H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Albert Costa vs Mariano Zabaleta H2H: 4-1

Albert Costa holds a 4–1 lead over Mariano Zabaleta in their ATP head-to-head. Across 5 main-draw meetings, Albert Costa leads 3–1 on clay and 1–0 on carpet. Most recently, Albert Costa won the 2004 Stuttgart Open round of 16 7-5 7-6(4).

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Albert Costa
ESP Age 51 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"
H2H
4 – 1
5 main draw meetings
Mariano Zabaleta
ARG Age 48 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Albert Costa #52 7-5 7-6(4) Mariano Zabaleta #30 Match data Jul 16, 2004* R16 Stuttgart Open International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500 Clay
Albert Costa #23 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5 Mariano Zabaleta #26 Match data Oct 29, 2003* R64 Paris Masters Masters 1000 Carpet
Albert Costa #7 6-3 7-5 Mariano Zabaleta #36 Match data Apr 24, 2003* R32 Barcelona Open ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500 Clay
Mariano Zabaleta #48 7-5 6-2 Albert Costa #13 Match data May 6, 1999* R32 Hamburg Open Masters 1000 Clay
Albert Costa #14 6-3 6-4 Mariano Zabaleta #53 Match data Apr 21, 1999* R64 Monte-Carlo Masters Masters 1000 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
Mariano Zabaleta #1,009 #21 1,426 1,868 201 208 49.1% 0 0 0 0 3 3

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 Mariano Zabaleta
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 — — — — — — — 1995 2–2 50.0% — 1,514 0 0
18 1993 2–2 50.0% #221 1,521 0 0 1996 9–8 52.9% #103 1,599 0 0
19 1994 15–18 45.5% #52 1,583 0 0 1997 0–6 0.0% #257 1,532 0 0
20 1995 33–22 60.0% #24 1,759 0 1 1998 14–8 63.6% #63 1,692 0 1
21 1996 47–27 63.5% #13 1,745 0 4 1999 28–29 49.1% #28 1,686 0 1
22 1997 40–20 66.7% #19 1,819 0 6 2000 19–27 41.3% #61 1,654 0 1
23 1998 47–26 64.4% #14 1,761 0 8 2001 18–18 50.0% #59 1,728 0 1
24 1999 40–22 64.5% #18 1,810 0 11 2002 20–28 41.7% #53 1,629 0 1
25 2000 29–23 55.8% #26 1,761 0 11 2003 33–24 57.9% #27 1,755 0 2
26 2001 27–22 55.1% #40 1,801 0 11 2004 25–21 54.3% #54 1,690 0 3
27 2002 32–22 59.3% #9 1,795 1 12 2005 20–16 55.6% #83 1,723 0 3
28 2003 23–20 53.5% #25 1,766 1 12 2006 4–8 33.3% #243 1,595 0 3
29 2004 19–22 46.3% #56 1,666 1 12 2007 9–11 45.0% #104 1,602 0 3
30 2005 13–17 43.3% #116 1,620 1 12 2008 0–2 0.0% #1141 1,556 0 3
31 2006 2–2 50.0% #623 1,633 1 12 — — — — — — —

