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Nicolas Lapentti #83 def. Carlos Costa #61

7-5 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Nov 1, 1997*
Tournament	Bogota
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Nicolas Lapentti
Score	7-5 4-6 6-3
Loser	Carlos Costa
Duration	1h 59m

Stat	Nicolas Lapentti	Carlos Costa
Aces	5	5
Double faults	6	3
First serve %	53	59
First serve points won %	74	68
Second serve points won %	60	47
Break points saved %	67	60
Break points converted %	40	33
Service points won %	67	59
Return points won %	41	33
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Lapentti	Carlos Costa
Country	ECU	ESP
Birth date	Aug 13, 1976	Apr 22, 1968
Age	21	29
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	83	61
Ranking points (entering)	612	725
Elo (entering)	1,660	1,668
Career W-L	282–280	237–201
Career earnings	$6,315,143	$3,134,189

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Lapentti 1 – 1 Carlos Costa

Path

Nicolas Lapentti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1997	R16	Mario Rincon	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1997	R32	Andrei Pavel	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Lapentti's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 1997	SF	Vincent Spadea	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Carlos Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1997	R16	Miguel Tobon	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1997	R32	Laurence Tieleman	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data