1998 Mexico City         October 26, 1998 | 1997 Surface: Clay Draw: 32	On this page:  Singles Results        Seed Outcomes        Event Finals        Surface Speed        Stat Summaries        Extreme Performances        Also This Week

Singles Results   Top

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Rd	wRk			lRk		Score	DR	W: A%	1stIn	1st%	2nd%	BPSvd	L: A%	1stIn	1st%	2nd%	BPSvd	Time
F	98	Jiri Novak [CZE] [yr | ev]	d.	361	(Q)Xavier Malisse [BEL] [yr | ev]	6-3 6-3	1.45	4.6%	64.6%	71.4%	65.2%	3/3	5.4%	53.6%	70.0%	38.5%	6/9	1:09
SF	361	(Q)Xavier Malisse [BEL] [yr | ev]	d.	29	(4)Francisco Clavet [ESP] [yr | ev]	6-2 6-2	1.66	6.3%	54.2%	76.9%	50.0%	2/4	0.0%	64.7%	48.5%	27.8%	3/9	1:01
SF	98	Jiri Novak [CZE] [yr | ev]	d.	42	(5)Mariano Puerta [ARG] [yr | ev]	6-3 6-7(1) 6-3	1.70	21.4%	75.0%	82.5%	61.9%	1/2	2.0%	67.7%	67.2%	50.0%	5/8	1:43
QF	361	(Q)Xavier Malisse [BEL] [yr | ev]	d.	101	Juan Antonio Marin [CRC] [yr | ev]	6-3 7-5	1.62	11.9%	62.7%	81.1%	54.5%	2/4	3.2%	54.8%	64.7%	39.3%	6/10	1:09
QF	29	(4)Francisco Clavet [ESP] [yr | ev]	d.	48	Davide Sanguinetti [ITA] [yr | ev]	7-6(1) 7-5	1.14	3.2%	67.0%	65.1%	45.2%	5/8	2.2%	57.1%	53.8%	51.3%	11/15	1:55
QF	42	(5)Mariano Puerta [ARG] [yr | ev]	d.	192	(WC)Alejandro Hernandez [MEX] [yr | ev]	5-7 6-1 6-4	1.03	3.1%	70.4%	69.6%	48.3%	10/12	8.1%	56.8%	59.5%	65.6%	1/5	1:46
QF	98	Jiri Novak [CZE] [yr | ev]	d.	113	(Q)Jordi Burillo [ESP] [yr | ev]	6-3 3-6 6-3	1.31	7.3%	58.5%	83.3%	50.0%	2/3	9.2%	53.1%	76.9%	41.3%	10/12	1:36
R16	361	(Q)Xavier Malisse [BEL] [yr | ev]	d.	20	(1)Felix Mantilla [ESP] [yr | ev]	7-6(4) 3-6 6-3	1.08	15.1%	50.9%	83.3%	42.3%	4/7	3.0%	47.5%	79.2%	43.4%	4/7	2:10
R16	101	Juan Antonio Marin [CRC] [yr | ev]	d.	146	Juan Albert Viloca Puig [ESP] [yr | ev]	6-4 4-6 7-6(1)	1.01	5.3%	52.7%	68.1%	45.2%	7/12	3.2%	59.1%	65.5%	44.7%	1/6	2:24
R16	29	(4)Francisco Clavet [ESP] [yr | ev]	d.	69	(Q)Younes El Aynaoui [MAR] [yr | ev]	3-6 6-0 6-4	1.24	0.0%	61.3%	70.2%	41.7%	13/16	8.0%	44.8%	66.7%	35.4%	4/10	1:53
R16	48	Davide Sanguinetti [ITA] [yr | ev]	d.	45	(6)Dominik Hrbaty [SVK] [yr | ev]	6-3 6-3	1.50	16.4%	67.2%	68.3%	65.0%	2/3	3.4%	59.3%	57.1%	41.7%	6/10	1:04
R16	42	(5)Mariano Puerta [ARG] [yr | ev]	d.	112	Lucas Arnold Ker [ARG] [yr | ev]	6-1 6-2	1.64	0.0%	63.9%	73.9%	38.5%	0/2	1.8%	60.0%	51.5%	13.6%	7/14	1:04
R16	192	(WC)Alejandro Hernandez [MEX] [yr | ev]	d.	99	Guillermo Canas [ARG] [yr | ev]	6-2 6-3	1.32	5.2%	62.1%	69.4%	50.0%	2/3	0.0%	51.9%	48.1%	52.0%	3/8	1:05
R16	113	(Q)Jordi Burillo [ESP] [yr | ev]	d.	53	(7)Fernando Meligeni [BRA] [yr | ev]	7-6(3) 6-3	1.72	13.1%	47.5%	86.2%	68.8%	0/1	15.5%	54.9%	76.9%	40.6%	4/6	1:15
