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David Ferrer #32 def. Albert Costa #57

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 9, 2005*
Tournament	Valencia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	David Ferrer
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Albert Costa
Duration	1h 32m

Stat	David Ferrer	Albert Costa
Aces	2	0
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	69	76
First serve points won %	69	56
Second serve points won %	75	33
Break points saved %	67	73
Break points converted %	27	33
Service points won %	71	51
Return points won %	49	29
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Ferrer	Albert Costa
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Apr 2, 1982	Jun 25, 1975
Age	23	29
Height	175	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	32	57
Ranking points (entering)	1,045	680
Elo (entering)	1,770	1,681
Career W-L	700–368	368–263
Career earnings	$31,483,911	$7,685,228

Pre-match H2H

David Ferrer 1 – 0 Albert Costa

Path

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 2005	QF	Alberto Martin	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 2005	R16	Irakli Labadze	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 2005	R32	Julien Benneteau	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 2005	F	Igor Andreev	3-6 7-5 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Albert Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 2005	QF	Fernando Verdasco	6-7(4) 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 2005	R16	Stefan Koubek	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 2005	R32	Nikolay Davydenko	7-6(2) 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data