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Albert Costa #25 def. Mariano Puerta #64

6-2 3-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 8, 1999*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Albert Costa
Score	6-2 3-6 6-4
Loser	Mariano Puerta
Duration	1h 48m

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Albert Costa	Mariano Puerta
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Jun 25, 1975	Sep 19, 1978
Age	24	21
Height	180	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	25	64
Ranking points (entering)	1,397	742
Elo (entering)	1,796	1,620
Career W-L	368–263	121–116
Career earnings	$7,685,228	$1,781,372

Pre-match H2H

Albert Costa 0 – 1 Mariano Puerta

Path

Albert Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 1999	R32	Marcelo Filippini	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Albert Costa's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1999	QF	Alberto Martin	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Puerta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 1999	R32	Galo Blanco	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data