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Mariano Puerta #199 def. Kristian Pless #71

6-3 1-6 7-6(5) 5-7 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 29, 2002*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R128
Winner	Mariano Puerta
Score	6-3 1-6 7-6(5) 5-7 6-3
Loser	Kristian Pless
Duration	2h 59m

Stat	Mariano Puerta	Kristian Pless
Aces	12	20
Double faults	6	6
First serve %	66	56
First serve points won %	68	70
Second serve points won %	45	48
Break points saved %	40	50
Break points converted %	50	60
Service points won %	60	60
Return points won %	40	40
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Puerta	Kristian Pless
Country	ARG	DEN
Birth date	Sep 19, 1978	Feb 9, 1981
Age	23	21
Height	180	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	199	71
Ranking points (entering)	188	550
Elo (entering)	1,614	1,611
Career W-L	121–116	43–81
Career earnings	$1,781,372	$1,127,884

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Puerta 0 – 0 Kristian Pless

Path

Mariano Puerta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2002	Q3	German Puentes	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2002	Q2	Alex Kim	6-2 7-5	W	—	Match data
May 27, 2002	Q1	Razvan Sabau	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Puerta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2002	R64	Hicham Arazi	2-6 1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Kristian Pless's path

No prior matches in this tournament.