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Alex Corretja #10 def. Carlos Costa #53

7-6(1) 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 14, 1998*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Alex Corretja
Score	7-6(1) 5-7 6-4
Loser	Carlos Costa
Duration	2h 41m

Stat	Alex Corretja	Carlos Costa
Aces	4	4
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	67	53
First serve points won %	71	72
Second serve points won %	53	46
Break points saved %	50	82
Break points converted %	18	50
Service points won %	65	60
Return points won %	40	35
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alex Corretja	Carlos Costa
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Apr 11, 1974	Apr 22, 1968
Age	23	29
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	53
Ranking points (entering)	2,285	806
Elo (entering)	1,819	1,675
Career W-L	415–277	237–201
Career earnings	$10,411,354	$3,134,189

Pre-match H2H

Alex Corretja 3 – 2 Carlos Costa

Path

Alex Corretja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1998	R16	Martin Sinner	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1998	R32	Julian Alonso	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Alex Corretja's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1998	SF	Jonas Bjorkman	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Carlos Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1998	R16	Jeff Tarango	1-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1998	R32	Bohdan Ulihrach	7-6(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data