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Oliver Gross #99 def. Carlos Costa #92

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 8, 1997*
Tournament	Hamburg Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Oliver Gross
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Carlos Costa
Duration	52m

Stat	Oliver Gross	Carlos Costa
Aces	3	1
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	69	45
First serve points won %	89	59
Second serve points won %	67	44
Break points saved %	—	56
Break points converted %	44	—
Service points won %	82	51
Return points won %	49	18
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Oliver Gross	Carlos Costa
Country	GER	ESP
Birth date	Jun 17, 1973	Apr 22, 1968
Age	23	29
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	99	92
Ranking points (entering)	455	536
Elo (entering)	1,606	1,648
Career W-L	49–79	237–201
Career earnings	$876,452	$3,134,189

Pre-match H2H

Oliver Gross 0 – 2 Carlos Costa

Path

Oliver Gross's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1997	R64	Karim Alami	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Oliver Gross's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 1997	R16	Tommy Haas	7-5 5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Carlos Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1997	R64	Daniel Elsner	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data