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Albert Costa #20 def. Sjeng Schalken #60

6-7(8) 7-6(7) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 18, 1996*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Albert Costa
Score	6-7(8) 7-6(7) 6-3
Loser	Sjeng Schalken
Duration	2h 41m

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Albert Costa	Sjeng Schalken
Country	ESP	NED
Birth date	Jun 25, 1975	Sep 8, 1976
Age	20	19
Height	180	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	20	60
Ranking points (entering)	1,179	726
Elo (entering)	1,746	1,675
Career W-L	368–263	280–254
Career earnings	$7,685,228	$5,192,798

Pre-match H2H

Albert Costa 1 – 0 Sjeng Schalken

Path

Albert Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1996	R64	Slava Dosedel	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Albert Costa's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1996	R16	Carlos Moya	2-6 0-1 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data

Sjeng Schalken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1996	R64	Tomas Carbonell	3-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data