H2H data updated: 2026-09-02 00:00 UTC

Albert Costa vs Javier Sanchez H2H: 3-0

Albert Costa holds a 3–0 lead over Javier Sanchez in their ATP head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, Albert Costa leads 2–0 on clay and 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Albert Costa won the 1996 Dubai Tennis Championships semifinal 3-6 6-3 6-1.

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Albert Costa
ESP Age 51 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"
H2H
3 – 0
3 main draw meetings
Javier Sanchez
ESP Age 58 Right-Handed 177 cm / 5'10"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Albert Costa #23 3-6 6-3 6-1 Javier Sanchez #59 Match data Feb 17, 1996* SF Dubai Tennis Championships World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Hard
Albert Costa #22 2-6 6-4 6-3 Javier Sanchez #46 Match data Sep 14, 1995* R32 Tiriac Open ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Clay
Albert Costa #81 3-6 6-3 6-2 Javier Sanchez #24 Match data Jul 21, 1994* R32 Stuttgart Open ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500 Clay

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Albert Costa #669 #6 2,385 2,004 369 265 58.2% 1 1 0 2 8 12
Javier Sanchez #957 #23 1,256 1,847 323 329 49.5% 0 0 0 0 4 4

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Albert Costa Javier Sanchez
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 — — — — — — — 1985 0–1 0.0% #373 1,497 0 0
18 1993 2–2 50.0% #221 1,521 0 0 1986 2–1 66.7% #225 1,529 0 0
19 1994 15–18 45.5% #52 1,583 0 0 1987 16–19 45.7% #110 1,597 0 0
20 1995 33–22 60.0% #24 1,759 0 1 1988 18–16 52.9% #55 1,709 0 1
21 1996 47–27 63.5% #13 1,745 0 4 1989 25–17 59.5% #51 1,760 0 2
22 1997 40–20 66.7% #19 1,819 0 6 1990 22–23 48.9% #70 1,691 0 2
23 1998 47–26 64.4% #14 1,761 0 8 1991 36–28 56.2% #32 1,733 0 2
24 1999 40–22 64.5% #18 1,810 0 11 1992 33–32 50.8% #41 1,701 0 2
25 2000 29–23 55.8% #26 1,761 0 11 1993 39–31 55.7% #34 1,766 0 2
26 2001 27–22 55.1% #40 1,801 0 11 1994 25–33 43.1% #42 1,587 0 3
27 2002 32–22 59.3% #9 1,795 1 12 1995 33–32 50.8% #36 1,647 0 3
28 2003 23–20 53.5% #25 1,766 1 12 1996 30–33 47.6% #37 1,719 0 4
29 2004 19–22 46.3% #56 1,666 1 12 1997 35–33 51.5% #54 1,721 0 4
30 2005 13–17 43.3% #116 1,620 1 12 1998 8–26 23.5% #168 1,506 0 4
31 2006 2–2 50.0% #623 1,633 1 12 1999 1–3 25.0% #281 1,491 0 4
32 — — — — — — — 2000 0–1 0.0% #957 1,481 0 4

