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Sjeng Schalken #59 def. Carlos Costa #56

7-5 2-6 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Jan 9, 1998*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Sjeng Schalken
Score	7-5 2-6 7-6(5)
Loser	Carlos Costa
Duration	2h 17m

Stat	Sjeng Schalken	Carlos Costa
Aces	1	8
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	55	56
First serve points won %	66	68
Second serve points won %	58	50
Break points saved %	67	73
Break points converted %	27	33
Service points won %	62	60
Return points won %	40	38
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sjeng Schalken	Carlos Costa
Country	NED	ESP
Birth date	Sep 8, 1976	Apr 22, 1968
Age	21	29
Height	193	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	59	56
Ranking points (entering)	725	739
Elo (entering)	1,646	1,652
Career W-L	280–254	237–201
Career earnings	$5,192,798	$3,134,189

Pre-match H2H

Sjeng Schalken 0 – 1 Carlos Costa

Path

Sjeng Schalken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 1998	R32	Filip Dewulf	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Sjeng Schalken's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 1998	QF	Andrei Medvedev	6-4 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Carlos Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 1998	R32	Sergi Bruguera	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data