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Carlos Costa #54 def. Javier Sanchez #56

6-0 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 16, 1998*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Carlos Costa
Score	6-0 6-1
Loser	Javier Sanchez
Duration	39m

Stat	Carlos Costa	Javier Sanchez
Aces	5	1
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	49	67
First serve points won %	88	36
Second serve points won %	78	18
Break points saved %	—	0
Break points converted %	100	—
Service points won %	83	30
Return points won %	70	17
Total points won %	76	24

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Carlos Costa	Javier Sanchez
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Apr 22, 1968	Feb 1, 1968
Age	29	29
Height	183	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	54	56
Ranking points (entering)	781	776
Elo (entering)	1,653	1,725
Career W-L	237–201	321–328
Career earnings	$3,134,189	$4,427,811

Pre-match H2H

Carlos Costa 2 – 4 Javier Sanchez

Path

Carlos Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1998	R32	Lionel Roux	1-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Carlos Costa's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1998	QF	Felix Mantilla	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Javier Sanchez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1998	R32	Grant Stafford	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data