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Alex Corretja #9 def. Francisco Clavet #45

7-6(4) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 4, 1997*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Alex Corretja
Score	7-6(4) 6-2
Loser	Francisco Clavet
Duration	1h 56m

Stat	Alex Corretja	Francisco Clavet
Aces	3	3
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	57	64
First serve points won %	81	70
Second serve points won %	39	27
Break points saved %	71	50
Break points converted %	50	29
Service points won %	63	54
Return points won %	46	37
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alex Corretja	Francisco Clavet
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Apr 11, 1974	Oct 24, 1968
Age	23	28
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	45
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,903	1,787
Career W-L	415–277	388–340
Career earnings	$10,411,354	$4,271,881

Pre-match H2H

Alex Corretja 5 – 2 Francisco Clavet

Path

Alex Corretja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1997	R16	Richard Fromberg	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	Marzio Martelli	5-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Alex Corretja's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1997	SF	Dominik Hrbaty	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Francisco Clavet's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1997	R16	Vincent Spadea	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	Davide Sanguinetti	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data