Pete Sampras #1 def. Albert Costa #17

6-3 6-4

Pete Sampras defeated Albert Costa 6-3 6-4 in the 1997 Cincinnati Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Aug 10, 1997*
Tournament: Cincinnati Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 4m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Albert Costa
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Jun 25, 1975
Age	25	22
Height	185 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	17
Ranking points (entering)	5,388	1,658
Elo (entering)	2,162	1,899
Current career W-L	739–209	369–265
Current career earnings	$43,280,489	$7,685,228

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras #1 2 – 0 Albert Costa #17

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 10, 1997	QF
Patrick Rafter #19	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 9, 1997	R16
Justin Gimelstob #88	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 7, 1997	R32

Pete Sampras's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Thomas Muster #4	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 11, 1997	F

Albert Costa's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sergi Bruguera #8	4-6 6-3 5-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 10, 1997	QF
Alex Corretja #5	6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 9, 1997	R16
Tommy Haas #72	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 7, 1997	R32
Jim Courier #22	4-6 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 6, 1997	R64