Albert Costa vs Galo Blanco — Valencia Round of 32

Valencia · ATP · Round of 32
ESP
Albert Costa
51 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLLLWLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 12 April 2004
hard
ESP
Galo Blanco
49 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLWLLL
Costa A.
6-3 6-4
Blanco G.
Costa A.
662
Blanco G.
34–

Albert Costa defeated Galo Blanco 6-3 6-4 in the Valencia round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Albert Costa came in leading the head-to-head 5–0. Albert Costa extended the head-to-head to 6–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Albert Costa closed it out in two sets, 6–3 6–4.

Head to head

5–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-07-18StuttgartR64grassAlbert Costa6-4 6-4
1999-09-27BucharestR16clayAlbert Costa6-4 4-6 6-3
1998-07-06GstaadR16clayAlbert Costa7-6(3) 6-3
1998-04-13BarcelonaR32clayAlbert Costa6-3 6-4
1997-09-08MarbellaSFclayAlbert Costa7-5 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Costa A.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Blanco G.

Blanco G.serving71% hold

wins 59% 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.Blanco G.
1st serve in·Slight edge
63%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
46%
Service points won·Even
60%
57%
Return points won·Even
38%
36%
Break points saved·Slight edge
58%
52%
Aces / match·Even
3.8
4.2
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.2
3.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (76 vs 26). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Verdasco F.
Montanes A.
7-656-3
Semi-finals
Montanes A.
Martin A.
4-66-26-2
Verdasco F.
Ferrero J.
6-26-1
Quarter-finals
Montanes A.
Lopez M.
2-66-26-0
Ferrero J.
Ancic M.
6-46-4
Verdasco F.
Ferrer D.
6-26-3
Martin A.
Rochus C.
6-16-2
R16
Ferrero J.
Vacek J.
6-37-5
Ancic M.
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
7-56-2
Verdasco F.
Ljubicic I.
6-46-4
Montanes A.
Lopez F.
4-66-26-4
Ferrer D.
Sluiter R.
6-26-4
Martin A.
Vicente F.
6-35-76-4
Rochus C.
Costa A.
6-46-3
Lopez M.
Corretja A.
6-46-4
R32
Lopez M.
Koubek S.
7-56-0
Ferrero J.
Matos Gil I.
6-27-5
Vacek J.
Burniol G.
6-33-66-4
Ancic M.
Levy H.
6-16-1
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
Calatrava A.
6-777-616-4
Ljubicic I.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-36-4
Verdasco F.
Portas A.
6-16-4
Sluiter R.
Van Scheppingen D.
6-06-4
Ferrer D.
Lapentti G.
6-46-3
Martin A.
Almagro N.
6-26-4
Vicente F.
Hernandez O.
7-652-67-65
Rochus C.
Eschauer W.
6-46-2
Costa A.
Blanco G.
6-36-4
Corretja A.
Sanchez D.
5-76-26-2
Montanes A.
Van Lottum J.
6-36-1
Lopez F.
Andreev I.
6-46-2