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Thomas Muster #2 def. Albert Costa #15

6-3 3-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 19, 1996*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	6-3 3-6 6-4
Loser	Albert Costa
Duration	1h 55m

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Albert Costa
Country	AUT	ESP
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Jun 25, 1975
Age	28	20
Height	180	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	15
Ranking points (entering)	4,415	1,428
Elo (entering)	2,034	1,839
Career W-L	590–267	368–263
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$7,685,228

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 3 – 1 Albert Costa

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1996	QF	Marcelo Rios	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1996	R16	Todd Martin	1-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1996	R32	Petr Korda	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1996	R64	Herbert Wiltschnig	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 1996	F	Richard Krajicek	6-2 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Albert Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1996	QF	Andrea Gaudenzi	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1996	R16	Hernan Gumy	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1996	R32	Sjeng Schalken	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1996	R64	Kenneth Carlsen	6-1 6-7(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data