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 Mariano Zabaleta
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1995 — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — —
18 1993 — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — 1996 — — — — 9 8 17 52.9% — — — — — — — —
19 1994 0 1 1 0.0% 15 16 31 48.4% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1997 0 2 2 0.0% 0 4 4 0.0% — — — — — — — —
20 1995 1 2 3 33.3% 32 19 51 62.7% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1998 — — — — 14 8 22 63.6% — — — — — — — —
21 1996 15 11 26 57.7% 31 9 40 77.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 4 4 0.0% 1999 9 13 22 40.9% 18 14 32 56.3% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3%
22 1997 19 11 30 63.3% 21 7 28 75.0% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% 2000 11 16 27 40.7% 8 10 18 44.4% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
23 1998 12 13 25 48.0% 34 9 43 79.1% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 2001 9 7 16 56.3% 9 10 19 47.4% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
24 1999 8 10 18 44.4% 30 9 39 76.9% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 2002 3 13 16 18.8% 17 13 30 56.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
25 2000 12 13 25 48.0% 14 8 22 63.6% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% 2003 13 12 25 52.0% 20 10 30 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
26 2001 8 8 16 50.0% 17 12 29 58.6% — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% 2004 2 7 9 22.2% 22 12 34 64.7% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3%
27 2002 7 11 18 38.9% 25 8 33 75.8% — — — — 0 3 3 0.0% 2005 4 5 9 44.4% 16 11 27 59.3% — — — — — — — —
28 2003 11 11 22 50.0% 11 8 19 57.9% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% 2006 0 2 2 0.0% 4 6 10 40.0% — — — — — — — —
29 2004 6 10 16 37.5% 13 10 23 56.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2007 0 1 1 0.0% 9 9 18 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
30 2005 3 5 8 37.5% 10 12 22 45.5% — — — — — — — — 2008 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
31 2006 — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 102 106 208 49.0% 257 131 388 66.2% 2 7 9 22.2% 8 21 29 27.6% — 51 79 130 39.2% 148 118 266 55.6% 0 5 5 0.0% 2 6 8 25.0%

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 375/409 of Mariano Zabaleta'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 Mariano Zabaleta
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%
17 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1995 4/4 1.8 1.0 63.3% 55.9% 48.1% 46.0% 34.2% 53.0% 41.5%
18 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1996 17/17 1.1 2.4 73.2% 63.3% 46.1% 54.9% 43.4% 57.8% 44.1%
19 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1997 5/6 2.8 4.4 60.6% 67.3% 47.1% 53.2% 36.8% 59.3% 30.6%
20 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1998 18/22 6.2 4.7 52.8% 72.2% 51.9% 64.8% 44.7% 62.7% 40.5%
21 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1999 51/57 4.7 3.9 53.1% 71.6% 49.4% 56.9% 38.8% 61.2% 37.0%
22 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2000 37/46 5.5 3.7 49.5% 71.0% 49.9% 60.0% 41.6% 60.2% 36.9%
23 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2001 32/36 5.0 3.7 54.5% 71.0% 50.7% 60.2% 47.4% 61.5% 37.9%
24 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2002 43/48 4.3 3.3 58.3% 67.9% 50.7% 53.8% 43.4% 60.5% 35.9%
25 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2003 55/57 3.1 2.7 58.8% 69.6% 52.1% 51.0% 41.5% 62.4% 40.6%
26 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2004 45/46 3.8 2.9 61.6% 70.9% 52.5% 55.5% 40.2% 63.6% 39.1%
27 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2005 36/36 4.4 4.2 56.7% 70.9% 52.8% 60.5% 41.5% 63.2% 39.7%
28 2003 41/43 5.9 2.7 59.8% 70.0% 51.6% 59.1% 40.0% 62.4% 36.7% 2006 12/12 3.6 3.6 58.8% 71.9% 46.8% 59.6% 32.0% 61.7% 36.4%
29 2004 41/41 5.3 2.2 59.9% 67.9% 50.4% 51.2% 41.3% 60.9% 38.1% 2007 18/20 3.7 3.7 59.7% 67.6% 49.4% 57.3% 39.5% 60.4% 39.3%
30 2005 30/30 2.4 2.1 66.6% 65.4% 49.2% 55.5% 41.3% 59.6% 35.7% 2008 2/2 8.5 6.5 50.4% 71.9% 41.1% 58.7% 31.0% 56.2% 33.3%
31 2006 4/4 2.0 2.5 72.4% 60.5% 44.1% 40.4% 35.0% 56.2% 41.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 116/634 4.7 2.4 62.0% 67.7% 50.3% 54.7% 40.6% 60.9% 37.1% — 375/409 4.2 3.5 57.3% 69.9% 50.6% 56.7% 41.4% 61.5% 38.5%

