Albert Costa vs David Sanchez — Doha Round of 32

Doha · ATP · Round of 32
ESP
Albert Costa
51 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 3 January 2005
hard
ESP
David Sanchez
48 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Costa A.
6-3 6-4
Sanchez D.
Costa A.
662
Sanchez D.
34–

Albert Costa defeated David Sanchez 6-3 6-4 in the Doha round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — David Sanchez came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

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

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Costa A.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Sanchez D.

Sanchez D.serving73% hold

wins 60% 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.Sanchez D.
1st serve in·Slight edge
68%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
64%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
48%
Service points won·Even
59%
57%
Return points won·Even
37%
39%
Break points saved·Clear edge
60%
48%
Aces / match·Even
2.2
2.7
Double faults / match·Even
2.2
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (33 vs 23). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
24°CClear
Wind 26 km/hHumidity 22%

Draw

Final
Federer R.
Ljubicic I.
6-36-1
Semi-finals
Ljubicic I.
Costa A.
6-37-64
Federer R.
Davydenko N.
6-36-4
Quarter-finals
Costa A.
Santoro F.
6-23-0
Federer R.
Lopez F.
6-16-2
Ljubicic I.
Nadal R.
6-26-736-3
Davydenko N.
Grosjean S.
2-66-36-2
R16
Costa A.
Chiudinelli M.
6-36-2
Nadal R.
Verdasco F.
6-26-4
Ljubicic I.
Lopez M.
6-16-4
Lopez F.
Vico U.
6-27-66
Santoro F.
Monfils G.
6-24-67-5
Federer R.
Rusedski G.
6-36-4
Davydenko N.
Beck K.
7-626-2
Grosjean S.
Lee H.
6-36-0
R32
Monfils G.
Gaudio G.
6-47-64
Nadal R.
Youzhny M.
6-37-63
Verdasco F.
Abdulla M.
6-26-2
Lopez M.
Ulihrach B.
7-57-62
Ljubicic I.
Wawrinka S.
6-36-4
Davydenko N.
Karlovic I.
7-676-3
Beck K.
Andreev I.
6-36-4
Lee H.
Stakhovsky S.
6-06-1
Grosjean S.
Muller G.
7-636-2
Lopez F.
Volandri F.
7-56-3
Santoro F.
Johansson T.
6-46-2
Costa A.
Sanchez D.
6-36-4
Vico U.
Mahut N.
4-66-36-4
Rusedski G.
Hernych J.
6-37-5
Federer R.
Ferrer D.
6-16-1
Chiudinelli M.
Pavel A.
7-56-786-4