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Fabrice Santoro #90 def. Carlos Costa #88

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Apr 27, 1997*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Fabrice Santoro
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	Carlos Costa
Duration	1h 42m

Stat	Fabrice Santoro	Carlos Costa
Aces	2	1
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	39	63
First serve points won %	63	51
Second serve points won %	60	46
Break points saved %	70	58
Break points converted %	42	30
Service points won %	61	49
Return points won %	51	39
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fabrice Santoro	Carlos Costa
Country	FRA	ESP
Birth date	Dec 9, 1972	Apr 22, 1968
Age	24	29
Height	178	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	90	88
Ranking points (entering)	519	522
Elo (entering)	1,701	1,658
Career W-L	456–432	237–201
Career earnings	$10,013,832	$3,134,189

Pre-match H2H

Fabrice Santoro 2 – 2 Carlos Costa

Path

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1997	R16	Sergi Bruguera	3-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1997	R32	Thomas Muster	6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1997	R64	Francisco Roig	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1997	SF	Alex Corretja	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Carlos Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1997	R16	Arnaud Boetsch	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1997	R32	Wayne Ferreira	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1997	R64	Karol Kucera	6-3 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data