Albert Costa #12 def. Albert Portas #133

7-5 6-4 6-4

Albert Costa defeated Albert Portas 7-5 6-4 6-4 in the 1997 Barcelona Open final on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 20, 1997*
Tournament: Barcelona Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Clay
Round: F
Duration: 1h 44m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Albert Costa	Albert Portas
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 25, 1975	Nov 15, 1973
Age	21	23
Height	180 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	12	133
Ranking points (entering)	1,857	321
Elo (entering)	1,863	1,618
Current career W-L	369–265	142–198
Current career earnings	$7,685,228	$2,972,633

Pre-match H2H

Albert Costa #12 0 – 0 Albert Portas #133

Path

Albert Costa's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Carlos Moya #8	7-6(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 19, 1997	SF
Cedric Pioline #34	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 19, 1997	QF
Marc Kevin Goellner #47	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 18, 1997	R16
Juan Albert Viloca Puig	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data	Apr 17, 1997	R32

Albert Costa's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Albert Portas's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Alberto Berasategui #19	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 19, 1997	SF
Karim Alami #61	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 19, 1997	QF
Fernando Vicente #164	7-5 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 18, 1997	R16
Marcelo Rios #9	7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 1997	R32
Gustavo Kuerten #65	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 16, 1997	R64