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Karel Novacek #30 def. Carlos Costa #11

6-2 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Jul 18, 1992*
Tournament	Stuttgart Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Karel Novacek
Score	6-2 7-6(5)
Loser	Carlos Costa
Duration	1h 42m

Stat	Karel Novacek	Carlos Costa
Aces	4	2
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	52	49
First serve points won %	69	69
Second serve points won %	63	41
Break points saved %	67	56
Break points converted %	44	33
Service points won %	66	55
Return points won %	45	34
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karel Novacek	Carlos Costa
Country	CZE	ESP
Birth date	Mar 30, 1965	Apr 22, 1968
Age	27	24
Height	190	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	30	11
Ranking points (entering)	1,004	1,609
Elo (entering)	1,731	1,911
Career W-L	287–231	237–201
Career earnings	$3,729,540	$3,134,189

Pre-match H2H

Karel Novacek 1 – 0 Carlos Costa

Path

Karel Novacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1992	R16	Olivier Delaitre	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1992	R32	Alberto Berasategui	6-7(3) 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Karel Novacek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1992	SF	Wayne Ferreira	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Carlos Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1992	R16	Alberto Mancini	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1992	R32	Christian Bergstrom	6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data