1 Response to stuttgart94berasategui_gaudenzi

1. Voo de Mar says:

   April 18, 2025 at 1:49 pm

   Points won by each set: | 42-38, 31-24, 43-38 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   22 % Berasategui – 24 of 109
   32 % Gaudenzi – 35 of 107

   At the time they both (wearing the same Lotto clothes) were 21-year-old (Berasategui is one month older) upcoming players, the “new balls” a few years before this term was coined to designate young rising stars. In hindsight it is quite strange that for Berasategui [14] it remains his biggest title while for Gaudenzi [29], who was playing his maiden ATP final, the only one at this level (Championship Series – the equivalent of ATP 500). Berasategui was a favorite after reaching the French Open ’94 final, but Gaudenzi (fourth round at RG ’94 – his best Slam), who had been one of the best juniors in the early 90s, had a bigger serve, better backhand, more versatile game-style overall, being included to the Ronnie Leitgeb’s team – the Austrian coach of Muster, so with all those ingredients it looked like the Italian had a bright future ahead of himself (he waited until 1998 to get his maiden title though)… All three sets were balanced, but at the end of each of them, Berasategui was able to shift into the next gear:
   1st set: he wasted BPs at 4:3* and 5:4, but at 6:5 he converted a second set point with his first winning return (BH)
   2nd set: there was 3-all, at 4:3 Berasategui broke despite 4 game points for Gaudenzi
   3rd set: Berasategui saved a set point at *4:5 when Gaudenzi missed his FH in an 8-stroke rally, the Italian led 4:2 in the tie-break

   Berasategui’s route to his 3rd title:
   2 Karel Novacek 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
   3 Emilio Sanchez 6-4, 6-4
   Q Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-4, 6-0
   S Bernd Karbacher 5-7, 6-3, 6-0
   W Andrea Gaudenzi 7-5, 6-3, 7-6(5)

   Serve & volley: Berasategui 0, Gaudenzi 2/5

   Log in to Reply