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Albert Montanes #95 def. J. Balcells #58

7-5 3-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 15, 2001*
Tournament	Bucharest
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Albert Montanes
Score	7-5 3-6 6-1
Loser	J. Balcells
Duration	1h 35m

Stat	Albert Montanes	J. Balcells
Aces	4	2
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	67	75
First serve points won %	75	58
Second serve points won %	69	65
Break points saved %	75	20
Break points converted %	80	25
Service points won %	73	60
Return points won %	40	27
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Albert Montanes	J. Balcells
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Nov 26, 1980	—
Age	20	—
Height	175	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	95	58
Ranking points (entering)	441	651
Elo (entering)	1,670	1,652
Career W-L	257–287	38–46
Career earnings	$5,866,340	$815,801

Pre-match H2H

Albert Montanes 0 – 0 J. Balcells

Path

Albert Montanes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 2001	R16	Albert Portas	6-4 4-6 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 2001	R32	Olivier Rochus	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Albert Montanes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 2001	SF	Jerome Golmard	6-7(5) 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

J. Balcells's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 2001	R16	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 2001	R32	M. Goellner	7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data