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Karim Alami #75 def. D. Pescariu #85

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 3, 1997*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Karim Alami
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	D. Pescariu
Duration	1h 6m

Stat	Karim Alami	D. Pescariu
Aces	5	1
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	56	80
First serve points won %	82	56
Second serve points won %	50	50
Break points saved %	80	33
Break points converted %	67	20
Service points won %	68	55
Return points won %	45	32
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karim Alami	D. Pescariu
Country	MAR	ROU
Birth date	May 24, 1973	Apr 12, 1974
Age	24	23
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	75	85
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,688	1,518
Career W-L	140–177	23–55
Career earnings	$2,087,596	$676,539

Pre-match H2H

Karim Alami 1 – 0 D. Pescariu

Path

Karim Alami's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	Andrea Gaudenzi	6-3 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Karim Alami's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1997	QF	Alberto Berasategui	6-7(2) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

D. Pescariu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	D. Scala	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data