QF Stuttgart Open 1998

Gustavo Kuerten #26 def. Albert Costa #13

7-5 6-0

Gustavo Kuerten defeated Albert Costa 7-5 6-0 in the 1998 Stuttgart Open quarterfinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 25, 1998*
Tournament: Stuttgart Open
Edition: 1998
Category: ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Clay
Round: QF
Duration: 1h 20m

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Albert Costa
Country	BRA	ESP
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Jun 25, 1975
Age	21	23
Height	190 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	26	13
Ranking points (entering)	1,293	1,956
Elo (entering)	1,773	1,958
Current career W-L	339–184	369–265
Current career earnings	$14,807,000	$7,685,228

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten #26 1 – 1 Albert Costa #13

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Carlos Costa #58	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 24, 1998	R16
Fernando Meligeni #45	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 1998	R32

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Carlos Moya #4	7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 25, 1998	SF

Albert Costa's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Albert Portas #112	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 24, 1998	R16
Franco Squillari #65	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 1998	R32