Albert Costa vs Magnus Gustafsson — Sydney Outdoor Round of 16

Sydney Outdoor · ATP · Round of 16
ESP
Albert Costa
51 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 12 January 1998
hard
SWE
Magnus Gustafsson
59 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Costa A.
3-6 6-4 6-3
Gustafsson M.
Costa A.
3662
Gustafsson M.
6431

Albert Costa defeated Magnus Gustafsson 3-6 6-4 6-3 in the Sydney Outdoor round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Albert Costa came in leading the head-to-head 3–0, defending last year's semi-final. Albert Costa extended the head-to-head to 4–0.

Key context

Head to head

3–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1999-05-24Roland GarrosR128clayAlbert Costa6-3 4-6 7-5 7-6(5)
1998-04-20Monte Carlo MastersR32clayAlbert Costa6-4 6-2
1997-05-19DusseldorfRRclayAlbert Costa6-4 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Costa A.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Gustafsson M.

Gustafsson M.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Costa A.

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
Costa A.Gustafsson M.
1st serve in·Even
63%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
50%
Service points won·Even
62%
62%
Return points won·Even
38%
40%
Break points saved·Even
60%
60%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.5
3.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.0
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 164). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Kucera K.
Henman T.
7-56-4
Semi-finals
Henman T.
Rafter P.
7-657-5
Kucera K.
Tebbutt M.
4-67-666-0
Quarter-finals
Kucera K.
Stoltenberg J.
6-32-66-4
Rafter P.
Martin T.
6-46-746-1
Henman T.
Enqvist T.
3-67-56-4
Tebbutt M.
Costa A.
6-36-3
R16
Kucera K.
Kiefer N.
5-0
Enqvist T.
Draper S.
4-66-46-2
Henman T.
Portas A.
7-656-4
Stoltenberg J.
Dreekmann H.
7-657-5
Costa A.
Gustafsson M.
3-66-46-3
Tebbutt M.
Hewitt L.
5-76-37-5
Rafter P.
Berasategui A.
6-36-4
Martin T.
Clavet F.
3-66-17-63
R32
Rafter P.
Woodbridge T.
6-46-3
Berasategui A.
Santoro F.
6-46-766-3
Kiefer N.
Bruguera S.
7-56-1
Kucera K.
Schalken S.
6-26-2
Stoltenberg J.
Alonso J.
6-36-2
Dreekmann H.
Corretja A.
6-26-4
Henman T.
Woodforde M.
6-23-66-4
Portas A.
Norman M.
6-36-3
Draper S.
Sargsian S.
7-663-66-1
Enqvist T.
Moya C.
6-766-46-4
Martin T.
Pioline C.
6-45-76-3
Clavet F.
Johansson T.
6-37-5
Hewitt L.
Bjorkman J.
6-36-746-4
Tebbutt M.
Rosset M.
4-66-47-5
Gustafsson M.
Norman D.
7-656-3
Costa A.
Arazi H.
6-36-4