| R32 | L | Mariano Puerta | 6-4 6-1 | H2H |
🇪🇸 ESP · Right-handed · 183 cm · b. 1968-04-22
Carlos Costa
Active 1988–1999 · best rank seen: 10
248–208
7
0
0
14
11,080
Career summary
Carlos Costa of Spain is a former right-handed player who competed on the ATP tour from 1988 to 1999. He won 7 tour-level singles titles, from a career match record of 248–208 (54.4%). His strongest surface by win rate was clay, where he went 196–131 (60%). His best three-year stretch came in 1992–1994, and he reached a peak Elo rating of 2197. His most frequent opponent was Alberto Berasategui, whom he faced 10 times with a record of 3–7.
Hard
44–53 (45.4%)
Clay
196–131 (59.9%)
Grass
3–5 (37.5%)
Carpet
5–19 (20.8%)
Main rivals
| Opponent | Record | Meetings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇸 Alberto Berasategui | 3–7 | 10 | Full H2H |
Opponents faced 10+ times; walkovers excluded.
Grand Slam record
| '90 | '91 | '92 | '93 | '94 | '95 | '96 | '97 | '98 | '99 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | |||||
| Roland Garros | 3R | 4R | 4R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | |||||
| US Open | 4R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R |
Season by season
Gold band: best three-year window (1992–1994).
Elo over time
Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 2197.
Career titles (7)
- 1994 San Marino Clay
- 1994 World Team Cup Clay
- 1994 Estoril Clay
- 1993 Buenos Aires Clay
- 1993 Hilversum Clay
- 1992 Barcelona Clay
- 1992 Estoril Clay
Match results
| R128 | L | Christian Ruud | 6-3 6-4 6-4 | H2H |
| R16 | L | Magnus Norman | 6-4 6-4 | H2H |
| R32 | W | Laurence Tieleman | 6-3 6-0 | H2H |
| R64 | L | Andrei Pavel | 6-3 6-7(7) 6-1 | H2H |
| R32 | L | Andrei Medvedev | 1-6 6-2 7-6(4) | H2H |
| R64 | L | Todd Woodbridge | 6-4 7-5 | H2H |
| R32 | L | Paul Goldstein | 4-6 6-4 6-4 | H2H |
| R128 | L | Hendrik Dreekmann | 6-2 2-6 6-4 6-3 | H2H |
| R32 | L | Juan Antonio Marin | 6-3 6-4 | H2H |
| R32 | L | Mariano Zabaleta | 6-4 6-3 | H2H |
Methodology
Titles include Slams, Masters, Tour Finals, 500s, 250s, legacy tour events and Olympic gold; Davis Cup is excluded, and walkovers are excluded from all win–loss records. GOAT points value every round reached, scaled per tier (Slam title 2000 anchor; ranking includes Slam champions only, but every player's points are shown here). Elo is a chess-style rating over the full match history (K = 250/(n+5)^0.4); the timeline shows pre-match ratings, sampled. The gold band on the season chart marks the best three-consecutive-year window.