R16	98	Jiri Novak [CZE] [yr | ev]	d.	587	(WC)Leonardo Lavalle [MEX] [yr | ev]	6-3 7-6(1)	1.33	4.3%	70.0%	63.3%	71.4%	4/6	0.0%	67.1%	63.8%	34.8%	5/8	1:19
R32	20	(1)Felix Mantilla [ESP] [yr | ev]	d.	55	Fernando Vicente [ESP] [yr | ev]	6-4 6-3	1.63	5.1%	45.8%	81.5%	68.8%	4/4	6.7%	53.3%	67.5%	48.6%	15/17	1:25
R32	361	(Q)Xavier Malisse [BEL] [yr | ev]	d.	115	Alex Calatrava [ESP] [yr | ev]	6-4 6-2	2.45	13.3%	48.9%	90.9%	73.9%	1/1	9.1%	63.6%	62.9%	45.0%	3/6	0:57
R32	101	Juan Antonio Marin [CRC] [yr | ev]	d.	90	Sargis Sargsian [ARM] [yr | ev]	7-6(7) 2-6 6-0	1.13	3.4%	52.9%	60.9%	48.8%	3/9	1.4%	67.1%	59.2%	29.2%	4/11	1:51
R32	146	Juan Albert Viloca Puig [ESP] [yr | ev]	d.	46	(8)Franco Squillari [ARG] [yr | ev]	4-6 7-6(2) 6-4	1.03	1.7%	62.9%	61.6%	48.8%	8/13	3.8%	35.8%	78.9%	42.6%	5/10	2:09
R32	29	(4)Francisco Clavet [ESP] [yr | ev]	d.	92	Martin Rodriguez [ARG] [yr | ev]	4-6 6-3 6-2	1.12	3.2%	64.9%	67.2%	57.6%	6/8	3.6%	45.2%	81.6%	41.3%	6/10	1:42
R32	69	(Q)Younes El Aynaoui [MAR] [yr | ev]	d.	87	Mariano Zabaleta [ARG] [yr | ev]	6-3 6-4	1.45	12.9%	56.5%	82.9%	55.6%	2/3	4.0%	40.0%	85.0%	40.0%	1/4	1:12
R32	48	Davide Sanguinetti [ITA] [yr | ev]	d.	95	(WC)Jim Courier [USA] [yr | ev]	6-7(3) 6-3 7-5	1.04	9.4%	55.2%	73.6%	62.8%	3/4	6.1%	63.3%	75.8%	52.8%	6/10	2:11
R32	45	(6)Dominik Hrbaty [SVK] [yr | ev]	d.	97	Christian Ruud [NOR] [yr | ev]	6-4 6-3	1.35	12.7%	54.5%	73.3%	48.0%	7/9	6.5%	46.8%	55.2%	42.4%	6/11	0:59
R32	42	(5)Mariano Puerta [ARG] [yr | ev]	d.	75	Karim Alami [MAR] [yr | ev]	6-4 6-4	1.26	6.1%	68.2%	82.2%	47.6%	2/2	9.1%	41.8%	87.0%	46.9%	2/4	1:11
R32	112	Lucas Arnold Ker [ARG] [yr | ev]	d.	88	Steve Campbell [USA] [yr | ev]	6-4 6-7(3) 6-3	1.14	3.6%	62.7%	71.0%	48.8%	10/13	4.8%	44.2%	65.2%	51.7%	7/12	2:33
R32	99	Guillermo Canas [ARG] [yr | ev]	d.	76	Julian Alonso [ESP] [yr | ev]	7-6(1) 6-4	1.87	14.3%	52.4%	78.8%	76.7%	1/2	8.5%	46.8%	65.9%	52.0%	8/10	1:36
R32	192	(WC)Alejandro Hernandez [MEX] [yr | ev]	d.	23	(3)Gustavo Kuerten [BRA] [yr | ev]	6-3 7-5	1.27	5.0%	75.0%	66.7%	46.7%	2/4	11.8%	51.3%	61.5%	40.5%	2/7	1:15
R32	53	(7)Fernando Meligeni [BRA] [yr | ev]	d.	424	(Q)Mariano Hood [ARG] [yr | ev]	6-3 6-4	1.12	4.7%	48.4%	77.4%	63.6%	2/2	2.0%	60.8%	67.7%	65.0%	1/3	1:06
R32	113	(Q)Jordi Burillo [ESP] [yr | ev]	d.	80	Nicolas Lapentti [ECU] [yr | ev]	6-1 6-4	2.10	5.0%	57.5%	87.0%	58.8%	0/1	11.1%	57.1%	66.7%	22.2%	8/13	1:04
R32	98	Jiri Novak [CZE] [yr | ev]	d.	65	Ramon Delgado [PAR] [yr | ev]	6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(4)	1.20	7.0%	74.6%	72.9%	51.7%	2/5	12.4%	57.9%	72.9%	45.1%	4/8	1:57
R32	587	(WC)Leonardo Lavalle [MEX] [yr | ev]	d.	22	(2)Alberto Berasategui [ESP] [yr | ev]	6-3 7-6(3)	1.48	4.8%	71.0%	68.2%	66.7%	3/5	0.0%	60.9%	66.1%	30.6%	10/14	1:26

