Carlos Costa vs Alex Corretja — Stuttgart Outdoor Round of 32

Stuttgart Outdoor · ATP · Round of 32
ESP
Carlos Costa
58 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 20 July 1998
clay
ESP
Alex Corretja
52 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Costa C.
7-6 6-7 7-5
Corretja A.
Costa C.
776672
Corretja A.
647851

Carlos Costa defeated Alex Corretja 7-6 6-7 7-5 in the Stuttgart Outdoor round of 32 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Alex Corretja came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending the title. Carlos Costa claimed a first win over Alex Corretja in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1998-02-09DubaiQFhardAlex Corretja7-6(1) 5-7 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Costa C.serving61% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Corretja A.

Corretja A.serving70% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Costa C.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

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 C.Corretja A.
1st serve in·Even
55%
54%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
70%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
46%
52%
Service points won·Even
58%
62%
Return points won·Even
40%
40%
Break points saved·Even
58%
60%
Aces / match·Even
4.5
4.5
Double faults / match·Even
3.1
3.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (55 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Kuerten G.
Kucera K.
4-66-26-4
Semi-finals
Kuerten G.
Moya C.
7-666-4
Kucera K.
Rios M.
6-16-786-4
Quarter-finals
Moya C.
Vicente F.
3-66-36-2
Rios M.
Becker B.
6-26-0
Kucera K.
Ulihrach B.
6-46-4
Kuerten G.
Costa A.
7-56-0
R16
Moya C.
Hrbaty D.
6-26-2
Becker B.
Mantilla F.
7-627-5
Rios M.
Dreekmann H.
6-36-4
Ulihrach B.
Clavet F.
7-656-2
Kucera K.
Gustafsson M.
6-16-3
Costa A.
Portas A.
6-16-3
Kuerten G.
Costa C.
6-26-4
Vicente F.
Raoux G.
6-746-36-2
R32
Moya C.
Alonso J.
7-667-5
Dreekmann H.
Larsson M.
6-47-5
Becker B.
Pioline C.
7-656-1
Mantilla F.
Fromberg R.
7-657-5
Ulihrach B.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-33-66-3
Clavet F.
Blanco G.
7-647-5
Gustafsson M.
Haas T.
6-36-1
Kucera K.
Dosedel S.
6-16-1
Costa A.
Squillari F.
6-36-4
Portas A.
Santoro F.
1-66-27-67
Kuerten G.
Meligeni F.
7-656-4
Costa C.
Corretja A.
7-646-767-5
Raoux G.
Berasategui A.
6-16-2
Vicente F.
Muster T.
6-36-757-5
Hrbaty D.
Escude N.
2-66-36-3
Rios M.
Knippschild J.
7-656-2
R64
Vicente F.
Meneschincheri M.
6-757-54-0
Alonso J.
Bruguera S.
6-46-2
Hrbaty D.
Norman M.
6-36-2
Raoux G.
Sanguinetti D.
6-27-65
Costa C.
Vasek R.
6-26-0
Meligeni F.
Prinosil D.
3-66-46-4
Portas A.
Johansson T.
7-626-4
Squillari F.
Lapentti N.
6-23-66-1
Dosedel S.
Rosset M.
6-36-4
Haas T.
Goellner M.
7-617-5
Blanco G.
Safin M.
2-67-646-2
Ulihrach B.
Grosjean S.
7-56-2
Fromberg R.
Marin J.
7-636-1
Becker B.
Gaudenzi A.
6-17-5
Dreekmann H.
Tillstrom M.
6-36-0
Knippschild J.
Kohlmann M.
3-66-36-3