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Mariano Puerta #42 def. L. Arnold Ker #112

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 30, 1998*
Tournament	Mexico City
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Mariano Puerta
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	L. Arnold Ker
Duration	1h 4m

Stat	Mariano Puerta	L. Arnold Ker
Aces	0	1
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	64	60
First serve points won %	74	52
Second serve points won %	38	14
Break points saved %	0	50
Break points converted %	50	100
Service points won %	61	36
Return points won %	64	39
Total points won %	63	37

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Puerta	L. 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)	42	112
Ranking points (entering)	937	427
Elo (entering)	1,714	1,616
Career W-L	121–116	19–30
Career earnings	$1,781,372	$1,745,936

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Puerta 1 – 0 L. Arnold Ker

Path

Mariano Puerta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1998	R32	Karim Alami	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Puerta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1998	QF	Alejandro Hernandez	5-7 6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data

L. Arnold Ker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1998	R32	S. Campbell	6-4 6-7(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data