 

Seed Outcomes   Top

Seed	Rank	Player	Outcome		Seed	Rank	Player	Outcome
1	20	Felix Mantilla	1 win; R16 loss to Malisse		5	42	Mariano Puerta	3 wins; SF loss to Novak
2	22	Alberto Berasategui	R32 loss to Lavalle		6	45	Dominik Hrbaty	1 win; R16 loss to Sanguinetti
3	23	Gustavo Kuerten	R32 loss to Hernandez		7	53	Fernando Meligeni	1 win; R16 loss to Burillo
4	29	Francisco Clavet	3 wins; SF loss to Malisse		8	46	Franco Squillari	R32 loss to Viloca Puig

Qualifiers (4): Jordi Burillo (QF), Younes El Aynaoui (R16), Mariano Hood (R32), Xavier Malisse (F)

Wild Cards (3): Jim Courier (R32), Alejandro Hernandez (QF), Leonardo Lavalle (R16)

 

Event Finals   Top

Date	Tournament	Surface	Rd	Winner		Loser	Score	Time
21-Feb-2000	Mexico City	Clay	F	(Q)Juan Ignacio Chela [ARG]	d.	(WC)Mariano Puerta [ARG]	6-4 7-6(4)	1:40
26-Oct-1998	Mexico City	Clay	F	Jiri Novak [CZE]	d.	(Q)Xavier Malisse [BEL]	6-3 6-3	1:09
20-Oct-1997	Mexico City	Clay	F	(1)Francisco Clavet [ESP]	d.	Juan Albert Viloca Puig [ESP]	6-4 7-6(7)	1:36
04-Mar-1996	Mexico City	Clay	F	(1)Thomas Muster [AUT]	d.	(3)Jiri Novak [CZE]	7-6(3) 6-2	1:25
27-Feb-1995	Mexico City	Clay	F	(2)Thomas Muster [AUT]	d.	Fernando Meligeni [BRA]	7-6(4) 7-5	1:25

 

Surface Speed   Top

Surface speed of 1 is average; above 1 is faster than average, relative to tour events that year. Current season surface ratings are here.

