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Carlos Costa #54 def. Oliver Gross #105

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 12, 1998*
Tournament	Bologna
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Carlos Costa
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Oliver Gross
Duration	1h 12m

Stat	Carlos Costa	Oliver Gross
Aces	3	2
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	54	46
First serve points won %	72	50
Second serve points won %	62	42
Break points saved %	67	58
Break points converted %	42	33
Service points won %	67	46
Return points won %	54	33
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Carlos Costa	Oliver Gross
Country	ESP	GER
Birth date	Apr 22, 1968	Jun 17, 1973
Age	30	24
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	54	105
Ranking points (entering)	804	483
Elo (entering)	1,667	1,638
Career W-L	237–201	49–79
Career earnings	$3,134,189	$876,452

Pre-match H2H

Carlos Costa 2 – 1 Oliver Gross

Path

Carlos Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 11, 1998	R32	Marcello Craca	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Carlos Costa's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 1998	QF	Julian Alonso	3-6 6-7(6)	L	H2H	Match data

Oliver Gross's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 11, 1998	R32	Fernando Vicente	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data