Head to head
Rivalry summary
Nicolas Kiefer and Albert Costa met 5 times on the ATP tour between 1999 and 2003. Albert Costa leads the head-to-head 3–2 against Nicolas Kiefer. By surface, Kiefer leads 2–1 on hard; Costa leads 2–0 on clay.
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Hard
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0
Clay
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Nicolas Kiefer's wins on the left · Albert Costa's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (5)
| 2003 | Hamburg Masters | Clay | R64 | Albert Costa | 6-4 6-4 |
| 2002 | World Team Cup | Clay | RR | Albert Costa | 6-2 6-2 |
| 2001 | Stuttgart Masters | Hard | R64 | Albert Costa | 3-6 6-0 7-6(6) |
| 2000 | Dubai | Hard | SF | Nicolas Kiefer | 6-2 6-0 |
| 1999 | Dubai | Hard | R16 | Nicolas Kiefer | 6-3 7-6(3) |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.