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Albert Costa #9 def. Nicolas Lapentti #58

4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 1, 2003*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Albert Costa
Score	4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4
Loser	Nicolas Lapentti
Duration	4h 39m

Stat	Albert Costa	Nicolas Lapentti
Aces	2	9
Double faults	6	6
First serve %	62	56
First serve points won %	69	65
Second serve points won %	48	62
Break points saved %	75	69
Break points converted %	31	25
Service points won %	61	64
Return points won %	36	39
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Albert Costa	Nicolas Lapentti
Country	ESP	ECU
Birth date	Jun 25, 1975	Aug 13, 1976
Age	27	26
Height	180	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	58
Ranking points (entering)	1,920	675
Elo (entering)	1,801	1,688
Career W-L	368–263	282–280
Career earnings	$7,685,228	$6,315,143

Pre-match H2H

Albert Costa 5 – 2 Nicolas Lapentti

Path

Albert Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2003	R64	Radek Stepanek	6-3 5-7 6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2003	R128	Sergio Roitman	6-7(3) 2-6 7-5 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Albert Costa's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2003	R16	Arnaud Clement	6-2 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Lapentti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2003	R64	Franco Squillari	4-6 6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2003	R128	Richard Gasquet	6-3 7-6(4) 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data