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Andrei Pavel #80 def. Carlos Costa #45

6-7(6) 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 18, 1998*
Tournament	Bucharest
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Andrei Pavel
Score	6-7(6) 6-3 6-1
Loser	Carlos Costa
Duration	2h 1m

Stat	Andrei Pavel	Carlos Costa
Aces	4	5
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	62	54
First serve points won %	65	61
Second serve points won %	54	40
Break points saved %	75	30
Break points converted %	70	25
Service points won %	61	51
Return points won %	49	39
Total points won %	55	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andrei Pavel	Carlos Costa
Country	ROU	ESP
Birth date	Jan 27, 1974	Apr 22, 1968
Age	24	30
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	80	45
Ranking points (entering)	591	876
Elo (entering)	1,593	1,648
Career W-L	249–248	237–201
Career earnings	$5,225,028	$3,134,189

Pre-match H2H

Andrei Pavel 0 – 1 Carlos Costa

Path

Andrei Pavel's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 1998	R32	Fabio Maggi	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Andrei Pavel's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 1998	QF	Albert Portas	6-2 3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Carlos Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 1998	R32	Sebastien Grosjean	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data