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Darren Cahill #34 def. Veli Paloheimo #94

6-0 3-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 17, 1991*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Darren Cahill
Score	6-0 3-6 6-1
Loser	Veli Paloheimo
Duration	1h 12m

Stat	Darren Cahill	Veli Paloheimo
Aces	1	0
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	55	54
First serve points won %	69	50
Second serve points won %	62	38
Break points saved %	25	30
Break points converted %	70	75
Service points won %	66	45
Return points won %	55	34
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Darren Cahill	Veli Paloheimo
Country	AUS	FIN
Birth date	Oct 2, 1965	Dec 13, 1967
Age	25	23
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	34	94
Ranking points (entering)	790	383
Elo (entering)	1,884	1,614
Career W-L	131–115	40–52
Career earnings	$1,349,247	$353,661

Pre-match H2H

Darren Cahill 1 – 0 Veli Paloheimo

Path

Darren Cahill's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Darren Cahill's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 1991	R32	Emilio Sanchez	6-7(6) 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Veli Paloheimo's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 1991	R128	Renzo Furlan	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data