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Albert Costa vs Gustavo Kuerten Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Albert Costa seasons:20062005200420032002
Gustavo Kuerten seasons:20082007200620052004
🇪🇸 Albert Costa
🇧🇷 Gustavo Kuerten
Age: 50y 323d (1975-06-25)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
(1976-09-10) Age: 49y 246d
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
2 - 6
Wins: 25.0% - 75.0%
Hard 0–2Clay 2–2Grass 0–0
250 1–0500 0–2Masters 1000 0–3Slam 1–1
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🇪🇸Albert Costa and 🇧🇷Gustavo Kuerten have met 8 times. Gustavo Kuerten currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 6–2.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇪🇸Albert Costa has compiled an overall career record of 385–273 across 658 matches, translating to a win rate of 58.51%. On hard courts his record stands at 104–106 (49.52%), while on clay he holds a 271–137 (66.42%) mark. On grass the numbers read 2–7 (22.22%) , and on carpet 8–23 (25.81%). Throughout his career he has won 12 titles (12 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 28–52 (35.00%).

🇧🇷Gustavo Kuerten, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 358–195 from 553 matches (64.74% win rate). His hard-court record is 147–89 (62.29%), on clay he stands at 181–78 (69.88%), and on grass he has gone 7–8 (46.67%) , with a carpet record of 23–20 (53.49%). He has accumulated 20 titles in total (6 hard, 14 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 38–36 (51.35%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 2 times, with Gustavo Kuerten leading 2–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 2–2 (50.00% each) across 4 matches.

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2002-05-27Roland GarrosClayR1622🇪🇸Albert Costa (20)7🇧🇷Gustavo Kuerten (7)6-4 7-5 6-451407262.2%82.4%71.0%2/3
2001-08-27US OpenHardR161🇧🇷Gustavo Kuerten (1)40🇪🇸Albert Costa6-4 6-4 7-6(7)512318060.2%82.1%64.9%0/1
2000-11-13Paris MastersCarpetQF3🇧🇷Gustavo Kuerten (1)32🇪🇸Albert Costa6-4 7-6(0)3847060.4%86.2%78.9%0/0
2000-05-08Rome MastersClayQF6🇧🇷Gustavo Kuerten (4)21🇪🇸Albert Costa6-4 7-53845346.6%77.8%61.3%0/2
1999-10-25Stuttgart MastersHardR325🇧🇷Gustavo Kuerten (4)24🇪🇸Albert Costa3-6 7-5 6-3311314543.3%83.3%41.8%8/12
1998-07-20Stuttgart OutdoorClayQF26🇧🇷Gustavo Kuerten (13)13🇪🇸Albert Costa (6)7-5 6-03806147.5%75.9%50.0%2/3
1997-10-06ViennaCarpetR3211🇧🇷Gustavo Kuerten (5)20🇪🇸Albert Costa7-5 3-6 7-6(2)311110746.8%72.7%58.0%1/4
1996-08-05San MarinoClayR1618🇪🇸Albert Costa (1)116🇧🇷Gustavo Kuerten6-3 6-33663263.3%60.5%68.2%5/6

Wins

Albert Costa
Gustavo Kuerten
2–6Overall
1–1Grand Slam
0–3Masters 1000
0–2ATP 500
1–0ATP 250
0–2Hard
2–2Clay
0–2Indoor Hard

Sets Format

16.7%1
83.3%5
Bo3
50.0%1
50.0%1
Bo5
25.0%1
75.0%3
2 Sets
25.0%1
75.0%3
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Albert Costa
Gustavo Kuerten

Deciding

0.0%0
100.0%2
Decider Set
0.0%0
100.0%3
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Albert Costa
Gustavo Kuerten

Sets

35.0%7
65.0%13
All
50.0%3
50.0%3
Grand Slam
14.3%1
85.7%6
Masters 1000
16.7%1
83.3%5
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
55.6%5
44.4%4
Clay
20.0%1
80.0%4
Carpet
Albert Costa
Gustavo Kuerten

Games

47.6%100
52.4%110
All
50.8%33
49.2%32
Grand Slam
44.0%33
56.0%42
Masters 1000
44.4%28
55.6%35
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
50.0%45
50.0%45
Clay
47.4%27
52.6%30
Carpet
Albert Costa
Gustavo Kuerten

Overview

By Surface

Albert Costa
Gustavo Kuerten

By Tournament Level

Albert Costa
Gustavo Kuerten

By Round

Albert Costa
Gustavo Kuerten

By Opponent Ranking

Albert CostaGustavo Kuerten
14.3%1-6
vs Top 1
60%3-2
30.8%12-27
vs Top 5
59%23-16
35%28-52
vs Top 10
51.4%38-36
40.5%53-78
vs Top 20
50%66-66
54.8%285-235
vs Top 100
61.5%259-162
72.8%99-37
vs +100
75%96-32
46%86-101
vs Higher
45.8%54-64
63.5%298-171
vs Lower
69.8%301-130

Opponent Breakdown

Albert CostaGustavo Kuerten
55.5%142-114
Vs Younger
62.3%129-78
60.4%243-159
Vs Older
66%227-117
58%324-235
Vs Right-Handed
63.1%297-174
61.6%61-38
Vs Left-Handed
73.8%59-21
51.3%99-94
Vs 2H Backhand
58.3%120-86
54.2%96-81
Vs 1H Backhand
64.2%102-57
61.7%82-51
Vs Shorter
65.4%278-147
58.3%249-178
Vs Taller
58.8%40-28

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