Mark Philippoussis vs Albert Costa — Basel Round of 32

Basel · ATP · Round of 32
AUS
Mark Philippoussis
49 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 29 September 1997
hard
ESP
Albert Costa
51 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Philippoussis M.
7-6 6-3
Costa A.
Philippoussis M.
7762
Costa A.
633–

Mark Philippoussis defeated Albert Costa 7-6 6-3 in the Basel round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Albert Costa came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Mark Philippoussis claimed a first win over Albert Costa in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1997-05-19DusseldorfFclayAlbert Costa3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(7)

Serve vs return

This season
Philippoussis M.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Costa A.

Costa A.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Philippoussis M.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

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
Philippoussis M.Costa A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
57%
63%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
80%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
52%
Service points won·Slight edge
67%
62%
Return points won·Even
35%
38%
Break points saved·Even
63%
60%
Aces / match·Dominant
14.6
4.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.1
2.0

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Rusedski G.
Philippoussis M.
6-37-667-63
Semi-finals
Rusedski G.
Korda P.
6-756-37-5
Philippoussis M.
Henman T.
7-626-4
Quarter-finals
Korda P.
Roux L.
6-36-4
Rusedski G.
Enqvist T.
7-644-66-3
Henman T.
Norman M.
6-36-2
Philippoussis M.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-36-756-2
R16
Roux L.
Moya C.
6-33-67-64
Kafelnikov Y.
Heuberger I.
6-34-66-3
Philippoussis M.
Santoro F.
6-36-3
Henman T.
Kucera K.
6-46-1
Norman M.
Bjorkman J.
6-16-4
Enqvist T.
Tarango J.
7-57-5
Rusedski G.
Ferreira W.
6-37-62
Korda P.
Woodruff C.
7-56-4
R32
Santoro F.
Lavergne R.
6-36-3
Philippoussis M.
Costa A.
7-636-3
Kucera K.
Ivanisevic G.
6-36-3
Henman T.
Goellner M.
7-646-3
Norman M.
Olhovskiy A.
7-56-746-4
Bjorkman J.
Boetsch A.
6-26-3
Enqvist T.
Ulihrach B.
6-33-66-1
Tarango J.
Siemerink J.
7-646-2
Ferreira W.
Steven B.
6-726-17-65
Rusedski G.
Prinosil D.
4-66-47-5
Korda P.
Escude N.
6-16-4
Kafelnikov Y.
Manta L.
6-17-62
Heuberger I.
Rosset M.
7-647-5
Woodruff C.
Raoux G.
7-646-2
Moya C.
Haas T.
6-43-66-4
Roux L.
Haarhuis P.
6-36-3