Albert Costa vs Hicham Arazi — Dubai Round of 32

Dubai · ATP · Round of 32
ESP
Albert Costa
51 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLLLWLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 8 February 1999
hard
MAR
Hicham Arazi
52 yrs · 175 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLWLL
Costa A.
6-3 6-2
Arazi H.
Costa A.
662
Arazi H.
32–

Albert Costa defeated Hicham Arazi 6-3 6-2 in the Dubai round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Albert Costa came in leading the head-to-head 4–1, defending last year's round of 16. Albert Costa extended the head-to-head to 5–1.

Key context

Head to head

4–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-02-23MarseilleR32hardAlbert Costa7-6(6) 7-6(2)
2004-01-19Australian OpenR32hardHicham Arazi2-6 7-6(2) 6-2 6-1
1999-10-25Stuttgart MastersR64carpetAlbert Costa7-5 2-6 6-3
1999-07-26KitzbuhelR16clayAlbert Costa6-2 6-4
1998-01-12Sydney OutdoorR32hardAlbert Costa6-3 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Costa A.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Arazi H.

Arazi H.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.Arazi H.
1st serve in·Even
63%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
52%
Service points won·Even
62%
62%
Return points won·Even
38%
38%
Break points saved·Even
60%
60%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.5
3.8
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.0
1.7

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
27°CPartly cloudy
Wind 15 km/hHumidity 50%

Draw

Final
Golmard J.
Kiefer N.
6-46-2
Semi-finals
Kiefer N.
Ilie A.
6-37-66
Golmard J.
Moya C.
4-67-56-3
Quarter-finals
Kiefer N.
Clavet F.
7-676-766-2
Golmard J.
Henman T.
7-647-5
Moya C.
Mantilla F.
7-646-2
Ilie A.
Kuerten G.
6-46-4
R16
Henman T.
Bjorkman J.
6-37-67
Clavet F.
Rusedski G.
3-67-56-2
Ilie A.
Korda P.
6-16-3
Golmard J.
Kucera K.
7-666-1
Kiefer N.
Costa A.
6-37-63
Kuerten G.
Van Herck J.
6-36-2
Mantilla F.
Black B.
7-616-3
Moya C.
Muster T.
6-46-4
R32
Kuerten G.
Marin J.
6-46-4
Rusedski G.
Schalken S.
6-46-3
Clavet F.
Ferreira W.
3-66-27-611
Kucera K.
Berasategui A.
6-06-2
Kiefer N.
Escude N.
6-36-2
Costa A.
Arazi H.
6-36-2
Golmard J.
Santoro F.
6-46-3
Bjorkman J.
Becker B.
6-36-4
Moya C.
Norman M.
1-66-36-4
Muster T.
Huet S.
6-46-2
Black B.
Ulihrach B.
6-17-67
Mantilla F.
Vicente F.
7-626-4
Henman T.
Black W.
6-06-4
Ilie A.
Corretja A.
4-66-47-610
Korda P.
Martin A.
6-36-4
Van Herck J.
Paes L.
6-46-3