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Boris Becker vs Carlos Costa H2H: 0-1

Carlos Costa holds a 1–0 lead over Boris Becker in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Carlos Costa leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Carlos Costa won the 1996 Indian Wells Open round of 32 6-3 7-5.

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Boris Becker
GER Age 58 Right-Handed 190 cm / 6'3"
H2H
0 – 1
1 main draw meetings
Carlos Costa
ESP Age 58 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Carlos Costa #38 6-3 7-5 Boris Becker #4 Match data Mar 14, 1996* R32 Indian Wells Open Masters 1000 Hard

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
Boris Becker #257 #1 4,297 2,268 672 220 75.3% 6 5 4 13 21 49
Carlos Costa #1,297 #10 1,663 1,961 237 202 54.0% 0 0 0 1 5 6

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 Boris Becker Carlos Costa
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 1983 0–1 0.0% — 1,497 0 0 — — — — — — —
16 1984 11–11 50.0% #66 1,651 0 0 — — — — — — —
17 1985 50–18 73.5% #6 2,067 1 3 — — — — — — —
18 1986 65–13 83.3% #2 2,230 2 9 — — — — — — —
19 1987 50–15 76.9% #5 2,054 2 12 — — — — — — —
20 1988 50–9 84.7% #4 2,185 2 19 1988 2–2 50.0% #243 1,524 0 0
21 1989 54–8 87.1% #2 2,234 4 24 1989 2–5 28.6% #201 1,512 0 0
22 1990 69–14 83.1% #2 2,208 4 29 1990 6–8 42.9% #151 1,555 0 0
23 1991 46–13 78.0% #3 2,139 5 31 1991 15–13 53.6% #55 1,659 0 0
24 1992 50–16 75.8% #5 2,148 5 36 1992 39–21 65.0% #14 1,763 0 2
25 1993 42–22 65.6% #11 1,898 5 38 1993 42–23 64.6% #26 1,873 0 4
26 1994 50–17 74.6% #3 2,050 5 42 1994 35–26 57.4% #27 1,677 0 6
27 1995 51–18 73.9% #4 2,056 5 44 1995 29–22 56.9% #31 1,756 0 6
28 1996 42–14 75.0% #6 2,100 6 49 1996 25–25 50.0% #61 1,647 0 6
29 1997 17–13 56.7% #62 1,945 6 49 1997 20–23 46.5% #56 1,629 0 6
30 1998 15–11 57.7% #69 1,893 6 49 1998 21–24 46.7% #67 1,570 0 6
31 1999 10–7 58.8% #131 1,884 6 49 1999 1–10 9.1% #472 1,475 0 6

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 Boris Becker Carlos Costa
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 %
15 1983 — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
16 1984 1 3 4 25.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 6 3 9 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 1985 12 3 15 80.0% 9 5 14 64.3% 13 1 14 92.9% 16 9 25 64.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1986 24 4 28 85.7% 10 4 14 71.4% 10 1 11 90.9% 21 4 25 84.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1987 22 6 28 78.6% 9 3 12 75.0% 9 2 11 81.8% 10 4 14 71.4% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1988 17 2 19 89.5% 6 4 10 60.0% 12 1 13 92.3% 15 2 17 88.2% 1988 — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — —
21 1989 15 3 18 83.3% 12 3 15 80.0% 7 0 7 100.0% 20 2 22 90.9% 1989 — — — — 2 5 7 28.6% — — — — — — — —
22 1990 25 5 30 83.3% 8 4 12 66.7% 10 2 12 83.3% 26 3 29 89.7% 1990 0 1 1 0.0% 6 6 12 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
23 1991 17 5 22 77.3% 10 3 13 76.9% 6 1 7 85.7% 13 4 17 76.5% 1991 5 4 9 55.6% 10 9 19 52.6% — — — — — — — —
24 1992 17 5 22 77.3% 6 5 11 54.5% 4 2 6 66.7% 23 4 27 85.2% 1992 4 5 9 44.4% 33 10 43 76.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 5 6 16.7%
25 1993 14 7 21 66.7% 5 6 11 45.5% 7 2 9 77.8% 16 7 23 69.6% 1993 7 5 12 58.3% 32 13 45 71.1% 1 1 2 50.0% 2 4 6 33.3%
26 1994 19 6 25 76.0% 5 2 7 71.4% 5 2 7 71.4% 21 7 28 75.0% 1994 8 5 13 61.5% 25 14 39 64.1% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 6 7 14.3%
27 1995 13 6 19 68.4% 6 4 10 60.0% 9 2 11 81.8% 23 6 29 79.3% 1995 4 3 7 57.1% 25 18 43 58.1% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
28 1996 9 3 12 75.0% 5 4 9 55.6% 7 1 8 87.5% 21 6 27 77.8% 1996 6 9 15 40.0% 18 14 32 56.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
29 1997 4 4 8 50.0% 4 4 8 50.0% 7 2 9 77.8% 2 3 5 40.0% 1997 0 6 6 0.0% 20 16 36 55.6% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
30 1998 4 4 8 50.0% 10 4 14 71.4% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 1998 7 8 15 46.7% 14 15 29 48.3% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
31 1999 5 3 8 62.5% 1 2 3 33.3% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 1999 0 5 5 0.0% 1 5 6 16.7% — — — — — — — —
Career — 218 69 287 76.0% 108 60 168 64.3% 116 25 141 82.3% 230 66 296 77.7% — 41 51 92 44.6% 188 127 315 59.7% 3 5 8 37.5% 5 19 24 20.8%

