Albert Costa vs Jiri Novak — Stuttgart Masters Round of 64

Stuttgart Masters · ATP · Round of 64
ESP
Albert Costa
51 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLLLWLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 30 October 2000
carpet
CZE
Jiri Novak
51 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWWWLWW
Costa A.
7-5 6-7 7-6
Novak J.
Costa A.
764772
Novak J.
577631

Albert Costa defeated Jiri Novak 7-5 6-7 7-6 in the Stuttgart Masters round of 64 on carpet. The result followed the form book — Albert Costa came in leading the head-to-head 4–1, defending last year's round of 32. 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
2000-07-10GstaadQFclayAlbert Costa6-3 6-1
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.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Novak J.

Novak J.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.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.

Draw

Final
Ferreira W.
Hewitt L.
7-663-66-757-626-2
Semi-finals
Hewitt L.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-46-756-3
Ferreira W.
Grosjean S.
6-46-2
Quarter-finals
Ferreira W.
Pavel A.
6-07-5
Kafelnikov Y.
Schalken S.
4-66-16-4
Hewitt L.
Rusedski G.
6-46-4
Grosjean S.
Chang M.
7-51-66-2
R16
Ferreira W.
Philippoussis M.
1-0
Kafelnikov Y.
Squillari F.
6-37-5
Hewitt L.
Henman T.
3-66-36-4
Rusedski G.
Safin M.
7-626-4
Schalken S.
Norman M.
4-66-36-3
Chang M.
El Aynaoui Y.
7-56-2
Pavel A.
Agassi A.
6-36-4
Grosjean S.
Kuerten G.
7-696-3
R32
Kuerten G.
Escude N.
7-687-61
Norman M.
Rosset M.
W/O
Henman T.
Costa A.
6-26-3
Chang M.
Corretja A.
1-67-56-0
Grosjean S.
Lapentti N.
6-16-0
El Aynaoui Y.
Ferrero J.
7-646-4
Agassi A.
Johansson T.
6-46-2
Pavel A.
Rafter P.
7-626-1
Philippoussis M.
Clement A.
6-36-3
Ferreira W.
Enqvist T.
6-27-5
Kafelnikov Y.
Federer R.
7-56-3
Squillari F.
Hrbaty D.
6-746-36-3
Schalken S.
Boutter J.
6-16-3
Hewitt L.
Krajicek R.
6-47-5
Rusedski G.
Puerta M.
6-26-3
Safin M.
Santoro F.
6-26-4
R64
Federer R.
Gambill J.
7-631-0
Ferreira W.
Vinck C.
6-36-766-4
Clement A.
Vinciguerra A.
6-21-66-4
Pavel A.
Gaudio G.
6-44-66-0
Johansson T.
Clavet F.
7-636-726-4
El Aynaoui Y.
Alami K.
7-673-66-3
Grosjean S.
Haas T.
6-46-2
Escude N.
Phau B.
6-36-4
Boutter J.
Arazi H.
6-43-66-1
Krajicek R.
Martin A.
6-26-4
Rosset M.
Schuettler R.
3-66-46-3
Hrbaty D.
Moya C.
6-33-66-2
Costa A.
Novak J.
7-56-747-63
Rusedski G.
Golmard J.
6-16-2
Santoro F.
Ivanisevic G.
6-37-64
Chang M.
Knippschild J.
6-36-737-61