Albert Costa #26 def. Karol Kucera #10

3-0 (ret.)

The match ended when Karol Kucera retired.

Albert Costa defeated Karol Kucera 3-0 RET after Karol Kucera retired in the 1998 Hamburg Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 10, 1998*
Tournament: Hamburg Open
Edition: 1998
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 16m

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Albert Costa	Karol Kucera
Country	ESP	SVK
Birth date	Jun 25, 1975	Mar 4, 1974
Age	22	24
Height	180 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	26	10
Ranking points (entering)	1,308	2,141
Elo (entering)	1,903	1,917
Current career W-L	369–265	261–233
Current career earnings	$7,685,228	$5,061,125

Pre-match H2H

Albert Costa #26 0 – 0 Karol Kucera #10

Path

Albert Costa's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Fabrice Santoro #29	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 10, 1998	QF
Wayne Ferreira #32	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 9, 1998	R16
Oliver Gross #103	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 7, 1998	R32
Andrei Medvedev #30	6-3 1-6 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	May 6, 1998	R64

Albert Costa's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Alex Corretja #8	6-2 6-0 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	May 11, 1998	F

Karol Kucera's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Thomas Muster #25	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 10, 1998	QF
Francisco Clavet #45	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 9, 1998	R16
Richard Fromberg #48	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 7, 1998	R32