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Albert Costa #52 def. Mariano Zabaleta #30

7-5 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Jul 16, 2004*
Tournament	Stuttgart
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Albert Costa
Score	7-5 7-6(4)
Loser	Mariano Zabaleta
Duration	2h 3m

Stat	Albert Costa	Mariano Zabaleta
Aces	1	3
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	71	61
First serve points won %	70	63
Second serve points won %	52	54
Break points saved %	60	67
Break points converted %	33	40
Service points won %	65	60
Return points won %	40	35
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Albert Costa	Mariano Zabaleta
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Jun 25, 1975	Feb 28, 1978
Age	29	26
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	52	30
Ranking points (entering)	705	910
Elo (entering)	1,735	1,830
Career W-L	368–263	199–206
Career earnings	$7,685,228	$3,204,127

Pre-match H2H

Albert Costa 3 – 1 Mariano Zabaleta

Path

Albert Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 2004	R32	Felix Mantilla	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Albert Costa's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 2004	QF	Nikolay Davydenko	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 2004	R32	Marc Lopez	7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data