Date	Tournament	Surface	Ace%	Surface Speed	Context
21-Feb-2000	Mexico City	Clay	6.5%	0.87	51st fastest of 70 overall; 11th fastest of 25 on Clay
26-Oct-1998	Mexico City	Clay	9.4%	1.12	28th fastest of 79 overall; 3rd fastest of 29 on Clay
20-Oct-1997	Mexico City	Clay	5.7%	1.01	37th fastest of 80 overall; 3rd fastest of 29 on Clay
04-Mar-1996	Mexico City	Clay	5.4%	0.92	50th fastest of 83 overall; 7th fastest of 31 on Clay
27-Feb-1995	Mexico City	Clay	4.9%	0.70	76th fastest of 84 overall; 25th fastest of 33 on Clay

 

Stat Summaries   Top

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Entry	Player	Cty	M	Pts	Hld%	Brk%	A	Ace%	DF	DF%	1stIn	1st%	2nd%	SPW	BPFaced	BPSvd%	RPW	BPEarned	BPConv%	TPW	DR	Time
	Jiri Novak	CZE	5	859	89.6%	23.8%	38	9.2%	11	2.7%	69.2%	74.9%	58.6%	69.9%	19	63.2%	40.8%	45	33.3%	54.8%	1.35	7:44
Q	Xavier Malisse	BEL	5	648	80.8%	31.4%	35	11.1%	13	4.1%	53.8%	80.5%	49.7%	66.2%	25	60.0%	42.8%	35	45.7%	54.2%	1.27	6:26
Q	Jordi Burillo	ESP	3	415	87.5%	24.2%	19	9.5%	11	5.5%	52.3%	81.7%	53.7%	68.3%	14	71.4%	39.8%	22	36.4%	53.5%	1.26	3:55
WC	Alejandro Hernandez	MEX	3	418	78.1%	34.3%	12	6.3%	6	3.1%	64.1%	65.0%	56.5%	62.0%	12	41.7%	43.8%	27	44.4%	52.2%	1.15	4:06
	Guillermo Canas	ARG	2	267	70.0%	15.8%	9	7.8%	9	7.8%	52.2%	65.0%	65.5%	65.2%	10	40.0%	40.1%	13	23.1%	50.9%	1.15	2:41
1	Felix Mantilla	ESP	2	341	88.0%	20.8%	6	3.8%	12	7.5%	46.9%	80.0%	52.9%	65.6%	11	72.7%	38.7%	24	20.8%	51.3%	1.13	3:35
WC	Leonardo Lavalle	MEX	2	294	75.0%	27.3%	3	2.3%	8	6.1%	68.9%	65.9%	48.8%	60.6%	13	61.5%	42.0%	20	30.0%	50.3%	1.07	2:45
	Davide Sanguinetti	ITA	3	499	83.8%	28.9%	21	8.5%	9	3.6%	58.9%	65.1%	58.8%	62.5%	22	72.7%	39.8%	28	39.3%	51.1%	1.06	5:10
5	Mariano Puerta	ARG	4	567	84.8%	29.2%	9	3.0%	13	4.3%	68.2%	72.1%	47.4%	64.2%	24	70.8%	38.1%	25	56.0%	51.9%	1.06	5:44
4	Francisco Clavet	ESP	4	642	69.6%	34.8%	6	1.8%	14	4.2%	64.5%	64.5%	44.9%	57.5%	41	65.9%	44.5%	39	41.0%	51.2%	1.05	6:31
	Juan Albert Viloca Puig	ESP	2	446	68.8%	31.3%	5	2.4%	15	7.2%	61.2%	63.3%	46.9%	56.9%	19	47.4%	43.5%	22	45.5%	49.8%	1.01	4:33
Q	Younes El Aynaoui	MAR	2	292	69.6%	28.6%	15	10.1%	12	8.1%	49.7%	74.3%	42.7%	58.4%	13	46.2%	41.3%	20	30.0%	50.0%	0.99	3:05
8	Franco Squillari	ARG	1	222	68.8%	31.3%	4	3.8%	15	14.2%	35.8%	78.9%	42.6%	55.7%	10	50.0%	43.1%	13	38.5%	49.1%	0.97	2:09
WC	Jim Courier	USA	1	194	76.5%	6.3%	6	6.1%	5	5.1%	63.3%	75.8%	52.8%	67.3%	10	60.0%	31.3%	4	25.0%	49.5%	0.96	2:11