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Albert Costa Javier Sanchez
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1985 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
18 1993 — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — 1986 — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — —
19 1994 0 1 1 0.0% 15 16 31 48.4% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1987 5 8 13 38.5% 11 10 21 52.4% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
20 1995 1 2 3 33.3% 32 19 51 62.7% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1988 8 6 14 57.1% 10 8 18 55.6% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
21 1996 15 11 26 57.7% 31 9 40 77.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 4 4 0.0% 1989 2 4 6 33.3% 19 12 31 61.3% — — — — 4 1 5 80.0%
22 1997 19 11 30 63.3% 21 7 28 75.0% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% 1990 5 6 11 45.5% 17 15 32 53.1% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0%
23 1998 12 13 25 48.0% 34 9 43 79.1% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 1991 12 11 23 52.2% 18 14 32 56.3% 1 1 2 50.0% 5 2 7 71.4%
24 1999 8 10 18 44.4% 30 9 39 76.9% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 1992 6 9 15 40.0% 23 17 40 57.5% 1 1 2 50.0% 3 5 8 37.5%
25 2000 12 13 25 48.0% 14 8 22 63.6% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% 1993 11 10 21 52.4% 27 16 43 62.8% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 4 5 20.0%
26 2001 8 8 16 50.0% 17 12 29 58.6% — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% 1994 2 11 13 15.4% 23 17 40 57.5% — — — — 0 5 5 0.0%
27 2002 7 11 18 38.9% 25 8 33 75.8% — — — — 0 3 3 0.0% 1995 10 9 19 52.6% 23 21 44 52.3% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0%
28 2003 11 11 22 50.0% 11 8 19 57.9% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% 1996 15 8 23 65.2% 14 19 33 42.4% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 5 6 16.7%
29 2004 6 10 16 37.5% 13 10 23 56.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1997 11 12 23 47.8% 18 16 34 52.9% 1 1 2 50.0% 5 4 9 55.6%
30 2005 3 5 8 37.5% 10 12 22 45.5% — — — — — — — — 1998 2 11 13 15.4% 6 13 19 31.6% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
31 2006 — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — 1999 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2000 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 102 106 208 49.0% 257 131 388 66.2% 2 7 9 22.2% 8 21 29 27.6% — 90 108 198 45.5% 211 181 392 53.8% 3 8 11 27.3% 19 32 51 37.3%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 116/118 of Albert Costa's and 445/492 of Javier Sanchez's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Albert Costa Javier Sanchez
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
23 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1991 56/64 2.1 1.4 67.2% 66.5% 51.8% 61.6% 50.0% 61.6% 39.1%
24 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1992 60/65 2.5 2.1 63.4% 67.4% 50.7% 56.3% 42.5% 61.1% 39.1%
25 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1993 67/70 2.3 2.2 67.0% 67.0% 49.1% 56.7% 41.4% 61.3% 40.9%
26 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1994 53/58 1.8 2.0 67.2% 66.1% 50.9% 54.1% 44.0% 60.9% 37.2%
27 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1995 59/65 2.0 2.3 67.4% 65.2% 49.2% 57.9% 43.2% 59.9% 40.3%
28 2003 41/43 5.9 2.7 59.8% 70.0% 51.6% 59.1% 40.0% 62.4% 36.7% 1996 58/63 3.3 3.6 61.9% 68.2% 48.0% 56.4% 40.7% 60.3% 37.7%
