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Felix Mantilla #47 def. Albert Costa #8

7-5 4-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 10, 2003*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Felix Mantilla
Score	7-5 4-6 6-1
Loser	Albert Costa
Duration	2h 19m

Stat	Felix Mantilla	Albert Costa
Aces	7	3
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	58	55
First serve points won %	80	74
Second serve points won %	53	36
Break points saved %	40	50
Break points converted %	50	60
Service points won %	69	57
Return points won %	43	31
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Felix Mantilla	Albert Costa
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Sep 23, 1974	Jun 25, 1975
Age	28	27
Height	180	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	47	8
Ranking points (entering)	790	1,960
Elo (entering)	1,838	1,819
Career W-L	307–218	368–263
Career earnings	$5,332,214	$7,685,228

Pre-match H2H

Felix Mantilla 3 – 7 Albert Costa

Path

Felix Mantilla's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2003	R32	Mardy Fish	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2003	R64	David Nalbandian	6-3 1-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Felix Mantilla's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2003	QF	Ivan Ljubicic	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Albert Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2003	R32	Arnaud Clement	6-7(3) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2003	R64	Zeljko Krajan	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data