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Galo Blanco #85 def. Jean Baptiste Perlant #187

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 9, 1998*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Galo Blanco
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Jean Baptiste Perlant
Duration	1h 19m

Stat	Galo Blanco	Jean Baptiste Perlant
Aces	2	4
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	67	55
First serve points won %	74	66
Second serve points won %	63	46
Break points saved %	75	57
Break points converted %	43	25
Service points won %	71	57
Return points won %	43	29
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Galo Blanco	Jean Baptiste Perlant
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Oct 8, 1976	Feb 22, 1977
Age	22	21
Height	173	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	85	187
Ranking points (entering)	545	241
Elo (entering)	1,632	1,524
Career W-L	122–175	2–4
Career earnings	$1,832,691	$145,439

Pre-match H2H

Galo Blanco 0 – 0 Jean Baptiste Perlant

Path

Galo Blanco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1998	R32	Davide Sanguinetti	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Galo Blanco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1998	QF	Arnaud Di Pasquale	7-6(7) 6-2	W	—	Match data

Jean Baptiste Perlant's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1998	R32	Alex Calatrava	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data