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Karel Novacek #14 def. Carlos Costa #39

6-4 3-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 9, 1993*
Tournament	Gstaad
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Karel Novacek
Score	6-4 3-6 6-4
Loser	Carlos Costa
Duration	1h 59m

Stat	Karel Novacek	Carlos Costa
Aces	11	6
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	55	52
First serve points won %	80	67
Second serve points won %	42	56
Break points saved %	50	56
Break points converted %	44	50
Service points won %	63	62
Return points won %	38	37
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karel Novacek	Carlos Costa
Country	CZE	ESP
Birth date	Mar 30, 1965	Apr 22, 1968
Age	28	25
Height	190	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	14	39
Ranking points (entering)	1,665	756
Elo (entering)	1,846	1,775
Career W-L	287–231	237–201
Career earnings	$3,729,540	$3,134,189

Pre-match H2H

Karel Novacek 2 – 0 Carlos Costa

Path

Karel Novacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 1993	R32	Sergio Gomez Barrio	6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data

Karel Novacek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 1993	QF	Markus Naewie	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Carlos Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 1993	R32	Francisco Clavet	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data