Carlos Costa #54 def. Gustavo Kuerten #10

6-4 6-3

Carlos Costa defeated Gustavo Kuerten 6-4 6-3 in the 1998 Barcelona Open round of 32 on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 16, 1998*
Tournament: Barcelona Open
Edition: 1998
Category: ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Clay
Round: R32
Duration: 1h 12m

Match Statistics

Stat	Carlos Costa	Gustavo Kuerten
Aces	6	5
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	53	55
First serve points won %	84	76
Second serve points won %	54	30
Break points saved %	75	57
Break points converted %	43	25
Service points won %	69	55
Return points won %	45	31
Total points won %	57	43

Player Comparison

Field	Carlos Costa	Gustavo Kuerten
Country	ESP	BRA
Birth date	Apr 22, 1968	Sep 10, 1976
Age	29	21
Height	183 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	54	10
Ranking points (entering)	851	2,262
Elo (entering)	1,702	1,779
Current career W-L	237–202	339–184
Current career earnings	$3,134,189	$14,807,000

Pre-match H2H

Carlos Costa #54 0 – 0 Gustavo Kuerten #10

Path

Carlos Costa's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Diego Hipperdinger #339	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 15, 1998	R64

Carlos Costa's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marat Safin #136	6-4 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 1998	R16

Gustavo Kuerten's path

No prior matches in this tournament.