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Emilio Benfele Alvarez#89 def. Carlos Costa#91

7-5 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 2, 1997*
Tournament	Prague
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Emilio Benfele Alvarez
Score	7-5 4-6 6-4
Loser	Carlos Costa
Duration	2h 20m

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Emilio Benfele Alvarez	Carlos Costa
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Nov 15, 1972	Apr 22, 1968
Age	24	29
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	89	91
Ranking points (entering)	526	518
Elo (entering)	1,627	1,656
Career W-L	45–67	237–201
Career earnings	$902,099	$3,134,189

Pre-match H2H

Emilio Benfele Alvarez 0 – 0 Carlos Costa

Path

Emilio Benfele Alvarez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 1997	R32	Hicham Arazi	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Emilio Benfele Alvarez's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1997	QF	Marcello Craca	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Carlos Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 1997	R32	Nicolas Lapentti	2-6 7-6(3) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data