H2H data updated: 2026-09-03 00:00 UTC

Gustavo Kuerten vs Albert Costa H2H: 6-2

Gustavo Kuerten holds a 6–2 lead over Albert Costa in their ATP head-to-head. Across 8 main-draw meetings, they are tied 2–2 on clay, while Gustavo Kuerten leads 2–0 on carpet. Most recently, Albert Costa won the 2002 Roland Garros round of 16 6-4 7-5 6-4.

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Gustavo Kuerten
BRA Age 49 Right-Handed 190 cm / 6'3"
H2H
6 – 2
8 main draw meetings
Albert Costa
ESP Age 51 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Albert Costa #22 6-4 7-5 6-4 Gustavo Kuerten #7 Match data Jun 5, 2002* R16 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Gustavo Kuerten #1 6-4 6-4 7-6(7) Albert Costa #40 Match data Sep 5, 2001* R16 US Open Grand Slam Hard
Gustavo Kuerten #3 6-4 7-6 Albert Costa #32 Match data Nov 19, 2000* QF Paris Masters Masters 1000 Carpet
Gustavo Kuerten #6 6-4 7-5 Albert Costa #21 Match data May 14, 2000* QF Italian Open Masters 1000 Clay
Gustavo Kuerten #5 3-6 7-5 6-3 Albert Costa #24 Match data Oct 28, 1999* R32 Stuttgart Masters Masters 1000 Hard
Gustavo Kuerten #26 7-5 6-0 Albert Costa #13 Match data Jul 25, 1998* QF Stuttgart Open ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500 Clay
Gustavo Kuerten #11 7-5 3-6 7-6(2) Albert Costa #20 Match data Oct 9, 1997* R32 Vienna Open Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500 Carpet
Albert Costa #18 6-3 6-3 Gustavo Kuerten #116 Match data Aug 9, 1996* R16 San Marino World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 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
Gustavo Kuerten #1,132 #1 4,750 2,137 339 184 64.8% 3 5 1 4 7 20
Albert Costa #669 #6 2,385 2,004 369 265 58.2% 1 1 0 2 8 12

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 Gustavo Kuerten Albert Costa
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
18 — — — — — — — 1993 2–2 50.0% #221 1,521 0 0
19 1996 8–10 44.4% #88 1,556 0 0 1994 15–18 45.5% #52 1,583 0 0
20 1997 34–23 59.6% #14 1,780 1 1 1995 33–22 60.0% #24 1,759 0 1
21 1998 39–24 61.9% #23 1,781 1 3 1996 47–27 63.5% #13 1,745 0 4
22 1999 47–24 66.2% #5 1,861 1 5 1997 40–20 66.7% #19 1,819 0 6
23 2000 62–19 76.5% #1 2,002 2 10 1998 47–26 64.4% #14 1,761 0 8
24 2001 57–17 77.0% #2 1,912 3 16 1999 40–22 64.5% #18 1,810 0 11
25 2002 24–14 63.2% #37 1,872 3 17 2000 29–23 55.8% #26 1,761 0 11
26 2003 40–19 67.8% #16 1,851 3 19 2001 27–22 55.1% #40 1,801 0 11
27 2004 23–13 63.9% #40 1,812 3 20 2002 32–22 59.3% #9 1,795 1 12
28 2005 3–9 25.0% #291 1,702 3 20 2003 23–20 53.5% #25 1,766 1 12
29 2006 0–1 0.0% #1078 1,678 3 20 2004 19–22 46.3% #56 1,666 1 12
30 2007 2–7 22.2% #680 1,594 3 20 2005 13–17 43.3% #116 1,620 1 12
31 2008 0–4 0.0% #1150 1,553 3 20 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 Gustavo Kuerten Albert 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 %
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1993 — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — —
19 1996 1 1 2 50.0% 5 7 12 41.7% — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% 1994 0 1 1 0.0% 15 16 31 48.4% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
20 1997 17 8 25 68.0% 14 8 22 63.6% 0 2 2 0.0% 3 5 8 37.5% 1995 1 2 3 33.3% 32 19 51 62.7% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
21 1998 15 11 26 57.7% 24 11 35 68.6% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 1996 15 11 26 57.7% 31 9 40 77.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 4 4 0.0%
22 1999 20 15 35 57.1% 21 6 27 77.8% 4 1 5 80.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 1997 19 11 30 63.3% 21 7 28 75.0% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0%
23 2000 28 12 40 70.0% 27 4 31 87.1% 2 1 3 66.7% 5 2 7 71.4% 1998 12 13 25 48.0% 34 9 43 79.1% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0%
24 2001 23 12 35 65.7% 33 2 35 94.3% — — — — 1 3 4 25.0% 1999 8 10 18 44.4% 30 9 39 76.9% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
25 2002 10 6 16 62.5% 10 6 16 62.5% — — — — 4 2 6 66.7% 2000 12 13 25 48.0% 14 8 22 63.6% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0%
26 2003 23 10 33 69.7% 14 7 21 66.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 2001 8 8 16 50.0% 17 12 29 58.6% — — — — 2 2 4 50.0%
27 2004 8 8 16 50.0% 15 5 20 75.0% — — — — — — — — 2002 7 11 18 38.9% 25 8 33 75.8% — — — — 0 3 3 0.0%
28 2005 1 1 2 50.0% 2 8 10 20.0% — — — — — — — — 2003 11 11 22 50.0% 11 8 19 57.9% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
29 2006 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2004 6 10 16 37.5% 13 10 23 56.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
30 2007 1 4 5 20.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — 2005 3 5 8 37.5% 10 12 22 45.5% — — — — — — — —
31 2008 0 1 1 0.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2006 — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — —
Career — 147 89 236 62.3% 166 71 237 70.0% 7 7 14 50.0% 19 17 36 52.8% — 102 106 208 49.0% 257 131 388 66.2% 2 7 9 22.2% 8 21 29 27.6%

