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Albert Costa#17 def. Johan Van Herck

6-7(3) 6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date Aug 23, 1997*
Tournament Boston
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Albert Costa
Score6-7(3) 6-2 6-1
Loser Johan Van Herck
Duration1h 48m

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldAlbert CostaJohan Van Herck
Country ESP BEL
Birth dateJun 25, 1975May 24, 1974
Age2223
Height180
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)17
Ranking points (entering)1,748
Elo (entering)1,9101,616
Career W-L368–263
Career earnings$7,685,228$717,393
Pre-match H2H
Albert Costa 1 0 Johan Van Herck

Path

Albert Costa's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 22, 1997R16 Kenneth Carlsen 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data
Aug 21, 1997R32 Dominik Hrbaty 6-2 6-2WH2HMatch data

Albert Costa's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 23, 1997SF Sjeng Schalken 6-4 5-7 6-3LH2HMatch data

Johan Van Herck's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 22, 1997R16 Dennis van Scheppingen 7-5 6-3WMatch data
Aug 21, 1997R32 Guillaume Raoux 6-4 6-4WMatch data