Roger Federer vs Albert Costa — Basel Round of 32

Basel · ATP · Round of 32
SUI
Roger Federer
44 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 22 October 2001
hard
ESP
Albert Costa
51 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLLLWLL
Federer R.
6-3 6-3
Costa A.
Federer R.
662
Costa A.
33–

Roger Federer defeated Albert Costa 6-3 6-3 in the Basel round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Roger Federer came in defending last year's final. Roger Federer extended the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

Head to head

2–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-08-30US OpenR128hardRoger Federer7-5 6-2 6-4
2004-05-03Rome MastersR32clayAlbert Costa3-6 6-3 6-2
2003-03-17Miami MastersQFhardAlbert Costa7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(7)
2001-10-08ViennaR16hardRoger Federer7-6(1) 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Federer R.serving93% hold

wins 72% of points on serve vs Costa A.

Costa A.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Federer R.

Serve advantage — Federer R.

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
Federer R.Costa A.
1st serve in·Even
63%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
79%
68%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
59%
52%
Service points won·Slight edge
71%
62%
Return points won·Even
39%
38%
Break points saved·Slight edge
69%
60%
Aces / match·Dominant
9.0
4.5
Double faults / match·Slight edge
1.7
2.0

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Henman T.
Federer R.
6-36-46-2
Semi-finals
Henman T.
Moya C.
6-16-4
Federer R.
Boutter J.
7-636-4
Quarter-finals
Moya C.
Davydenko N.
7-647-63
Boutter J.
Bastl G.
2-67-627-67
Federer R.
Roddick A.
3-66-37-65
Henman T.
Kratochvil M.
6-06-1
R16
Bastl G.
Ulihrach B.
7-637-61
Henman T.
Gaudenzi A.
6-26-1
Federer R.
Malisse X.
6-36-4
Boutter J.
Pavel A.
4-66-46-0
Roddick A.
Zimonjic N.
6-47-64
Moya C.
Thomann N.
7-646-4
Davydenko N.
Rosset M.
7-56-1
Kratochvil M.
Clement A.
6-31-67-66
R32
Bastl G.
Gambill J.
6-4
Clement A.
Gaudio G.
6-46-1
Rosset M.
Corretja A.
6-43-66-1
Davydenko N.
Blanco G.
6-16-4
Thomann N.
Balcells J.
6-42-66-2
Moya C.
Sanguinetti D.
7-626-4
Roddick A.
Huet S.
6-23-67-65
Zimonjic N.
Vicente F.
4-66-36-2
Malisse X.
Friedl L.
6-36-7106-2
Federer R.
Costa A.
6-36-3
Ulihrach B.
Lapentti N.
6-43-66-3
Pavel A.
Ljubicic I.
6-46-756-3
Boutter J.
Kuerten G.
7-636-2
Gaudenzi A.
Robredo T.
7-636-4
Henman T.
Dupuis A.
6-46-1
Kratochvil M.
Portas A.
5-77-616-1