6	Dominik Hrbaty	SVK	2	237	66.7%	31.6%	9	7.9%	15	13.2%	57.0%	64.6%	44.9%	56.1%	19	68.4%	42.3%	14	42.9%	48.9%	0.96	2:03
	Juan Antonio Marin	CRC	3	505	61.5%	35.0%	12	4.3%	31	11.1%	53.2%	65.1%	45.0%	55.7%	31	51.6%	41.8%	21	66.7%	49.5%	0.94	5:24
	Lucas Arnold Ker	ARG	2	305	58.3%	31.8%	5	3.0%	11	6.7%	61.8%	64.7%	36.5%	53.9%	27	63.0%	41.4%	14	50.0%	48.2%	0.90	3:37
	Martin Rodriguez	ARG	1	178	69.2%	14.3%	3	3.6%	8	9.5%	45.2%	81.6%	41.3%	59.5%	10	60.0%	36.2%	8	25.0%	47.2%	0.89	1:42
Q	Mariano Hood	ARG	1	115	77.8%	0.0%	1	2.0%	1	2.0%	60.8%	67.7%	65.0%	66.7%	3	33.3%	29.7%	2	0.0%	46.1%	0.89	1:06
	Steve Campbell	USA	1	214	66.7%	18.8%	5	4.8%	6	5.8%	44.2%	65.2%	51.7%	57.7%	12	58.3%	37.3%	13	23.1%	47.2%	0.88	2:33
	Sargis Sargsian	ARM	1	160	46.2%	46.2%	1	1.4%	8	11.0%	67.1%	59.2%	29.2%	49.3%	11	36.4%	44.8%	9	66.7%	46.9%	0.88	1:51
	Ramon Delgado	PAR	1	235	76.5%	17.6%	15	12.4%	4	3.3%	57.9%	72.9%	45.1%	61.2%	8	50.0%	32.5%	5	60.0%	47.2%	0.84	1:57
7	Fernando Meligeni	BRA	2	247	90.0%	15.0%	14	10.4%	10	7.4%	51.9%	77.1%	52.3%	65.2%	8	75.0%	27.7%	4	75.0%	48.2%	0.80	2:21
3	Gustavo Kuerten	BRA	1	136	54.5%	20.0%	9	11.8%	4	5.3%	51.3%	61.5%	40.5%	51.3%	7	28.6%	38.3%	4	50.0%	45.6%	0.79	1:15
	Karim Alami	MAR	1	121	80.0%	0.0%	5	9.1%	4	7.3%	41.8%	87.0%	46.9%	63.6%	4	50.0%	28.8%	2	0.0%	44.6%	0.79	1:11
	Christian Ruud	NOR	1	117	50.0%	22.2%	4	6.5%	5	8.1%	46.8%	55.2%	42.4%	48.4%	11	54.5%	38.2%	9	22.2%	43.6%	0.74	0:59
	Mariano Zabaleta	ARG	1	112	66.7%	10.0%	2	4.0%	3	6.0%	40.0%	85.0%	40.0%	58.0%	4	25.0%	29.0%	3	33.3%	42.0%	0.69	1:12
2	Alberto Berasategui	ESP	1	154	63.6%	20.0%	0	0.0%	16	17.4%	60.9%	66.1%	30.6%	52.2%	14	71.4%	32.3%	5	40.0%	44.2%	0.67	1:26
	Fernando Vicente	ESP	1	134	77.8%	0.0%	5	6.7%	4	5.3%	53.3%	67.5%	48.6%	58.7%	17	88.2%	25.4%	4	0.0%	44.0%	0.62	1:25
	Julian Alonso	ESP	1	157	81.8%	9.1%	8	8.5%	8	8.5%	46.8%	65.9%	52.0%	58.5%	10	80.0%	22.2%	2	50.0%	43.9%	0.54	1:36
	Nicolas Lapentti	ECU	1	103	44.4%	12.5%	7	11.1%	7	11.1%	57.1%	66.7%	22.2%	47.6%	13	61.5%	25.0%	1	100.0%	38.8%	0.48	1:04
	Alex Calatrava	ESP	1	100	66.7%	0.0%	5	9.1%	1	1.8%	63.6%	62.9%	45.0%	56.4%	6	50.0%	17.8%	1	0.0%	39.0%	0.41	0:57
	All Main Draw Players		31.0		74.9%	25.1%		6.3%		6.3%	57.6%	70.1%	48.4%	60.9%		60.5%	39.1%		39.5%	50.0%	1.00

 

Extreme Performances   Top

Excludes matches ending in retirement.

