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Carlos Costa #99 def. Javier Sanchez #39

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 9, 1997*
Tournament	San Marino
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Carlos Costa
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Javier Sanchez
Duration	1h 11m

Stat	Carlos Costa	Javier Sanchez
Aces	1	2
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	58	67
First serve points won %	83	74
Second serve points won %	57	24
Break points saved %	—	62
Break points converted %	38	—
Service points won %	72	57
Return points won %	43	28
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Carlos Costa	Javier Sanchez
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Apr 22, 1968	Feb 1, 1968
Age	29	29
Height	183	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	99	39
Ranking points (entering)	462	1,039
Elo (entering)	1,684	1,720
Career W-L	237–201	321–328
Career earnings	$3,134,189	$4,427,811

Pre-match H2H

Carlos Costa 1 – 4 Javier Sanchez

Path

Carlos Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1997	R16	Renzo Furlan	5-7 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1997	R32	Hicham Arazi	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Carlos Costa's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1997	SF	Magnus Gustafsson	6-1 1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Javier Sanchez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1997	R16	Hernan Gumy	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1997	R32	Marzio Martelli	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data