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Albert Costa#26 def. Fabrice Santoro#29

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date May 10, 1998*
Tournament Hamburg Masters
Category Masters 1000
Surface Clay
RoundQF
Winner Albert Costa
Score6-3 6-4
Loser Fabrice Santoro
Duration1h 23m

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldAlbert CostaFabrice Santoro
Country ESP FRA
Birth dateJun 25, 1975Dec 9, 1972
Age2225
Height180178
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)2629
Ranking points (entering)1,3081,259
Elo (entering)1,8931,840
Career W-L368–263456–432
Career earnings$7,685,228$10,013,832
Pre-match H2H
Albert Costa 1 0 Fabrice Santoro

Path

Albert Costa's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 9, 1998R16 Wayne Ferreira 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data
May 7, 1998R32 Oliver Gross 6-2 6-2WH2HMatch data
May 6, 1998R64 Andrei Medvedev 6-3 1-6 7-6(3)WH2HMatch data

Albert Costa's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 10, 1998SF Karol Kucera 3-0 (ret.)WH2HMatch data

Fabrice Santoro's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 9, 1998R16 Richard Krajicek 7-5 7-6(3)WH2HMatch data
May 7, 1998R32 Tommy Haas 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data
May 6, 1998R64 Carlos Costa 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data