Albert Costa vs Alberto Martin — Palermo Quarter-final

Palermo · ATP · Quarter-final
ESP
Albert Costa
51 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 4 October 1999
clay
ESP
Alberto Martin
47 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLLWWL
Costa A.
7-6 6-3
Martin A.
Costa A.
7762
Martin A.
643–

Albert Costa defeated Alberto Martin 7-6 6-3 in the Palermo quarter-final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Alberto Martin came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Albert Costa narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Albert Costa closed it out in two sets, 7–6 6–3.

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-08-25US OpenR64hardAlberto Martin6-3 6-3 3-6 6-2
2002-04-15Monte Carlo MastersR16clayAlbert Costa7-5 6-3
1999-09-27BucharestSFclayAlberto Martin7-6(6) 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Costa A.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Martin A.

Martin A.serving68% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Costa A.

Serve advantage — Costa A.

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.Martin A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
63%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
49%
Service points won·Even
62%
59%
Return points won·Even
38%
38%
Break points saved·Even
60%
57%
Aces / match·Clear edge
4.5
2.3
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.

Draw

Final
Di Pasquale A.
Berasategui A.
6-16-3
Semi-finals
Berasategui A.
Costa A.
2-67-634-0
Di Pasquale A.
Alami K.
7-667-5
Quarter-finals
Di Pasquale A.
Corretja A.
6-47-64
Costa A.
Martin A.
7-646-3
Berasategui A.
Gumy H.
6-36-4
Alami K.
Hipfl M.
4-66-46-4
R16
Costa A.
Puerta M.
6-23-66-4
Corretja A.
Marin J.
7-646-2
Di Pasquale A.
Knippschild J.
6-44-66-2
Alami K.
El Aynaoui Y.
6-43-66-3
Hipfl M.
Sanguinetti D.
6-46-2
Berasategui A.
Vicente F.
4-67-677-5
Gumy H.
Gaudio G.
6-06-1
Martin A.
Ferrero J.
6-36-2
R32
Gumy H.
Meligeni F.
1-66-33-0
Di Pasquale A.
Squillari F.
6-44-1
Corretja A.
Diaz J.
6-17-5
El Aynaoui Y.
Alonso J.
6-756-26-2
Costa A.
Filippini M.
6-16-1
Puerta M.
Blanco G.
6-46-3
Martin A.
Nargiso D.
6-16-4
Ferrero J.
Sargsian S.
6-716-07-5
Gaudio G.
Canas G.
6-06-4
Berasategui A.
Rodriguez M.
2-66-26-1
Vicente F.
Gaudenzi A.
6-46-2
Sanguinetti D.
Zabaleta M.
6-47-62
Hipfl M.
Sanchez D.
6-27-65
Alami K.
Viloca Puig J.
6-46-2
Knippschild J.
Nicolas E.
6-36-0
Marin J.
Portas A.
7-56-1