Albert Costa vs Mariano Zabaleta — Monte Carlo Masters Round of 64

Monte Carlo Masters · ATP · Round of 64
ESP
Albert Costa
51 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 19 April 1999
clay
ARG
Mariano Zabaleta
48 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Costa A.
6-3 6-4
Zabaleta M.
Costa A.
662
Zabaleta M.
34–

Albert Costa defeated Mariano Zabaleta 6-3 6-4 in the Monte Carlo Masters round of 64 on clay. The result followed the form book — Albert Costa came in leading the head-to-head 3–1, defending last year's round of 16. Albert Costa extended the head-to-head to 4–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Albert Costa closed it out in two sets, 6–3 6–4.

Head to head

3–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-07-12StuttgartR16grassAlbert Costa7-5 7-6(4)
2003-10-27Paris MastersR64hardAlbert Costa6-7(4) 6-4 7-5
2003-04-21BarcelonaR32clayAlbert Costa6-3 7-5
1999-05-03Hamburg MastersR32clayMariano Zabaleta7-5 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Costa A.serving72% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Zabaleta M.

Zabaleta M.serving74% hold

wins 60% 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.Zabaleta M.
1st serve in·Even
63%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
51%
Service points won·Even
62%
62%
Return points won·Even
38%
39%
Break points saved·Even
60%
60%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.5
3.8
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.0
3.2

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

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast
Weather
15°CClear
Wind 15 km/hHumidity 46%

Draw

Final
Kuerten G.
Rios M.
6-42-1
Semi-finals
Rios M.
Golmard J.
6-43-66-2
Kuerten G.
Mantilla F.
3-66-36-4
Quarter-finals
Golmard J.
Moya C.
6-756-36-0
Mantilla F.
Costa A.
6-46-727-64
Kuerten G.
Spadea V.
6-36-3
Rios M.
Philippoussis M.
6-26-726-4
R16
Kuerten G.
Meligeni F.
6-27-62
Costa A.
Novak J.
4-66-26-4
Mantilla F.
Ljubicic I.
6-26-2
Spadea V.
Clavet F.
6-32-66-3
Rios M.
Arazi H.
6-36-3
Philippoussis M.
Grosjean S.
4-67-656-2
Golmard J.
Di Pasquale A.
6-16-4
Moya C.
Alami K.
6-46-1
R32
Golmard J.
Becker B.
W/O
Mantilla F.
Lapentti N.
7-57-64
Ljubicic I.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-16-2
Grosjean S.
Haas T.
7-56-2
Kuerten G.
Ulihrach B.
6-756-26-4
Arazi H.
Puerta M.
6-16-4
Clavet F.
Enqvist T.
6-26-0
Rios M.
Pavel A.
0-66-47-66
Spadea V.
Kucera K.
6-46-3
Costa A.
Van Lottum J.
6-26-3
Philippoussis M.
Delgado R.
7-646-4
Moya C.
Pescariu D.
3-66-36-4
Meligeni F.
Henman T.
6-756-47-5
Alami K.
Muster T.
6-36-3
Novak J.
Rusedski G.
6-26-2
Di Pasquale A.
Santopadre V.
6-37-64
R64
Haas T.
Safin M.
6-46-2
Grosjean S.
Prieto S.
6-06-4
Ljubicic I.
Medvedev A.
5-76-06-1
Clavet F.
Vacek D.
6-16-0
Muster T.
Johansson T.
6-36-4
Kuerten G.
Carlsson M.
6-16-3
Becker B.
Pioline C.
6-45-76-4
Enqvist T.
Hrbaty D.
7-56-746-2
Golmard J.
Sanguinetti D.
6-16-2
Di Pasquale A.
Berasategui A.
7-645-76-4
Delgado R.
Bjorkman J.
7-650-66-4
Arazi H.
Ivanisevic G.
6-16-4
Puerta M.
Clement A.
6-46-2
Pavel A.
El Aynaoui Y.
6-47-5
Spadea V.
Federer R.
7-636-0
Costa A.
Zabaleta M.
6-36-4
Van Lottum J.
Siemerink J.
5-76-16-4
Novak J.
Rosset M.
6-37-5
Lapentti N.
Gaudenzi A.
6-17-61
Mantilla F.
Squillari F.
6-26-4
Meligeni F.
Ilie A.
6-45-76-2
Ulihrach B.
Vicente F.
6-26-2
Pescariu D.
Dosedel S.
6-26-1
Alami K.
Schalken S.
6-26-3