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Alberto Berasategui #27 def. Carlos Costa #81

6-4 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 3, 1997*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Alberto Berasategui
Score	6-4 4-6 6-3
Loser	Carlos Costa
Duration	1h 42m

Stat	Alberto Berasategui	Carlos Costa
Aces	1	3
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	82	75
First serve points won %	60	65
Second serve points won %	47	21
Break points saved %	60	65
Break points converted %	35	40
Service points won %	58	54
Return points won %	46	42
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alberto Berasategui	Carlos Costa
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 28, 1973	Apr 22, 1968
Age	24	29
Height	173	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	27	81
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,733	1,667
Career W-L	276–195	237–201
Career earnings	$4,676,187	$3,134,189

Pre-match H2H

Alberto Berasategui 6 – 3 Carlos Costa

Path

Alberto Berasategui's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	Fernando Vicente	6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Alberto Berasategui's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1997	QF	Karim Alami	7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Carlos Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	Juan Albert Viloca Puig	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data