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 365/454 of Boris Becker's and 360/414 of Carlos Costa'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 Boris Becker Carlos Costa
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 49/59 8.6 3.6 61.8% 75.0% 54.6% 60.4% 48.0% 67.2% 40.5% 1991 22/28 4.3 2.6 51.4% 70.6% 48.5% 57.5% 50.6% 59.8% 44.3%
24 1992 51/66 8.6 4.1 58.3% 77.7% 52.1% 60.6% 44.1% 66.7% 39.5% 1992 52/60 4.4 2.3 53.3% 70.1% 52.9% 58.0% 44.4% 61.9% 43.0%
25 1993 53/64 9.4 5.3 56.2% 79.4% 50.9% 60.9% 40.4% 66.9% 38.3% 1993 59/65 5.1 2.2 55.2% 72.8% 53.9% 56.4% 47.1% 64.2% 43.6%
26 1994 57/67 10.2 4.8 56.9% 80.0% 51.8% 59.0% 43.8% 67.9% 38.5% 1994 51/61 3.9 2.8 55.9% 69.4% 51.0% 52.6% 46.0% 61.0% 42.9%
27 1995 51/69 12.3 5.4 57.6% 82.8% 48.3% 66.9% 41.5% 68.2% 38.7% 1995 47/51 4.1 2.6 57.3% 68.3% 48.0% 53.5% 43.7% 59.4% 41.2%
28 1996 40/56 11.4 4.8 55.3% 80.9% 51.6% 65.3% 41.3% 67.9% 38.3% 1996 40/50 3.2 2.7 55.2% 66.1% 45.5% 47.7% 48.4% 56.9% 43.6%
29 1997 26/30 10.1 5.3 52.4% 82.6% 50.8% 59.3% 43.3% 67.6% 39.1% 1997 37/43 2.6 2.2 58.5% 63.6% 46.6% 52.9% 49.2% 56.6% 40.3%
30 1998 24/26 10.3 5.7 53.4% 81.3% 54.1% 66.8% 37.6% 68.5% 36.4% 1998 42/45 4.4 3.2 55.4% 70.1% 45.9% 55.0% 48.1% 59.5% 41.4%
31 1999 14/17 9.4 6.2 56.4% 75.7% 48.2% 72.5% 40.4% 63.4% 36.3% 1999 10/11 5.4 2.3 55.6% 69.0% 45.1% 41.4% 48.6% 58.6% 38.6%
Career — 365/892 10.0 4.8 57.0% 79.5% 51.5% 62.5% 42.7% 67.4% 38.7% — 360/439 4.1 2.6 55.4% 69.1% 49.4% 53.9% 46.8% 60.2% 42.4%

