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Tommy Haas #45 def. V. Santopadre #124

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 14, 1998*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Tommy Haas
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	V. Santopadre
Duration	1h 3m

Stat	Tommy Haas	V. Santopadre
Aces	1	5
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	67	34
First serve points won %	79	59
Second serve points won %	47	39
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	69	46
Return points won %	54	31
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tommy Haas	V. Santopadre
Country	GER	ITA
Birth date	Apr 3, 1978	Aug 11, 1971
Age	20	26
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	45	124
Ranking points (entering)	891	396
Elo (entering)	1,776	1,508
Career W-L	533–330	17–27
Career earnings	$13,609,987	$619,300

Pre-match H2H

Tommy Haas 0 – 0 V. Santopadre

Path

Tommy Haas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	D. Nargiso	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Tommy Haas's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1998	R16	Gustavo Kuerten	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

V. Santopadre's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Karol Kucera	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data