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Javier Sanchez #51 def. Marcelo Filippini #40

6-3 1-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 4, 1997*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Javier Sanchez
Score	6-3 1-6 6-4
Loser	Marcelo Filippini
Duration	2h 7m

Stat	Javier Sanchez	Marcelo Filippini
Aces	1	2
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	60	65
First serve points won %	58	56
Second serve points won %	51	48
Break points saved %	55	44
Break points converted %	56	45
Service points won %	55	53
Return points won %	47	45
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Javier Sanchez	Marcelo Filippini
Country	ESP	URU
Birth date	Feb 1, 1968	Aug 4, 1967
Age	29	30
Height	177	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	51	40
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,769	1,731
Career W-L	321–328	217–229
Career earnings	$4,427,811	$2,016,190

Pre-match H2H

Javier Sanchez 7 – 5 Marcelo Filippini

Path

Javier Sanchez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1997	R16	Julian Alonso	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	Hicham Arazi	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Javier Sanchez's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1997	SF	Alberto Berasategui	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Filippini's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1997	R16	Christian Ruud	7-6(4) 6-7(3) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	Galo Blanco	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data