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 Boris Becker Carlos Costa
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
15 1983 1498 109.2 — — — — — — — 33.3% -0.33 0–1 — — -0.15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
16 1984 1652 125.5 — — — — -107 -114 +56 51.9% +0.44 4–3 (57%) 4–4 (50%) — +1.18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 1985 2067 165.6 — — — — -84 -354 -69 66.5% +1.04 12–7 (63%) 21–12 (64%) — -5.70 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1986 2230 166.7 — — — — +18 -420 -90 76.2% +1.56 10–4 (71%) 20–10 (67%) — -4.39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1987 2054 163.4 — — — — +82 -116 +61 71.3% +1.28 11–8 (58%) 11–7 (61%) — -0.33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1988 2185 166.8 — — — — +61 -253 -15 76.6% +1.64 10–5 (67%) 12–10 (55%) — -2.83 1988 1525 111.4 — — — — — +31 — 50.0% -0.10 1–1 — — +0.09
21 1989 2235 168.7 — — — — +36 -246 -12 78.5% +1.87 10–2 (83%) 14–9 (61%) — -2.12 1989 1512 107.2 — — — — — +23 — 33.3% -1.56 2–2 (50%) 1–0 — -0.12
22 1990 2208 168.9 — — — — +57 -259 +56 75.2% +1.46 14–3 (82%) 20–7 (74%) — -2.05 1990 1555 125.0 — — — — — +67 — 45.5% -0.33 1–5 (17%) 1–2 (33%) — -0.64
23 1991 2140 162.8 +6.09 +2.65 1.234 53.4% +57 -134 +116 72.6% +1.23 11–4 (73%) 19–13 (59%) — -1.24 1991 1659 134.9 +0.10 +2.53 1.103 52.1% -95 +49 — 54.8% +0.42 6–7 (46%) 6–5 (55%) — +0.42
24 1992 2148 164.3 +4.99 +2.39 1.187 52.7% +61 -224 +55 67.8% +0.88 12–5 (71%) 25–7 (78%) — -2.14 1992 1763 151.0 +1.18 +3.78 1.126 52.4% -156 +121 — 61.5% +0.86 6–5 (55%) 12–9 (57%) — -0.98
25 1993 1898 154.7 +4.71 +0.72 1.157 52.2% +88 -80 +320 62.7% +0.83 11–8 (58%) 13–16 (45%) — -0.41 1993 1873 154.5 +3.13 +3.68 1.220 53.7% -176 +95 — 64.1% +1.05 10–15 (40%) 12–15 (44%) — +1.77
26 1994 2051 165.7 +5.66 +1.82 1.199 52.9% +17 -187 +155 66.5% +0.92 15–6 (71%) 18–14 (56%) — -2.44 1994 1677 142.1 +0.42 +3.28 1.101 51.8% 0 +125 — 56.8% +0.48 9–10 (47%) 15–10 (60%) — +1.72
27 1995 2057 166.6 +5.70 +2.11 1.216 53.3% +32 -189 +75 67.4% +1.08 14–7 (67%) 22–20 (52%) — -2.23 1995 1757 144.5 -0.47 +1.82 1.016 50.4% -46 +58 — 54.5% +0.22 11–7 (61%) 12–9 (57%) — -0.98
28 1996 2101 162.9 +5.38 +1.75 1.195 52.8% +65 -284 +79 70.8% +1.22 12–4 (75%) 14–11 (56%) — -2.48 1996 1647 138.9 -2.69 +4.11 1.012 50.4% +30 +93 — 49.2% +0.02 9–6 (60%) 4–5 (44%) — -0.10
29 1997 1946 142.8 +3.95 +2.10 1.206 53.0% +79 -105 +199 63.4% +0.84 2–5 (29%) 8–8 (50%) — -0.94 1997 1629 132.1 -3.34 +1.11 0.927 48.5% -56 +109 — 47.5% -0.29 6–7 (46%) 4–3 (57%) — +0.95
30 1998 1893 149.7 +5.10 +0.64 1.155 51.9% +23 +66 — 58.3% +0.38 4–5 (44%) 10–7 (59%) — -2.21 1998 1571 136.2 -1.98 +2.09 1.021 50.6% +15 +79 — 51.4% +0.16 5–11 (31%) 6–7 (46%) — +0.64
31 1999 1885 133.0 +0.67 +0.35 0.991 50.1% +10 — +155 59.5% +0.26 3–2 (60%) 5–2 (71%) — -0.70 1999 1475 106.0 -1.58 -0.67 0.931 48.2% +34 +99 — 21.4% -1.32 0–3 (0%) 1–1 — +0.13
Career — 2269 168.9 +5.11 +1.77 1.186 52.7% +39 -199 +64 69.8% +1.18 155–79 (66%) 236–157 (60%) 106.7 -3.55 — 1961 147.0 -0.23 +2.80 1.066 51.3% -54 +91 — 54.2% +0.32 66–79 (46%) 74–66 (53%) 98.9 +0.66

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.