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Galo Blanco #42 def. T. Nydahl #72

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 22, 1998*
Tournament	St. Poelten
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Galo Blanco
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	T. Nydahl
Duration	1h 14m

Stat	Galo Blanco	T. Nydahl
Aces	8	5
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	59	65
First serve points won %	74	71
Second serve points won %	52	50
Break points saved %	83	0
Break points converted %	100	17
Service points won %	65	63
Return points won %	37	35
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Galo Blanco	T. Nydahl
Country	ESP	SWE
Birth date	Oct 8, 1976	Mar 21, 1968
Age	21	30
Height	173	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	42	72
Ranking points (entering)	922	637
Elo (entering)	1,642	1,529
Career W-L	122–175	35–62
Career earnings	$1,832,691	$671,903

Pre-match H2H

Galo Blanco 1 – 0 T. Nydahl

Path

Galo Blanco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 21, 1998	R32	M. Meneschincheri	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Galo Blanco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1998	QF	Marcelo Rios	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

T. Nydahl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 21, 1998	R32	Alex Calatrava	6-4 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data