Albert Costa vs Byron Black — Australian Open Round of 64

Australian Open · 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, 14 January 2002
hard
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Byron Black
56 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Costa A.
6-1 6-4 6-4
Black B.
Costa A.
6663
Black B.
144–

Albert Costa defeated Byron Black 6-1 6-4 6-4 in the Australian Open round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Byron Black came in defending last year's round of 128. Albert Costa extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Albert Costa came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 6–1 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1997-03-10Indian Wells MastersR64hardByron Black6-2 6-2
1997-01-06Sydney OutdoorQFhardAlbert Costa6-4 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Costa A.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Black B.

Black B.serving76% hold

wins 61% 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.Black B.
1st serve in·Slight edge
63%
70%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
68%
63%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
51%
45%
Service points won·Even
62%
58%
Return points won·Even
38%
42%
Break points saved·Clear edge
60%
43%
Aces / match·Clear edge
4.5
3.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.1
1.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (174 vs 2). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
18°COvercast
Wind 16 km/hHumidity 56%

Draw

Final
Johansson T.
Safin M.
3-66-46-47-64
Semi-finals
Johansson T.
Novak J.
7-650-64-66-36-4
Safin M.
Haas T.
6-757-643-66-06-2
Quarter-finals
Safin M.
Ferreira W.
5-2
Johansson T.
Bjorkman J.
6-02-66-36-4
Novak J.
Koubek S.
6-26-36-2
Haas T.
Rios M.
7-626-46-727-65
R16
Safin M.
Sampras P.
6-26-46-757-68
Ferreira W.
Costa A.
4-66-46-46-749-7
Haas T.
Federer R.
7-634-63-66-48-6
Rios M.
Lapentti N.
7-56-16-4
Johansson T.
Voinea A.
6-786-26-06-4
Bjorkman J.
Henman T.
6-27-666-4
Koubek S.
Gonzalez F.
7-56-16-736-2
Novak J.
Hrbaty D.
6-46-25-76-2
R32
Johansson T.
El Aynaoui Y.
5-76-26-26-4
Bjorkman J.
Canas G.
6-36-26-4
Henman T.
Rusedski G.
6-46-31-66-3
Gonzalez F.
Kim A.
6-26-26-3
Koubek S.
Pless K.
7-647-56-3
Rios M.
Martin A.
6-46-37-63
Lapentti N.
Gaudio G.
4-65-76-46-26-4
Federer R.
Schuettler R.
7-667-656-4
Haas T.
Martin T.
6-786-33-66-46-1
Costa A.
Pavel A.
7-646-46-4
Ferreira W.
Ljubicic I.
4-64-67-636-37-5
Hrbaty D.
Golmard J.
6-36-16-767-5
Safin M.
Youzhny M.
6-46-46-4
Novak J.
Clavet F.
6-36-46-1
Sampras P.
Escude N.
7-655-76-46-766-3
Voinea A.
Dent T.
3-66-36-43-66-3
R64
Ljubicic I.
Roddick A.
7-6113-2
Pavel A.
Simoni A.
6-14-0
Lapentti N.
Acasuso J.
7-656-26-3
Federer R.
Savolt A.
6-27-56-4
Gaudio G.
Clement A.
6-44-66-27-63
Martin A.
Kratochvil M.
3-66-36-3
Rios M.
Kucera K.
7-657-56-2
Martin T.
Malisse X.
6-36-26-2
Schuettler R.
Moya C.
3-66-746-17-656-2
Gonzalez F.
Robredo T.
6-26-46-4
