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

Emilio Sanchez vs Carlos Costa H2H: 2-4

Carlos Costa holds a 4–2 lead over Emilio Sanchez in their ATP head-to-head. Across 6 main-draw meetings, Carlos Costa leads 2–1 on clay and 2–0 on carpet. Most recently, Carlos Costa won the 1996 Palermo round of 32 4-6 6-4 6-4.

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Emilio Sanchez
ESP Age 61 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"
H2H
2 – 4
6 main draw meetings
Carlos Costa
ESP Age 58 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Carlos Costa #58 4-6 6-4 6-4 Emilio Sanchez #133 Match data Sep 26, 1996* R32 Palermo World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Clay
Carlos Costa #24 6-3 6-2 Emilio Sanchez #45 Match data Feb 17, 1994* R32 Stuttgart Indoor ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500 Carpet
Emilio Sanchez #32 7-6(3) 4-6 7-5 Carlos Costa #21 Match data May 1, 1993* QF Madrid ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Clay
Carlos Costa #14 6-3 6-3 Emilio Sanchez #21 Match data Nov 12, 1992* R32 Antwerp ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Carpet
Carlos Costa #56 4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(5) Emilio Sanchez #11 Match data Apr 4, 1992* SF Estoril Open ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Clay
Emilio Sanchez #13 7-6(8) 6-4 Carlos Costa #56 Match data Nov 7, 1991* R32 Sao Paulo ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 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
Emilio Sanchez #1,301 #7 1,634 2,037 406 274 59.7% 0 1 0 1 13 15
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 Emilio Sanchez Carlos Costa
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
19 1984 9–12 42.9% #111 1,546 0 0 — — — — — — —
20 1985 16–14 53.3% #64 1,669 0 0 1988 2–2 50.0% #243 1,524 0 0
21 1986 52–23 69.3% #16 1,840 0 3 1989 2–5 28.6% #201 1,512 0 0
22 1987 56–23 70.9% #17 1,870 0 7 1990 6–8 42.9% #151 1,555 0 0
23 1988 40–20 66.7% #17 1,887 0 8 1991 15–13 53.6% #55 1,659 0 0
24 1989 37–16 69.8% #19 1,877 0 9 1992 39–21 65.0% #14 1,763 0 2
25 1990 48–24 66.7% #8 1,814 0 11 1993 42–23 64.6% #26 1,873 0 4
26 1991 40–22 64.5% #14 1,849 0 14 1994 35–26 57.4% #27 1,677 0 6
27 1992 43–26 62.3% #21 1,795 0 15 1995 29–22 56.9% #31 1,756 0 6
28 1993 28–26 51.9% #41 1,688 0 15 1996 25–25 50.0% #61 1,647 0 6
29 1994 17–26 39.5% #74 1,630 0 15 1997 20–23 46.5% #56 1,629 0 6
30 1995 13–22 37.1% #108 1,588 0 15 1998 21–24 46.7% #67 1,570 0 6
31 1996 7–16 30.4% #173 1,505 0 15 1999 1–10 9.1% #472 1,475 0 6
32 1997 0–4 0.0% #1056 1,467 0 15 — — — — — — —

