SF Italian Open 1998

Albert Costa #20 def. Alberto Berasategui #13

6-3 4-6 6-3

Albert Costa defeated Alberto Berasategui 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the 1998 Italian Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 17, 1998*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 1998
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 49m

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Albert Costa	Alberto Berasategui
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 25, 1975	Jun 28, 1973
Age	22	24
Height	180 cm	173 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	20	13
Ranking points (entering)	1,729	2,021
Elo (entering)	1,965	1,945
Current career W-L	369–265	276–195
Current career earnings	$7,685,228	$4,676,187

Pre-match H2H

Albert Costa #20 3 – 1 Alberto Berasategui #13

Path

Albert Costa's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Michael Chang #14	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 17, 1998	QF
Karim Alami #50	6-2 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data	May 16, 1998	R16
Filip Dewulf #43	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 14, 1998	R32
Hernan Gumy #88	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 13, 1998	R64

Albert Costa's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marcelo Rios #3	(w/o)	L	H2H	Match data	May 18, 1998	F

Alberto Berasategui's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Brett Steven #59	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 17, 1998	QF
Bohdan Ulihrach #60	7-6(3) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 16, 1998	R16
Wayne Ferreira #30	6-3 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data	May 14, 1998	R32
Giorgio Galimberti #291	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 13, 1998	R64