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Michael Stich #7 def. Carlos Costa #42

6-4 1-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 23, 1993*
Tournament	Stuttgart Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Michael Stich
Score	6-4 1-6 6-4
Loser	Carlos Costa
Duration	2h 4m

Stat	Michael Stich	Carlos Costa
Aces	5	3
Double faults	7	1
First serve %	46	60
First serve points won %	71	74
Second serve points won %	54	63
Break points saved %	83	60
Break points converted %	40	17
Service points won %	62	69
Return points won %	31	38
Total points won %	48	52

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Michael Stich	Carlos Costa
Country	GER	ESP
Birth date	Oct 18, 1968	Apr 22, 1968
Age	24	25
Height	193	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	42
Ranking points (entering)	2,114	704
Elo (entering)	2,048	1,773
Career W-L	350–162	237–201
Career earnings	$12,595,128	$3,134,189

Pre-match H2H

Michael Stich 2 – 0 Carlos Costa

Path

Michael Stich's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 22, 1993	R32	Horst Skoff	6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Stich's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 1993	QF	Andrei Chesnokov	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Carlos Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 22, 1993	R32	Gabriel Markus	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data