
Duration	1h 25m

Stat	Mariano Puerta	Fernando Vicente
Aces	1	2
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	73	60
First serve points won %	59	56
Second serve points won %	61	52
Break points saved %	62	29
Break points converted %	71	38
Service points won %	60	54
Return points won %	46	40
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Puerta	Fernando Vicente
Country	ARG	ESP
Birth date	Sep 19, 1978	Mar 8, 1977
Age	20	21
Height	180	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	58	62
Ranking points (entering)	727	698
Elo (entering)	1,638	1,718
Career W-L	121–116	158–212
Career earnings	$1,781,372	$2,917,616

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Puerta 0 – 0 Fernando Vicente

Path

Mariano Puerta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1998	R16	Francisco Clavet	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1998	R32	Juan Antonio Marin	7-6(8) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Puerta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1998	SF	Alex Corretja	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Vicente's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1998	R16	Gustavo Kuerten	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1998	R32	Dinu Pescariu	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data