Byron Black vs Albert Costa — Indian Wells Masters Round of 64

Indian Wells Masters · ATP · Round of 64
ZIM
Byron Black
56 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 10 March 1997
hard
ESP
Albert Costa
51 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Black B.
6-2 6-2
Costa A.
Black B.
662
Costa A.
22–

Byron Black defeated Albert Costa 6-2 6-2 in the Indian Wells Masters round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Albert Costa came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Byron Black claimed a first win over Albert Costa in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-01-14Australian OpenR64hardAlbert Costa6-1 6-4 6-4
1997-01-06Sydney OutdoorQFhardAlbert Costa6-4 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Black B.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Costa A.

Costa A.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Black B.

Even serve battle

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Black B.Costa A.
1st serve in·Even
61%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
52%
Service points won·Even
62%
62%
Return points won·Even
40%
38%
Break points saved·Even
60%
60%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.9
4.5
Double faults / match·Even
2.3
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
30°CClear
Wind 8 km/hHumidity 8%

Draw

Final
Chang M.
Ulihrach B.
4-66-36-46-3
Semi-finals
Ulihrach B.
Bjorkman J.
6-36-2
Chang M.
Muster T.
6-17-61
Quarter-finals
Bjorkman J.
Berasategui A.
6-26-3
Ulihrach B.
Black B.
6-46-2
Chang M.
Pioline C.
6-36-2
Muster T.
Philippoussis M.
6-37-68
R16
Muster T.
Dosedel S.
6-46-4
Philippoussis M.
Moya C.
6-46-3
Black B.
Kuerten G.
6-36-3
Pioline C.
Larsson M.
6-766-26-4
Bjorkman J.
Woodruff C.
2-67-56-1
Berasategui A.
Stark J.
7-666-3
Ulihrach B.
Clavet F.
7-57-65
Chang M.
Rosset M.
6-27-5
R32
Dosedel S.
Corretja A.
6-44-1
Philippoussis M.
Woodbridge T.
7-647-69
Moya C.
Novak J.
6-46-2
Chang M.
Schalken S.
6-46-3
Muster T.
Voinea A.
6-26-4
Kuerten G.
Ferreira W.
7-651-66-3
Ulihrach B.
Sampras P.
7-657-5
Larsson M.
Rios M.
6-35-77-62
Rosset M.
Dreekmann H.
3-66-37-64
Pioline C.
Stolle S.
6-46-4
Woodruff C.
Enqvist T.
6-46-4
Bjorkman J.
Tarango J.
6-46-2
Berasategui A.
Kulti N.
6-36-766-3
Stark J.
Ivanisevic G.
7-56-3
Clavet F.
Sanchez J.
6-44-67-66
Black B.
Obrien A.
3-66-17-63
R64
Berasategui A.
Lareau S.
7-657-66
Voinea A.
Forget G.
4-64-2
Philippoussis M.
Agassi A.
7-657-65
Obrien A.
Bruguera S.
6-46-4
Black B.
Costa A.
6-26-2
Clavet F.
Courier J.
6-44-66-4
Woodruff C.
Gimelstob J.
6-46-776-3
Kulti N.
Medvedev A.
6-46-4
Stark J.
Ruud C.
7-666-2
Kuerten G.
Woodforde M.
6-47-63
Rosset M.
Zabaleta M.
6-37-5
Ulihrach B.
Gumy H.
4-66-16-0
Dosedel S.
Haarhuis P.
6-756-26-1
Corretja A.
Meligeni F.
6-36-3
Woodbridge T.
Hrbaty D.
7-55-76-2
Novak J.
Goellner M.
5-76-46-2
Schalken S.
Paes L.
7-656-2
Dreekmann H.
Rafter P.
7-636-3
Stolle S.
Mantilla F.
0-66-36-3
Pioline C.
Stoltenberg J.
6-46-4
Larsson M.
Spadea V.
6-46-3
Bjorkman J.
Gaudenzi A.
6-16-3
Tarango J.
Tillstrom M.
6-36-3
Sanchez J.
Reneberg R.
6-45-76-4