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 449/523 of Gustavo Kuerten's and 116/118 of Albert 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 Gustavo Kuerten Albert 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%
19 1996 17/18 3.4 2.6 53.7% 70.2% 49.5% 47.3% 34.6% 60.9% 35.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 1997 50/57 8.1 3.1 53.4% 74.6% 50.1% 58.7% 40.0% 63.2% 38.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 1998 53/63 7.7 2.8 54.7% 75.4% 50.3% 60.2% 47.3% 64.0% 37.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
22 1999 60/71 8.5 2.2 53.6% 78.5% 51.8% 63.8% 49.4% 66.1% 39.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
23 2000 59/81 9.6 2.3 54.2% 78.9% 54.4% 61.4% 40.8% 67.7% 39.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
24 2001 63/74 9.2 2.1 55.5% 79.3% 56.6% 71.1% 41.5% 69.1% 39.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
25 2002 31/38 8.8 1.8 55.6% 75.5% 54.0% 61.6% 45.6% 66.0% 36.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
26 2003 57/59 8.4 2.0 55.6% 76.4% 52.5% 59.4% 41.1% 65.8% 38.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
27 2004 35/36 8.2 2.8 55.4% 74.4% 50.9% 52.6% 50.3% 63.9% 38.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
28 2005 12/12 6.1 3.3 53.0% 66.7% 42.5% 55.7% 34.5% 55.0% 34.2% 2003 41/43 5.9 2.7 59.8% 70.0% 51.6% 59.1% 40.0% 62.4% 36.7%
29 2006 1/1 8.0 3.0 53.2% 76.2% 54.1% 33.3% 16.7% 65.8% 33.0% 2004 41/41 5.3 2.2 59.9% 67.9% 50.4% 51.2% 41.3% 60.9% 38.1%
30 2007 7/9 7.3 2.0 59.7% 75.7% 44.2% 46.4% 33.7% 64.1% 35.1% 2005 30/30 2.4 2.1 66.6% 65.4% 49.2% 55.5% 41.3% 59.6% 35.7%
31 2008 4/4 3.5 2.8 53.8% 66.9% 38.6% 47.0% 27.8% 53.8% 21.9% 2006 4/4 2.0 2.5 72.4% 60.5% 44.1% 40.4% 35.0% 56.2% 41.7%
Career — 449/523 8.3 2.4 54.7% 76.3% 52.0% 60.6% 43.2% 65.3% 38.2% — 116/634 4.7 2.4 62.0% 67.7% 50.3% 54.7% 40.6% 60.9% 37.1%

