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Alex Corretja #24 def. Carlos Costa #58

4-6 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 27, 1996*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Alex Corretja
Score	4-6 6-4 6-1
Loser	Carlos Costa
Duration	2h 16m

Stat	Alex Corretja	Carlos Costa
Aces	2	0
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	64	58
First serve points won %	73	66
Second serve points won %	36	31
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	60	51
Return points won %	49	40
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alex Corretja	Carlos Costa
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Apr 11, 1974	Apr 22, 1968
Age	22	28
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	24	58
Ranking points (entering)	1,359	748
Elo (entering)	1,853	1,679
Career W-L	415–277	237–201
Career earnings	$10,411,354	$3,134,189

Pre-match H2H

Alex Corretja 2 – 2 Carlos Costa

Path

Alex Corretja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1996	R32	Hendrik Jan Davids	2-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Alex Corretja's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1996	QF	Adrian Voinea	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Carlos Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1996	R32	Emilio Sanchez	4-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data