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Cedric Pioline #29 def. Carlos Costa #33

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 28, 1996*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Cedric Pioline
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Carlos Costa
Duration	1h 36m

Stat	Cedric Pioline	Carlos Costa
Aces	1	0
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	44	52
First serve points won %	59	43
Second serve points won %	50	36
Break points saved %	57	33
Break points converted %	67	43
Service points won %	54	40
Return points won %	60	46
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cedric Pioline	Carlos Costa
Country	FRA	ESP
Birth date	Jun 15, 1969	Apr 22, 1968
Age	26	28
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	29	33
Ranking points (entering)	1,077	997
Elo (entering)	1,900	1,799
Career W-L	370–301	237–201
Career earnings	$6,921,029	$3,134,189

Pre-match H2H

Cedric Pioline 1 – 0 Carlos Costa

Path

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1996	R16	Andrei Medvedev	4-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1996	R32	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1996	R64	Hendrik Dreekmann	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Cedric Pioline's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 1996	SF	Thomas Muster	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Carlos Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1996	R16	Petr Korda	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1996	R32	Michael Chang	6-7(8) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1996	R64	Andrei Cherkasov	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data