Points won by each set: [ 31-23, 32-27 ]
Points won directly on serve:
22 % Squillari – 12 of 53
20 % Haas – 12 of 60
The defending champion Squillari [52] and Haas [19] met twice, both meetings in the Bavarian capital when the Argentine collected his first two titles (he won 6-2, 6-7, 6-1 their match a year before in the second round). The BMW ’00 final held in quite empty stands, was exceptionally short for clay (1 hour 11 minutes); there was just once ‘deuce’ when Squillari got the only break in the 3rd game of the 2nd set. In the opener he already led 5:1* (30-all). A few months later, Squillari wins his third and last ATP title, also in Germany (Stuttgart).
Squillari’s route to his 2nd title:
1 Jens Knippschild 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-1
2 Martin Damm 6-2, 6-2
Q Younes El Aynaoui 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(6)
S Max Mirnyi 6-2, 6-4
W Tommy Haas 6-4, 6-4
Points won by each set: [ 31-23, 32-27 ]
Points won directly on serve:
22 % Squillari – 12 of 53
20 % Haas – 12 of 60
The defending champion Squillari [52] and Haas [19] met twice, both meetings in the Bavarian capital when the Argentine collected his first two titles (he won 6-2, 6-7, 6-1 their match a year before in the second round). The BMW ’00 final held in quite empty stands, was exceptionally short for clay (1 hour 11 minutes); there was just once ‘deuce’ when Squillari got the only break in the 3rd game of the 2nd set. In the opener he already led 5:1* (30-all). A few months later, Squillari wins his third and last ATP title, also in Germany (Stuttgart).
Squillari’s route to his 2nd title:
1 Jens Knippschild 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-1
2 Martin Damm 6-2, 6-2
Q Younes El Aynaoui 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(6)
S Max Mirnyi 6-2, 6-4
W Tommy Haas 6-4, 6-4
Serve & volley: Squillari 0, Haas 2/5