David Ferrer #32 def. Albert Costa #57

6-3 6-3

David Ferrer defeated Albert Costa 6-3 6-3 in the 2005 Valencia semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 9, 2005*
Tournament: Valencia
Edition: 2005
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 32m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	David Ferrer	Albert Costa
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Apr 2, 1982	Jun 25, 1975
Age	23	29
Height	175 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	32	57
Ranking points (entering)	1,045	680
Elo (entering)	1,772	1,680
Current career W-L	703–371	369–265
Current career earnings	$31,483,911	$7,685,228

Pre-match H2H

David Ferrer #32 1 – 0 Albert Costa #57

Path

David Ferrer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Alberto Martin #56	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 9, 2005	QF
Irakli Labadze #131	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 8, 2005	R16
Julien Benneteau #104	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 7, 2005	R32

David Ferrer's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Igor Andreev #47	3-6 7-5 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 2005	F

Albert Costa's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Fernando Verdasco #45	6-7(4) 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 9, 2005	QF
Stefan Koubek #75	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 8, 2005	R16
Nikolay Davydenko #15	7-6(2) 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 7, 2005	R32