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Nicolas Almagro #31 def. Potito Starace #89

4-6 6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 15, 2007*
Tournament	Valencia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Nicolas Almagro
Score	4-6 6-2 6-1
Loser	Potito Starace
Duration	1h 37m

Stat	Nicolas Almagro	Potito Starace
Aces	8	0
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	73	72
First serve points won %	77	53
Second serve points won %	56	59
Break points saved %	33	50
Break points converted %	50	67
Service points won %	71	55
Return points won %	45	29
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Almagro	Potito Starace
Country	ESP	ITA
Birth date	Aug 21, 1985	Jul 14, 1981
Age	21	25
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	31	89
Ranking points (entering)	940	475
Elo (entering)	1,748	1,603
Career W-L	385–272	147–188
Career earnings	$10,752,234	$3,796,316

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Almagro 1 – 1 Potito Starace

Path

Nicolas Almagro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2007	SF	Santiago Ventura	6-7(6) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2007	QF	Filippo Volandri	6-3 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2007	R16	Alessio Di Mauro	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2007	R32	Jan Hajek	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Almagro's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Potito Starace's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2007	SF	Ivan Navarro	6-7(2) 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2007	QF	Marcel Granollers	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2007	R16	Pablo Andujar	6-4 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2007	R32	Fernando Verdasco	6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data