R16 Palermo 1997

Alberto Berasategui #27 def. Carlos Costa #86

6-4 4-6 6-3

Alberto Berasategui defeated Carlos Costa 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the 1997 Palermo round of 16 on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 3, 1997*
Tournament: Palermo
Edition: 1997
Category: World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: R16
Duration: 1h 42m

Match Statistics

Stat	Alberto Berasategui	Carlos Costa
Aces	1	3
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	82.0%	75.0%
First serve points won %	60.0%	65.0%
Second serve points won %	47.0%	21.0%
Break points saved %	60.0%	65.0%
Break points converted %	35.0%	40.0%
Service points won %	58.0%	54.0%
Return points won %	46.0%	42.0%
Total points won %	52.0%	48.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Alberto Berasategui	Carlos Costa
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 28, 1973	Apr 22, 1968
Age	24	29
Height	173 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	27	86
Ranking points (entering)	1,314	556
Elo (entering)	1,732	1,667
Current career W-L	276–195	237–202
Current career earnings	$4,676,187	$3,134,189

Pre-match H2H

Alberto Berasategui #27 6 – 3 Carlos Costa #86

Path

Alberto Berasategui's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Fernando Vicente #95	6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 2, 1997	R32

Alberto Berasategui's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Karim Alami #49	7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 1997	QF

Carlos Costa's path

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