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Albert Costa#13 def. Jan Kroslak

6-1 7-6(2) 7-6(0)

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 1997*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Albert Costa
Score	6-1 7-6(2) 7-6(0)
Loser	Jan Kroslak
Duration	2h

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Albert Costa	Jan Kroslak
Country	ESP	SVK
Birth date	Jun 25, 1975	Oct 17, 1974
Age	21	22
Height	180	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	—
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	13	—
Ranking points (entering)	1,757	—
Elo (entering)	1,800	1,649
Career W-L	368–263	—
Career earnings	$7,685,228	$1,169,329

Pre-match H2H

Albert Costa 1 – 0 Jan Kroslak

Path

Albert Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1997	R128	Patrick Rafter	7-5 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Albert Costa's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1997	R32	Scott Draper	6-4 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Jan Kroslak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1997	R128	Andrea Gaudenzi	4-6 6-4 6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data