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Albert Costa #9 def. Roger Federer #4

7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(7)

Match Information

Date	Mar 23, 2003*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Albert Costa
Score	7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(7)
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	3h 12m

Stat	Albert Costa	Roger Federer
Aces	4	13
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	56	61
First serve points won %	74	74
Second serve points won %	52	47
Break points saved %	71	62
Break points converted %	38	29
Service points won %	64	64
Return points won %	36	36
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Albert Costa	Roger Federer
Country	ESP	SUI
Birth date	Jun 25, 1975	Aug 8, 1981
Age	27	21
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	4
Ranking points (entering)	2,015	2,740
Elo (entering)	1,800	1,982
Career W-L	368–263	1,206–267
Career earnings	$7,685,228	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Albert Costa 0 – 2 Roger Federer

Path

Albert Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 2003	R16	Guillermo Coria	7-5 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 2003	R32	Nicolas Massu	7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 2003	R64	Olivier Rochus	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Albert Costa's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 2003	SF	Andre Agassi	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 2003	R16	Sjeng Schalken	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 2003	R32	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-1 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 2003	R64	Luis Horna	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data