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Nicolas Almagro #41 def. Potito Starace #65

2-6 6-1 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 17, 2009*
Tournament	Bastad
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Nicolas Almagro
Score	2-6 6-1 6-1
Loser	Potito Starace
Duration	1h 22m

Stat	Nicolas Almagro	Potito Starace
Aces	3	1
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	56	69
First serve points won %	70	53
Second serve points won %	50	42
Break points saved %	57	33
Break points converted %	67	43
Service points won %	61	50
Return points won %	50	39
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Almagro	Potito Starace
Country	ESP	ITA
Birth date	Aug 21, 1985	Jul 14, 1981
Age	23	28
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	41	65
Ranking points (entering)	1,135	895
Elo (entering)	1,826	1,719
Career W-L	385–272	147–188
Career earnings	$10,752,234	$3,796,316

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Almagro 3 – 1 Potito Starace

Path

Nicolas Almagro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 2009	R32	Marat Safin	6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Almagro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 2009	QF	Robin Soderling	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Potito Starace's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 2009	R32	Julien Benneteau	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 2009	Q3	Ervin Eleskovic	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 2009	Q2	Christian Lindell	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data