Albert Costa vs Fabrice Santoro — Doha Quarter-final

Doha · ATP · Quarter-final
ESP
Albert Costa
51 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Retired
Monday, 3 January 2005
hard
FRA
Fabrice Santoro
53 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Costa A.
6-2 3-0
Santoro F.
Costa A.
632
Santoro F.
20–

Albert Costa advanced when Fabrice Santoro retired 6-2 3-0 in the Doha quarter-final. Albert Costa extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2001-07-30Canada MastersR16hardFabrice Santoro7-5 2-6 6-3
2001-05-14Hamburg MastersQFclayAlbert Costa6-1 6-2
1998-05-04Hamburg MastersQFclayAlbert Costa6-3 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Costa A.serving75% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Santoro F.

Santoro F.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Costa A.

Serve advantage — Santoro F.

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.Santoro F.
1st serve in·Slight edge
68%
58%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
64%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
51%
Service points won·Even
59%
61%
Return points won·Even
37%
38%
Break points saved·Even
59%
60%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.3
4.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.2
1.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (33 vs 192). 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