29 2004 41/41 5.3 2.2 59.9% 67.9% 50.4% 51.2% 41.3% 60.9% 38.1% 1997 59/68 3.5 3.4 64.5% 67.8% 45.5% 56.2% 47.5% 60.0% 37.8%
30 2005 30/30 2.4 2.1 66.6% 65.4% 49.2% 55.5% 41.3% 59.6% 35.7% 1998 28/34 2.7 2.7 66.3% 63.2% 44.4% 48.1% 42.7% 56.8% 35.0%
31 2006 4/4 2.0 2.5 72.4% 60.5% 44.1% 40.4% 35.0% 56.2% 41.7% 1999 4/4 2.8 3.8 66.7% 65.8% 58.6% 68.1% 32.5% 63.0% 34.8%
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2000 1/1 0.0 0.0 66.7% 62.5% 50.0% 50.0% — 58.3% 28.1%
Career — 116/634 4.7 2.4 62.0% 67.7% 50.3% 54.7% 40.6% 60.9% 37.1% — 445/652 2.5 2.5 65.6% 66.7% 49.1% 56.5% 43.8% 60.5% 38.6%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Albert Costa Javier Sanchez
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1985 1497 103.5 — — — — — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — -0.24
18 1993 1522 107.4 — — — — — +38 — 45.5% -0.36 2–1 (67%) 1–1 — +0.12 1986 1529 113.1 — — — — — +34 — 62.5% +0.88 1–1 0–2 — +0.04
19 1994 1583 132.9 — — — — — +66 — 40.5% -0.53 7–4 (64%) 1–4 (20%) — +0.06 1987 1597 132.5 — — — — -41 +44 — 48.3% -0.01 2–6 (25%) 6–6 (50%) — +0.55
20 1995 1760 146.1 — — — — -261 +67 — 61.1% +0.65 8–10 (44%) 8–4 (67%) — +0.33 1988 1709 130.4 — — — — -96 +8 — 52.8% +0.21 7–4 (64%) 8–5 (62%) — +0.34
21 1996 1745 145.0 — — — — -165 +221 -169 58.8% +0.76 17–10 (63%) 12–19 (39%) — +2.79 1989 1761 145.8 — — — — -108 +35 — 55.9% +0.49 8–6 (57%) 13–7 (65%) — -0.51
22 1997 1819 155.1 — — — — -84 +151 — 64.4% +0.93 4–8 (33%) 10–10 (50%) — -1.36 1990 1692 143.1 — — — — -33 +71 — 50.4% +0.41 7–8 (47%) 10–13 (43%) — +0.21
23 1998 1762 150.6 — — — — -117 +288 — 60.8% +0.70 14–7 (67%) 12–5 (71%) — -0.41 1991 1734 133.1 +0.90 -0.14 1.019 50.5% -24 -3 — 51.9% +0.16 13–10 (57%) 14–9 (61%) — +2.68
24 1999 1810 148.6 — — — — -141 +220 — 60.4% +0.68 13–6 (68%) 15–9 (63%) — -1.51 1992 1701 141.0 +0.06 +0.33 1.005 50.0% -24 +61 — 48.2% -0.09 15–13 (54%) 15–15 (50%) — -1.45
25 2000 1761 143.3 — — — — -86 +190 — 53.8% +0.47 8–8 (50%) 6–11 (35%) — +0.03 1993 1767 146.2 +1.07 +1.71 1.057 50.8% -82 +89 — 52.0% +0.30 18–10 (64%) 9–16 (36%) — -0.88
26 2001 1801 145.2 — — — — -38 +31 — 53.0% +0.15 7–8 (47%) 11–6 (65%) — -0.92 1994 1587 131.9 -0.04 -1.76 0.951 49.1% -72 +143 — 43.9% -0.34 9–9 (50%) 9–14 (39%) — +0.32
27 2002 1796 149.7 — — — — -97 +231 — 56.1% +0.31 12–6 (67%) 10–10 (50%) — -0.07 1995 1648 138.8 -0.74 +1.39 1.006 50.1% -51 +35 — 49.1% +0.06 14–13 (52%) 9–14 (39%) — +0.87
28 2003 1766 140.2 +1.04 -0.52 0.975 49.7% -38 +145 — 53.3% +0.12 9–9 (50%) 11–12 (48%) — +0.43 1996 1720 136.2 -0.84 -0.53 0.950 49.0% +41 -92 — 47.4% -0.30 10–8 (56%) 17–9 (65%) — +0.66
29 2004 1666 140.3 -0.80 +0.58 0.975 49.6% +12 +168 — 47.6% -0.13 5–8 (38%) 7–11 (39%) — +0.16 1997 1721 138.7 -0.89 -0.19 0.945 49.0% -19 +37 — 48.5% -0.23 15–9 (63%) 9–9 (50%) — -1.69
30 2005 1621 122.1 -2.00 -1.30 0.884 48.1% +8 +73 — 38.5% -0.75 3–3 (50%) 4–8 (33%) — +0.05 1998 1506 121.5 -3.40 -2.39 0.809 45.7% +72 +101 — 32.6% -1.41 2–10 (17%) 6–4 (60%) — -0.63
31 2006 1633 114.2 -1.10 -0.27 0.951 48.7% — +74 — 54.5% +0.18 1–2 (33%) 1–0 — -0.35 1999 1492 110.7 +0.11 -0.81 0.941 49.1% +81 — — 30.0% -1.00 — 0–3 (0%) — +0.12
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2000 1481 100.7 -0.13 -0.95 0.675 44.1% — — — 0.0% -2.50 — 0–1 — +0.06
Career — 2005 150.8 -0.47 -0.32 0.950 49.2% -89 +157 -169 55.7% +0.39 110–90 (55%) 109–110 (50%) 99.9 -0.10 — 1848 142.5 -0.26 0.00 0.978 49.5% -30 +46 — 48.5% -0.05 121–107 (53%) 125–127 (50%) 101.6 +0.07

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.