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M. Goellner #43 def. Carlos Costa #86

6-2 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Sep 27, 1997*
Tournament	Bucharest
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	M. Goellner
Score	6-2 7-6(5)
Loser	Carlos Costa
Duration	1h 28m

Stat	M. Goellner	Carlos Costa
Aces	7	1
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	46	64
First serve points won %	78	48
Second serve points won %	35	48
Break points saved %	43	57
Break points converted %	43	57
Service points won %	55	48
Return points won %	52	45
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	M. Goellner	Carlos Costa
Country	GER	ESP
Birth date	Sep 22, 1970	Apr 22, 1968
Age	27	29
Height	196	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	43	86
Ranking points (entering)	929	556
Elo (entering)	1,670	1,670
Career W-L	152–188	237–201
Career earnings	$2,700,899	$3,134,189

Pre-match H2H

M. Goellner 0 – 0 Carlos Costa

Path

M. Goellner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1997	R16	Christian Ruud	6-2 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1997	R32	Juan Albert Viloca Puig	6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data

M. Goellner's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1997	SF	Andrea Gaudenzi	2-6 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data

Carlos Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1997	R16	Carlos Moya	6-0 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1997	R32	I. Moldovan	7-6(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data