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Carlos Costa #38 def. Boris Becker #4

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 14, 1996*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Carlos Costa
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	Boris Becker
Duration	1h 24m

Stat	Carlos Costa	Boris Becker
Aces	3	4
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	66	49
First serve points won %	75	67
Second serve points won %	67	48
Break points saved %	80	40
Break points converted %	60	20
Service points won %	72	57
Return points won %	43	28
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Carlos Costa	Boris Becker
Country	ESP	GER
Birth date	Apr 22, 1968	Nov 22, 1967
Age	27	28
Height	183	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	38	4
Ranking points (entering)	913	3,698
Elo (entering)	1,748	2,069
Career W-L	237–201	670–219
Career earnings	$3,134,189	$25,080,956

Pre-match H2H

Carlos Costa 0 – 0 Boris Becker

Path

Carlos Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 1996	R64	Alex Obrien	7-6(5) 1-6 7-5	W	—	Match data

Carlos Costa's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 1996	R16	Albert Costa	6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's path

No prior matches in this tournament.