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Albert Costa #7 def. Mariano Zabaleta #36

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Apr 24, 2003*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Albert Costa
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	Mariano Zabaleta
Duration	1h 57m

Stat	Albert Costa	Mariano Zabaleta
Aces	1	2
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	68	58
First serve points won %	63	54
Second serve points won %	50	43
Break points saved %	73	50
Break points converted %	50	27
Service points won %	59	49
Return points won %	51	41
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Albert Costa	Mariano Zabaleta
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Jun 25, 1975	Feb 28, 1978
Age	27	25
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	36
Ranking points (entering)	2,145	933
Elo (entering)	1,803	1,745
Career W-L	368–263	199–206
Career earnings	$7,685,228	$3,204,127

Pre-match H2H

Albert Costa 1 – 1 Mariano Zabaleta

Path

Albert Costa's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Albert Costa's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 2003	R16	Agustin Calleri	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2003	R64	Raemon Sluiter	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data