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Carlos Costa #88 def. Arnaud Boetsch #42

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Apr 26, 1997*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Carlos Costa
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	Arnaud Boetsch
Duration	1h 48m

Stat	Carlos Costa	Arnaud Boetsch
Aces	5	1
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	48	65
First serve points won %	76	58
Second serve points won %	50	45
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	62	54
Return points won %	46	38
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Carlos Costa	Arnaud Boetsch
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Apr 22, 1968	Apr 1, 1969
Age	29	28
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	88	42
Ranking points (entering)	522	973
Elo (entering)	1,635	1,797
Career W-L	237–201	217–196
Career earnings	$3,134,189	$3,031,247

Pre-match H2H

Carlos Costa 1 – 2 Arnaud Boetsch

Path

Carlos Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1997	R32	Wayne Ferreira	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1997	R64	Karol Kucera	6-3 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Carlos Costa's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1997	QF	Fabrice Santoro	3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Arnaud Boetsch's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1997	R32	Renzo Furlan	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1997	R64	Davide Sanguinetti	6-2 6-7(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data