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Hicham Arazi #51 def. Albert Costa #27

2-6 7-6(2) 6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2004*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Hicham Arazi
Score	2-6 7-6(2) 6-2 6-1
Loser	Albert Costa
Duration	2h 57m

Stat	Hicham Arazi	Albert Costa
Aces	10	12
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	59	57
First serve points won %	73	73
Second serve points won %	48	43
Break points saved %	83	17
Break points converted %	83	17
Service points won %	62	60
Return points won %	40	38
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Hicham Arazi	Albert Costa
Country	MAR	ESP
Birth date	Oct 19, 1973	Jun 25, 1975
Age	30	28
Height	175	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	51	27
Ranking points (entering)	698	1,115
Elo (entering)	1,758	1,793
Career W-L	202–213	368–263
Career earnings	$3,602,644	$7,685,228

Pre-match H2H

Hicham Arazi 1 – 5 Albert Costa

Path

Hicham Arazi's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2004	R64	Cyril Saulnier	3-6 6-1 6-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2004	R128	Olivier Mutis	7-5 2-6 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Hicham Arazi's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2004	R16	Mark Philippoussis	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Albert Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2004	R64	Wayne Arthurs	6-7(5) 7-5 4-6 6-4 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2004	R128	Greg Rusedski	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data