Thomas Muster #2 def. Albert Costa #16

6-3 5-7 4-6 6-3 6-2

Thomas Muster defeated Albert Costa 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the 1996 Monte-Carlo Masters final on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 29, 1996*
Tournament: Monte-Carlo Masters
Edition: 1996
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: F
Duration: 3h 12m

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Albert Costa
Country	AUT	ESP
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Jun 25, 1975
Age	28	20
Height	180 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	16
Ranking points (entering)	4,415	1,428
Elo (entering)	2,000	1,819
Current career W-L	590–268	369–265
Current career earnings	$12,266,977	$7,685,228

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster #2 2 – 1 Albert Costa #16

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Cedric Pioline #29	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 28, 1996	SF
Sjeng Schalken #65	5-7 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 28, 1996	QF
Carlos Moya #40	6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 27, 1996	R16
Tomas Carbonell #47	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 25, 1996	R32

Thomas Muster's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Albert Costa's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marcelo Rios #13	6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 28, 1996	SF
Felix Mantilla #84	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 28, 1996	QF
Andre Agassi #3	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 27, 1996	R16
Hernan Gumy #58	6-7(3) 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 25, 1996	R32
Jordi Arrese #74	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 24, 1996	R64