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Javier Sanchez #59 def. Alex Corretja #9

6-3 4-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 26, 1997*
Tournament	Bucharest
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Javier Sanchez
Score	6-3 4-6 7-5
Loser	Alex Corretja
Duration	2h 13m

Stat	Javier Sanchez	Alex Corretja
Aces	0	2
Double faults	1	7
First serve %	75	54
First serve points won %	64	56
Second serve points won %	50	50
Break points saved %	50	45
Break points converted %	55	50
Service points won %	60	53
Return points won %	47	40
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Javier Sanchez	Alex Corretja
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Feb 1, 1968	Apr 11, 1974
Age	29	23
Height	177	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	59	9
Ranking points (entering)	809	2,284
Elo (entering)	1,738	1,913
Career W-L	321–328	415–277
Career earnings	$4,427,811	$10,411,354

Pre-match H2H

Javier Sanchez 1 – 3 Alex Corretja

Path

Javier Sanchez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1997	R32	Galo Blanco	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Javier Sanchez's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1997	QF	Francisco Clavet	6-4 2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Alex Corretja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1997	R32	Jeff Tarango	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data