Albert Costa vs Jiri Novak — Gstaad Quarter-final

Gstaad · ATP · Quarter-final
ESP
Albert Costa
51 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLLLWLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 10 July 2000
clay
CZE
Jiri Novak
51 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWWWLWW
Costa A.
6-3 6-1
Novak J.
Costa A.
662
Novak J.
31–

Albert Costa defeated Jiri Novak 6-3 6-1 in the Gstaad quarter-final on clay. The result followed the form book — Albert Costa came in leading the head-to-head 4–1, defending the title. Albert Costa extended the head-to-head to 5–1.

Key context

Head to head

4–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-05-03Rome MastersQFclayAlbert Costa6-4 6-2
2000-10-30Stuttgart MastersR64carpetAlbert Costa7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(3)
1999-08-09Cincinnati MastersR32hardJiri Novak7-6(3) 7-6(6)
1999-04-19Monte Carlo MastersR16clayAlbert Costa4-6 6-2 6-4
1998-04-06EstorilR16clayAlbert Costa6-3 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Costa A.serving70% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Novak J.

Novak J.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Costa A.

Serve advantage — Novak J.

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.Novak J.
1st serve in·Even
63%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
50%
Service points won·Even
62%
62%
Return points won·Even
38%
40%
Break points saved·Even
60%
59%
Aces / match·Even
4.5
4.3
Double faults / match·Even
2.0
2.0

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
14°CDrizzle
Wind 9 km/hHumidity 96%

Draw

Final
Corretja A.
Puerta M.
6-16-3
Semi-finals
Puerta M.
Costa A.
6-46-3
Corretja A.
Gaudio G.
7-57-5
Quarter-finals
Gaudio G.
Squillari F.
6-14-1
Costa A.
Novak J.
6-36-1
Corretja A.
Rios M.
6-766-16-3
Puerta M.
Grosjean S.
7-646-3
R16
Grosjean S.
Kiefer N.
6-36-1
Gaudio G.
Mirnyi M.
6-24-67-5
Squillari F.
Rosset M.
6-37-5
Novak J.
Clavet F.
6-37-5
Puerta M.
Mantilla F.
6-06-2
Rios M.
Bastl G.
6-37-5
Costa A.
Golmard J.
6-46-3
Corretja A.
Spadea V.
6-26-2
R32
Novak J.
Arazi H.
6-37-60
Grosjean S.
Heuberger I.
6-36-4
Clavet F.
El Aynaoui Y.
6-14-66-4
Squillari F.
Schuettler R.
7-57-5
Rosset M.
Kratochvil M.
6-36-2
Mirnyi M.
Zabaleta M.
6-737-636-3
Gaudio G.
Ferrero J.
6-47-63
Rios M.
Dosedel S.
7-56-726-2
Bastl G.
Ker L.
6-26-1
Spadea V.
Bruguera S.
2-67-56-2
Corretja A.
Federer R.
6-44-66-4
Kiefer N.
Calatrava A.
6-37-62
Mantilla F.
Vicente F.
6-16-4
Puerta M.
Di Pasquale A.
6-36-4
Costa A.
Koubek S.
4-66-36-3
Golmard J.
Thomann N.
4-66-26-4