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Bjorn Phau #123 def. Albert Costa #46

6-3 7-6(4) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 19, 2005*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R128
Winner	Bjorn Phau
Score	6-3 7-6(4) 6-3
Loser	Albert Costa
Duration	2h 44m

Stat	Bjorn Phau	Albert Costa
Aces	7	2
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	52	61
First serve points won %	67	54
Second serve points won %	61	44
Break points saved %	50	56
Break points converted %	44	50
Service points won %	64	50
Return points won %	50	36
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Phau	Albert Costa
Country	GER	ESP
Birth date	Oct 4, 1979	Jun 25, 1975
Age	25	29
Height	175	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	123	46
Ranking points (entering)	366	810
Elo (entering)	1,559	1,681
Career W-L	80–138	368–263
Career earnings	$2,189,473	$7,685,228

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Phau 0 – 0 Albert Costa

Path

Bjorn Phau's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2005	Q2	Juan Pablo Brzezicki	6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2005	Q1	Ivo Klec	6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Phau's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2005	R64	Mario Ancic	5-7 2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Albert Costa's path

No prior matches in this tournament.