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Albert Costa #27 def. Wayne Arthurs #114

6-7(5) 7-5 4-6 6-4 8-6

Match Information

Date	Jan 23, 2004*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Albert Costa
Score	6-7(5) 7-5 4-6 6-4 8-6
Loser	Wayne Arthurs
Duration	4h 18m

Stat	Albert Costa	Wayne Arthurs
Aces	11	39
Double faults	7	12
First serve %	59	58
First serve points won %	74	75
Second serve points won %	55	46
Break points saved %	50	54
Break points converted %	46	50
Service points won %	66	63
Return points won %	37	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Albert Costa	Wayne Arthurs
Country	ESP	AUS
Birth date	Jun 25, 1975	Mar 18, 1971
Age	28	32
Height	180	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	27	114
Ranking points (entering)	1,115	360
Elo (entering)	1,779	1,628
Career W-L	368–263	122–152
Career earnings	$7,685,228	$3,687,809

Pre-match H2H

Albert Costa 1 – 0 Wayne Arthurs

Path

Albert Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2004	R128	Greg Rusedski	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Albert Costa's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2004	R32	Hicham Arazi	6-2 6-7(2) 2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Wayne Arthurs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2004	R128	Roko Karanusic	7-6(2) 6-4 6-7(2) 6-7(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data