R32 Italian Open 1998

Albert Costa #20 def. Filip Dewulf #43

6-1 6-4

Albert Costa defeated Filip Dewulf 6-1 6-4 in the 1998 Italian Open round of 32 on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 14, 1998*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 1998
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: R32
Duration: 1h 1m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Albert Costa	Filip Dewulf
Country	ESP	BEL
Birth date	Jun 25, 1975	Mar 15, 1972
Age	22	26
Height	180 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	20	43
Ranking points (entering)	1,729	924
Elo (entering)	1,941	1,643
Current career W-L	369–265	85–109
Current career earnings	$7,685,228	$1,503,987

Pre-match H2H

Albert Costa #20 1 – 1 Filip Dewulf #43

Path

Albert Costa's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
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
Karim Alami #50	6-2 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data	May 16, 1998	R16

Filip Dewulf's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jonas Bjorkman #7	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 13, 1998	R64