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Juan Carlos Ferrero #3 def. Albert Costa #9

6-3 7-6(5) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 8, 2003*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Juan Carlos Ferrero
Score	6-3 7-6(5) 6-4
Loser	Albert Costa
Duration	2h 44m

Stat	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Albert Costa
Aces	7	6
Double faults	4	7
First serve %	56	54
First serve points won %	76	67
Second serve points won %	51	43
Break points saved %	50	62
Break points converted %	38	50
Service points won %	65	56
Return points won %	44	35
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Albert Costa
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Feb 12, 1980	Jun 25, 1975
Age	23	27
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	9
Ranking points (entering)	3,460	1,920
Elo (entering)	2,056	1,869
Career W-L	457–254	368–263
Career earnings	$13,998,165	$7,685,228

Pre-match H2H

Juan Carlos Ferrero 2 – 3 Albert Costa

Path

Juan Carlos Ferrero's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 2003	QF	Fernando Gonzalez	6-1 3-6 6-1 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2003	R16	Felix Mantilla	6-2 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2003	R32	Tim Henman	4-6 6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2003	R64	Nicolas Massu	6-2 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2003	R128	Michel Kratochvil	7-5 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Carlos Ferrero's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 2003	F	Martin Verkerk	6-1 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Albert Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 2003	QF	Tommy Robredo	2-6 3-6 6-4 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2003	R16	Arnaud Clement	6-2 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2003	R32	Nicolas Lapentti	4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2003	R64	Radek Stepanek	6-3 5-7 6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2003	R128	Sergio Roitman	6-7(3) 2-6 7-5 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data