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 Mariano Zabaleta
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1995 1515 102.4 -1.10 +1.15 0.883 47.2% — +37 — 50.0% -1.10 1–1 1–0 — +0.34
18 1993 1522 107.4 — — — — — +38 — 45.5% -0.36 2–1 (67%) 1–1 — +0.12 1996 1599 129.5 -1.91 +3.31 1.045 50.4% — +34 — 48.6% +0.03 3–0 (100%) 2–3 (40%) — -0.44
19 1994 1583 132.9 — — — — — +66 — 40.5% -0.53 7–4 (64%) 1–4 (20%) — +0.06 1997 1532 99.5 -0.65 -2.22 0.751 44.9% — +30 — 0.0% -2.45 — 0–3 (0%) — -0.44
20 1995 1760 146.1 — — — — -261 +67 — 61.1% +0.65 8–10 (44%) 8–4 (67%) — +0.33 1998 1693 135.0 +1.40 +0.76 1.086 51.6% — +49 — 60.7% +0.82 6–3 (67%) 7–4 (64%) — +0.16
21 1996 1745 145.0 — — — — -165 +221 -169 58.8% +0.76 17–10 (63%) 12–19 (39%) — +2.79 1999 1686 139.7 -0.12 -0.36 0.955 49.2% -82 +41 — 48.9% -0.15 13–8 (62%) 8–12 (40%) — -2.14
22 1997 1819 155.1 — — — — -84 +151 — 64.4% +0.93 4–8 (33%) 10–10 (50%) — -1.36 2000 1654 140.1 -1.32 +0.40 0.927 48.9% -11 +35 — 44.7% -0.32 3–9 (25%) 11–9 (55%) — -1.74
23 1998 1762 150.6 — — — — -117 +288 — 60.8% +0.70 14–7 (67%) 12–5 (71%) — -0.41 2001 1728 134.3 -0.06 -0.52 0.984 49.7% +4 -42 — 52.6% -0.02 6–8 (43%) 7–10 (41%) — +0.40
24 1999 1810 148.6 — — — — -141 +220 — 60.4% +0.68 13–6 (68%) 15–9 (63%) — -1.51 2002 1630 131.3 -1.34 -1.62 0.909 48.4% -50 +149 — 45.0% -0.41 6–11 (35%) 10–10 (50%) — +0.24
25 2000 1761 143.3 — — — — -86 +190 — 53.8% +0.47 8–8 (50%) 6–11 (35%) — +0.03 2003 1756 148.5 +0.98 +3.48 1.081 51.2% -111 +149 — 54.3% +0.34 11–6 (65%) 8–11 (42%) — -1.74
26 2001 1801 145.2 — — — — -38 +31 — 53.0% +0.15 7–8 (47%) 11–6 (65%) — -0.92 2004 1691 140.6 +0.79 +1.45 1.075 51.2% -115 +205 — 52.3% +0.34 8–4 (67%) 8–13 (38%) — +0.76
27 2002 1796 149.7 — — — — -97 +231 — 56.1% +0.31 12–6 (67%) 10–10 (50%) — -0.07 2005 1723 141.7 +0.72 +1.71 1.078 51.3% -113 +106 — 54.8% +0.40 5–5 (50%) 6–7 (46%) — -0.73
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 2006 1596 111.4 -0.52 -1.38 0.949 49.1% — +127 — 40.0% -0.60 2–3 (40%) 3–1 (75%) — +0.08
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 2007 1603 126.2 -2.06 +1.76 0.992 49.7% — +106 — 49.0% -0.08 0–4 (0%) 5–2 (71%) — +0.12
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 2008 1556 98.9 -0.91 -5.19 0.761 44.5% — — — 16.7% -2.33 — 1–0 — +0.34
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 2009 1547 98.5 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — 1868 142.7 -0.16 +0.79 0.999 49.9% -64 +94 — 49.6% -0.01 64–62 (51%) 77–85 (48%) 98.6 -1.17

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.