Albert Costa vs Nicolas Kiefer, Dusseldorf 2002, Round robin

Team event · Round robin · Clay

Final

Albert Costa

WinnerRank #669

Costa won in 2 sets · 1h 10m

2–0

Set 16–2

Set 26–2

Nicolas Kiefer

LostRank #720

Venue

Rochusclub Dusseldorfer Tennisclub

Dusseldorf, GER· Clay

Court speed

What is court speed?

How much the court helps the server, judged from aces and serve points won and adjusted for who played. 100 is the average ATP tournament court that season.

Very slow< 92Monte Carlo, Rome
Slow92–97Roland Garros, Indian Wells
Average97–103US Open, Dubai
Fast103–108Wimbledon, Shanghai
Very fast108+Basel

Challenger and ITF courts usually read lower: partly the venues, partly the balls and conditions at those levels.

How court speed works

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Wind

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Humidity

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Temperature

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Altitude

67 m

Low

Match stats

1h 10m

1Aces4

0Double faults1

33Service points won27

8Service games played8

8Service games won4

8Return games played8

1/1100%Break points saved56%5/9

4/944%Break points converted0%0/1

Head to head

3Costa

1Kiefer

4 meetings

Clay 2–0Hard 1–1

DusseldorfRound robin · 2002ClayThis match
Albert Costa
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Nicolas Kiefer
Sets won: 0Set 1: 2Set 2: 2
Hamburg MastersRound of 64 · 13 May 2003Clay
Albert Costa
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Nicolas Kiefer
Sets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 4
Stuttgart MastersRound of 64 · 2001Hard
Albert Costa
Sets won: 2Set 1: 3Set 2: 6Set 3: 7⁸
Nicolas Kiefer
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6Set 2: 0Set 3: 6⁶
DubaiSemifinal · 2000Hard
Nicolas Kiefer
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Albert Costa
Sets won: 0Set 1: 2Set 2: 0

Form and path

Albert Costa2–4

BarcelonaClay

ValenciaClay

LRound of 32
Boris Pashanski
Sets won: 2Set 1: 3Set 2: 6Set 3: 6
Albert Costa
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6Set 2: 3Set 3: 4

Napoli CHClay

LRound of 32
Antony Dupuis
Sets won: 1Set 1: 7⁷Set 2: 5Set 3: 4
Albert Costa
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6¹Set 2: 7Set 3: 0
Albert Costa · Retired

MarseilleHard

LQualifying R2
Jonathan Hilaire
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 0Set 3: 6
Albert Costa
Sets won: 1Set 1: 1Set 2: 6Set 3: 3

Nicolas Kiefer1–5

WimbledonGrass

LRound of 128
David Ferrer
Sets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 6Set 3: 6
Nicolas Kiefer
Sets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 2Set 3: 3

HalleGrass

Madrid MastersClay

LQualifying R1
Filippo Volandri
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Nicolas Kiefer
Sets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 2

MunichClay

LRound of 32
Simon Greul
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7Set 2: 6
Nicolas Kiefer
Sets won: 0Set 1: 5Set 2: 2

Tunis CHClay

LRound of 32
Daniel Brands
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Nicolas Kiefer
Sets won: 0Set 1: 2Set 2: 4

Match research

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Run-inEvery match in the last 28 days, rest days and travel between venues.
Tale of the tapeRecords and serve numbers side by side, filtered by period and surface.
Record by opponent rankingHow each player does against the top 10, top 50 or any ranking range.
Similar conditionsResults in comparable heat, humidity, wind and altitude before scheduled matches.

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Albert Costa vs Nicolas Kiefer, Dusseldorf 2002, Round robin

Final score

Venue and conditions

Match stats

Head to head

Form and path

Match research