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 Gustavo Kuerten Albert 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
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1993 1522 107.4 — — — — — +38 — 45.5% -0.36 2–1 (67%) 1–1 — +0.12
19 1996 1557 123.0 +0.44 -1.62 0.915 48.0% -4 +17 — 39.5% -0.72 5–1 (83%) 3–4 (43%) — +0.21 1994 1583 132.9 — — — — — +66 — 40.5% -0.53 7–4 (64%) 1–4 (20%) — +0.06
20 1997 1780 149.1 +1.98 +0.21 1.038 50.3% -39 +59 — 56.5% +0.42 15–7 (68%) 12–17 (41%) — -0.79 1995 1760 146.1 — — — — -261 +67 — 61.1% +0.65 8–10 (44%) 8–4 (67%) — +0.33
21 1998 1781 146.0 +2.64 -0.29 1.039 51.0% -43 +127 — 57.6% +0.52 13–8 (62%) 14–12 (54%) — +1.23 1996 1745 145.0 — — — — -165 +221 -169 58.8% +0.76 17–10 (63%) 12–19 (39%) — +2.79
22 1999 1861 155.1 +4.10 +2.03 1.159 52.5% -64 +127 -209 65.9% +0.88 7–11 (39%) 8–12 (40%) — -0.75 1997 1819 155.1 — — — — -84 +151 — 64.4% +0.93 4–8 (33%) 10–10 (50%) — -1.36
23 2000 2003 158.1 +5.05 +3.02 1.228 53.2% -43 +160 -329 69.6% +1.16 16–7 (70%) 26–21 (55%) — -0.10 1998 1762 150.6 — — — — -117 +288 — 60.8% +0.70 14–7 (67%) 12–5 (71%) — -0.41
24 2001 1913 159.6 +6.12 +3.01 1.293 54.1% -75 +370 — 70.2% +1.27 17–11 (61%) 18–16 (53%) — +0.65 1999 1810 148.6 — — — — -141 +220 — 60.4% +0.68 13–6 (68%) 15–9 (63%) — -1.51
25 2002 1873 141.6 +3.17 -0.14 1.081 51.3% -18 +227 — 61.0% +0.66 7–8 (47%) 12–12 (50%) — +0.15 2000 1761 143.3 — — — — -86 +190 — 53.8% +0.47 8–8 (50%) 6–11 (35%) — +0.03
26 2003 1852 149.1 +3.43 +1.34 1.127 52.1% +22 +153 — 61.5% +0.83 11–7 (61%) 19–14 (58%) — +0.95 2001 1801 145.2 — — — — -38 +31 — 53.0% +0.15 7–8 (47%) 11–6 (65%) — -0.92
27 2004 1813 142.0 +1.63 +1.04 1.065 51.1% -37 +187 — 58.8% +0.51 10–3 (77%) 9–7 (56%) — +0.10 2002 1796 149.7 — — — — -97 +231 — 56.1% +0.31 12–6 (67%) 10–10 (50%) — -0.07
28 2005 1703 118.6 -2.63 -2.14 0.761 45.0% — +122 — 32.1% -1.36 — 1–2 (33%) — -1.09 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
29 2006 1678 99.4 -0.70 -0.57 0.965 48.2% — — — 33.3% -0.67 0–1 — — +0.12 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
30 2007 1594 112.2 -0.10 -1.70 0.979 49.6% +102 +144 — 26.3% -1.16 0–1 0–3 (0%) — +0.13 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
31 2008 1553 104.1 -3.30 -4.26 0.474 39.4% — +130 — 0.0% -3.56 — — — -0.18 2006 1633 114.2 -1.10 -0.27 0.951 48.7% — +74 — 54.5% +0.18 1–2 (33%) 1–0 — -0.35
Career — 2138 154.8 +3.30 +1.14 1.102 51.6% -36 +170 -254 61.0% +0.68 101–65 (61%) 122–120 (50%) 98.7 +0.12 — 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

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.