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Mariano Puerta #95 def. Javier Sanchez #87

6-4 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 31, 1998*
Tournament	Umag
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Mariano Puerta
Score	6-4 4-6 6-4
Loser	Javier Sanchez
Duration	1h 48m

Stat	Mariano Puerta	Javier Sanchez
Aces	3	6
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	59	66
First serve points won %	65	75
Second serve points won %	69	43
Break points saved %	62	20
Break points converted %	80	38
Service points won %	67	64
Return points won %	36	33
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Puerta	Javier Sanchez
Country	ARG	ESP
Birth date	Sep 19, 1978	Feb 1, 1968
Age	19	30
Height	180	177
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	95	87
Ranking points (entering)	526	551
Elo (entering)	1,558	1,571
Career W-L	121–116	321–328
Career earnings	$1,781,372	$4,427,811

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Puerta 0 – 0 Javier Sanchez

Path

Mariano Puerta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 1998	R32	Dominik Hrbaty	6-3 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Puerta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 1998	QF	Gustavo Kuerten	6-4 1-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Javier Sanchez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 1998	R32	Marzio Martelli	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data