Albert Costa vs Nicolas Kiefer Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis
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Albert Costa and Nicolas Kiefer have met 5 times. Albert Costa currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 3–2.
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%).
Nicolas Kiefer, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 366–274 from 640 matches (57.19% win rate). His hard-court record is 225–145 (60.81%), on clay he stands at 57–67 (45.97%), and on grass he has gone 44–30 (59.46%) , with a carpet record of 40–32 (55.56%). He has accumulated 6 titles in total (5 hard, 1 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 35–74 (32.11%).
When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 3 times, with Nicolas Kiefer leading 2–1 (66.67%). The clay record between them sits at 2–0 (100.00% for Albert Costa) across 2 matches.
Dateâ–¼ | Tourney | Surface | Round | Wrk | Winner | Lrk | Loser | Score | BoF | Min | WA | WDF | W1stIn | W1st% | W2nd% | BPSvd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-05-12 | Hamburg Masters | Clay | R64 | 8 | Albert Costa (5) | 75 | Nicolas Kiefer (WC) | 6-4 6-4 | 3 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 60.3% | 71.4% | 69.6% | 1/2 |
| 2002-05-20 | World Team Cup | Clay | RR | 22 | Albert Costa | 63 | Nicolas Kiefer | 6-2 6-2 | 3 | 104 | 1 | 1 | 69.4% | 69.8% | 47.4% | 3/6 |
| 2001-10-15 | Stuttgart Masters | Hard | R64 | 35 | Albert Costa | 42 | Nicolas Kiefer | 3-6 6-0 7-6(6) | 3 | 131 | 5 | 0 | 56.5% | 64.6% | 64.9% | 6/9 |
| 2000-02-07 | Dubai | Hard | SF | 4 | Nicolas Kiefer (1) | 18 | Albert Costa (4) | 6-2 6-0 | 3 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 51.4% | 84.2% | 55.6% | 0/1 |
| 1999-02-08 | Dubai | Hard | R16 | 41 | Nicolas Kiefer | 16 | Albert Costa (6) | 6-3 7-6(3) | 3 | 110 | 5 | 2 | 40.0% | 83.3% | 52.8% | 3/6 |