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 Emilio Sanchez 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 %
19 1984 0 1 1 0.0% 9 8 17 52.9% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1985 1 3 4 25.0% 15 11 26 57.7% — — — — — — — — 1988 — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — —
21 1986 4 4 8 50.0% 43 12 55 78.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 5 6 11 45.5% 1989 — — — — 2 5 7 28.6% — — — — — — — —
22 1987 8 9 17 47.1% 41 9 50 82.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 4 4 8 50.0% 1990 0 1 1 0.0% 6 6 12 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
23 1988 14 7 21 66.7% 25 10 35 71.4% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 1991 5 4 9 55.6% 10 9 19 52.6% — — — — — — — —
24 1989 16 6 22 72.7% 21 9 30 70.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1992 4 5 9 44.4% 33 10 43 76.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 5 6 16.7%
25 1990 15 4 19 78.9% 28 12 40 70.0% — — — — 5 8 13 38.5% 1993 7 5 12 58.3% 32 13 45 71.1% 1 1 2 50.0% 2 4 6 33.3%
26 1991 15 10 25 60.0% 23 8 31 74.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 1994 8 5 13 61.5% 25 14 39 64.1% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 6 7 14.3%
27 1992 19 7 26 73.1% 22 13 35 62.9% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 5 7 28.6% 1995 4 3 7 57.1% 25 18 43 58.1% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
28 1993 5 9 14 35.7% 23 16 39 59.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1996 6 9 15 40.0% 18 14 32 56.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
29 1994 4 7 11 36.4% 13 18 31 41.9% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1997 0 6 6 0.0% 20 16 36 55.6% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
30 1995 1 3 4 25.0% 12 18 30 40.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1998 7 8 15 46.7% 14 15 29 48.3% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
31 1996 2 4 6 33.3% 5 11 16 31.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1999 0 5 5 0.0% 1 5 6 16.7% — — — — — — — —
32 1997 — — — — 0 4 4 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 104 74 178 58.4% 280 159 439 63.8% 4 8 12 33.3% 18 33 51 35.3% — 41 51 92 44.6% 188 127 315 59.7% 3 5 8 37.5% 5 19 24 20.8%

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 Emilio Sanchez 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
19 1984 1546 126.4 — — — — — +91 — 48.1% -0.09 2–4 (33%) 4–5 (44%) — +1.49 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1985 1669 143.3 — — — — -164 +69 — 53.3% +0.61 5–5 (50%) 4–5 (44%) — +0.05 1988 1525 111.4 — — — — — +31 — 50.0% -0.10 1–1 — — +0.09
21 1986 1841 151.3 — — — — -231 +97 — 64.0% +0.89 16–10 (62%) 12–6 (67%) — -0.99 1989 1512 107.2 — — — — — +23 — 33.3% -1.56 2–2 (50%) 1–0 — -0.12
22 1987 1870 151.7 — — — — -232 +179 -269 64.9% +1.14 15–5 (75%) 12–12 (50%) — +0.87 1990 1555 125.0 — — — — — +67 — 45.5% -0.33 1–5 (17%) 1–2 (33%) — -0.64
23 1988 1888 152.5 — — — — -85 +107 — 62.4% +1.00 12–6 (67%) 8–12 (40%) — -0.75 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 1989 1877 153.9 — — — — -20 +114 — 66.9% +1.16 7–7 (50%) 8–7 (53%) — -1.74 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 1990 1814 155.5 — — — — +57 +66 — 60.3% +0.79 18–8 (69%) 12–11 (52%) — +0.85 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 1991 1850 150.0 — — — — -33 +123 — 62.3% +0.79 8–5 (62%) 14–12 (54%) — -0.75 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 1992 1796 147.4 — — — — +6 +100 — 58.7% +0.63 14–8 (64%) 19–19 (50%) — -0.45 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 1993 1689 134.0 — — — — -26 +79 — 50.7% -0.16 11–12 (48%) 12–12 (50%) — +0.43 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 1994 1630 135.6 — — — — -26 +71 — 39.4% -0.54 4–8 (33%) 6–10 (38%) — -1.30 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 1995 1588 125.5 — — — — -13 +45 — 39.8% -0.48 4–4 (50%) 6–13 (32%) — +0.36 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 1996 1506 114.4 — — — — +43 +56 — 31.4% -1.29 1–2 (33%) 3–3 (50%) — +0.87 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
32 1997 1467 97.2 — — — — — +59 — 11.1% -3.22 0–1 — — -0.14 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2038 151.2 — — — — -56 +97 -269 57.2% +0.54 117–85 (58%) 120–127 (49%) 97.8 -0.18 — 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.