Longest match: 2:33 (R32, Lucas Arnold Ker vs. Steve Campbell)
Shortest match: 0:57 (R32, Xavier Malisse vs. Alex Calatrava)

Most dominant win: 2.45 DR (R32, Xavier Malisse d. Alex Calatrava)
Least dominant win: 1.01 DR (R16, Juan Antonio Marin d. Juan Albert Viloca Puig)

Most aces (total): 23 (R32, Jiri Novak vs. Ramon Delgado)
Most aces (player): 18, Jiri Novak (SF vs. Puerta)
Highest ace rate (player): 21.4%, Jiri Novak (SF vs. Puerta)

Most double faults (total): 26 (R16, Juan Antonio Marin vs. Juan Albert Viloca Puig)
Most double faults (player): 16, Juan Antonio Marin (R16 vs. Viloca Puig)

Most break points (total): 26 (R16, Francisco Clavet vs. Younes El Aynaoui)
Most break points saved (player): 15, Fernando Vicente (R32 vs. Mantilla)

Most serve-dominated match (total): 68.9% SPW (SF, Jiri Novak vs. Mariano Puerta)
Most return-dominated match (total): 53.8% RPW (R16, Mariano Puerta vs. Lucas Arnold Ker)

Best serve performance (player): 82.2% SPW, Xavier Malisse (R32 vs. Calatrava)
Best return performance (player): 63.6% RPW, Mariano Puerta (R16 vs. Ker)

 

Also This Week   Top

Date	Tournament	Surface	Rd	Winner		Loser	Score	Time
26-Oct-1998	Stuttgart Masters	Hard	F	(11)Richard Krajicek [NED]	d.	(10)Yevgeny Kafelnikov [RUS]	6-4 6-3 6-3	1:29
26-Oct-1998	Brest Challenger	Hard	F	(1)Jerome Golmard [FRA]	d.	(WC)Jean Baptiste Perlant [FRA]	6-4 6-4
26-Oct-1998	Argentina F5	Clay	F	(4)Juan Ignacio Chela [ARG]	d.	Roberto Alvarez [ARG]	6-4 6-1
26-Oct-1998	Brunei F1	Hard	F	(6)Michael Jessup [USA]	d.	(3)Yasufumi Yamamoto [JPN]	6-4 6-3
26-Oct-1998	France F12	Hard	F	(Q)Olivier Rochus [BEL]	d.	(3)Martijn Belgraver [NED]	4-6 6-3 6-1
26-Oct-1998	Tunisia F1	Clay	F	(8)Rodolphe Cadart [FRA]	d.	(Q)Frantisek Cermak [CZE]	7-6 6-3
26-Oct-1998	Czech Republic Masters 1	Hard	F	(4)David Skoch [CZE]	d.	(2)Radovan Svetlik [CZE]	6-3 6-2
26-Oct-1998	Czech Republic Masters 2	Hard	F	(2)Radovan Svetlik [CZE]	d.	(7)Jan Hernych [CZE]	3-6 7-6 7-6
26-Oct-1998	Czech Republic Masters 3	Hard	F	Branislav Galik [SVK]	d.	Pavel Riha [CZE]	6-1 6-4
26-Oct-1998	Czech Republic Masters 4	Hard	F	(2)Radovan Svetlik [CZE]	d.	Branislav Galik [SVK]	6-1 6-3
28-Oct-1998	Australia F1	Clay	F	(2)Joseph Sirianni [AUS]	d.	(3)Toby Mitchell [AUS]	6-2 6-4
31-Oct-1998	Israel Masters 1	Hard	F	(4)Amir Hadad [ISR]	d.	Lior Dahan [ISR]	7-5 6-4
31-Oct-1998	Israel Masters 2	Hard	F	(25)Ofer Sela [ISR]	d.	(1)Noam Behr [ISR]	6-3 6-2
31-Oct-1998	Israel Masters 3	Hard	F	(2/WC)Ofer Sela [ISR]	d.	(1)Noam Behr [ISR]	7-6 7-6
31-Oct-1998	Israel Masters 4	Hard	F	(1)Noam Behr [ISR]	d.	Michael Kogan [ISR]	6-2 6-0

 

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