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Thomas Muster #5 def. Carlos Costa #97

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 24, 1997*
Tournament	Kitzbuhel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Carlos Costa
Duration	1h 21m

Stat	Thomas Muster	Carlos Costa
Aces	0	1
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	60	50
First serve points won %	69	48
Second serve points won %	52	39
Break points saved %	67	38
Break points converted %	62	33
Service points won %	62	43
Return points won %	57	38
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Carlos Costa
Country	AUT	ESP
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Apr 22, 1968
Age	29	29
Height	180	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	97
Ranking points (entering)	2,412	471
Elo (entering)	1,870	1,658
Career W-L	590–267	237–201
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$3,134,189

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 5 – 0 Carlos Costa

Path

Thomas Muster's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Thomas Muster's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1997	R16	Slava Dosedel	6-2 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Carlos Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 1997	R64	Emilio Benfele Alvarez	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data