Kim A.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-37-56-3
Henman T.
Voltchkov V.
6-36-46-1
Johansson T.
Hipfl M.
6-46-16-4
Pless K.
Arazi H.
6-36-46-1
Koubek S.
Blake J.
4-62-66-46-16-2
Golmard J.
Ivanisevic G.
6-37-625-76-4
Rusedski G.
Philippoussis M.
7-676-36-4
Bjorkman J.
Enqvist T.
3-67-56-46-2
Hrbaty D.
Portas A.
6-16-36-0
Novak J.
Gaudenzi A.
2-65-76-26-36-3
Dent T.
Vinciguerra A.
6-36-46-2
Clavet F.
Grosjean S.
6-43-66-05-76-4
Canas G.
Delgado R.
6-27-56-796-4
Sampras P.
Chela J.
6-37-53-66-4
Escude N.
Calatrava A.
2-62-66-47-56-4
Youzhny M.
Fish M.
6-46-36-2
Safin M.
Rochus C.
6-27-666-1
El Aynaoui Y.
Vicente F.
4-66-36-36-3
Voinea A.
Boutter J.
6-26-46-752-66-3
Ferreira W.
Nalbandian D.
6-757-627-56-3
Costa A.
Black B.
6-16-46-4
Haas T.
Bachelot J.
6-16-26-3
R128
Bjorkman J.
Massu N.
6-4
Moya C.
Calleri A.
2-66-736-47-640-1
Grosjean S.
Balcells J.
6-22-67-657-62
Clavet F.
Lee M.
7-626-16-0
Gaudenzi A.
Fromberg R.
1-66-07-56-3
Novak J.
Kiefer N.
6-16-06-4
Portas A.
Ilie A.
6-737-666-26-0
Hrbaty D.
Burgsmuller L.
3-62-66-36-37-5
Ivanisevic G.
Damm Sr M.
4-67-57-646-4
Blake J.
Corretja A.
5-77-666-36-2
Robredo T.
Russell M.
6-756-36-36-4
Arazi H.
Heuberger I.
6-46-24-67-61
Gonzalez F.
Sargsian S.
6-16-37-65
Enqvist T.
Thomann N.
2-66-36-16-2
Rusedski G.
Draper S.
7-686-37-5
Philippoussis M.
Blanco G.
6-36-47-5
Voltchkov V.
Mamiit C.
3-66-36-36-3
Henman T.
Larkham T.
7-56-26-2
Kafelnikov Y.
Kohlmann M.
6-36-36-2
Kim A.
Sanguinetti D.
3-66-26-36-4
Dent T.
Tabara M.
6-26-16-2
Boutter J.
Kuerten G.
3-64-67-56-36-3
Voinea A.
Sanchez D.
5-76-27-656-2
Vinciguerra A.
Luzzi F.
6-26-27-63
El Aynaoui Y.
Vanek J.
6-36-36-3
Vicente F.
Carlsen K.
2-62-66-46-410-8
Golmard J.
Arthurs W.
7-647-57-65
Martin A.
Hewitt L.
1-66-16-47-64
Clement A.
Saretta F.
6-47-656-4
Acasuso J.
Vacek J.
3-61-66-47-656-1
Chela J.
Okun N.
6-26-756-36-1
Lapentti N.
Pretzsch A.
7-54-66-06-0
Sampras P.
Nieminen J.
6-36-36-4
Kucera K.
Schalken S.
6-16-41-66-1
Rios M.
Crabb J.
6-26-05-76-4
Kratochvil M.
Meligeni F.
6-46-16-2
Koubek S.
Saulnier C.
0-61-67-666-48-6
Pless K.
Mirnyi M.
3-66-36-46-3
Delgado R.
Montanes A.
7-56-754-66-46-1
Canas G.
Srichaphan P.
6-16-16-4
Johansson T.
Diaz J.
6-13-67-626-4
Hipfl M.
Davydenko N.
6-16-43-66-4
Fish M.
Santoro F.
6-21-66-46-1
Simoni A.
Fukarek O.
4-67-56-26-737-5
Escude N.
Reid T.
1-66-16-46-4
Calatrava A.
Rochus O.
6-33-66-33-66-3
Black B.
Labadze I.
4-64-66-36-37-5
Pavel A.
Squillari F.
6-46-33-66-2
Costa A.
Mantilla F.
2-66-26-36-4
Ferreira W.
Gambill J.
6-26-47-66
Nalbandian D.
Vacek D.
7-603-66-36-3
Ljubicic I.
Ulihrach B.
6-741-66-47-679-7
Roddick A.
Zabaleta M.
6-35-76-36-3
Safin M.
Dupuis A.
7-56-46-2
Rochus C.
Sluiter R.
4-66-36-46-2
Youzhny M.
Llodra M.
6-726-26-26-3
Haas T.
Stoliarov A.
6-16-36-1
Bachelot J.
Galvani S.
6-27-57-5
Martin T.
Sa A.
6-46-37-5
Malisse X.
Behrend T.
6-46-47-5
Schuettler R.
Mathieu P.
2-66-14-66-16-4
Savolt A.
Patience O.
6-33-66-33-66-4
Federer R.
Chang M.
6-46-46-3
Gaudio G.
Brasington J.
6-47-637-5