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Mariano Puerta #39 def. Lucas Arnold Ker #104

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Nov 13, 1998*
Tournament	Santiago
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Mariano Puerta
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	Lucas Arnold Ker
Duration	1h 19m

Stat	Mariano Puerta	Lucas Arnold Ker
Aces	1	4
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	61	62
First serve points won %	77	66
Second serve points won %	64	52
Break points saved %	0	25
Break points converted %	75	100
Service points won %	72	61
Return points won %	39	28
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Puerta	Lucas Arnold Ker
Country	ARG	ARG
Birth date	Sep 19, 1978	Oct 12, 1974
Age	20	24
Height	180	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	39	104
Ranking points (entering)	964	446
Elo (entering)	1,716	1,600
Career W-L	121–116	19–30
Career earnings	$1,781,372	$1,745,936

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Puerta 2 – 0 Lucas Arnold Ker

Path

Mariano Puerta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 12, 1998	R32	Fernando Vicente	2-6 7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Puerta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 14, 1998	QF	Younes El Aynaoui	2-6 0-1 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data

Lucas Arnold Ker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 12, 1998	R32	Mariano Hood	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data