Albert Costa vs Yevgeny Kafelnikov Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis
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Albert Costa and Yevgeny Kafelnikov have met 9 times. Albert Costa currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 5–4.
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%).
Yevgeny Kafelnikov, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 609–306 from 915 matches (66.56% win rate). His hard-court record is 256–123 (67.55%), on clay he stands at 141–103 (57.79%), and on grass he has gone 46–20 (69.70%) , with a carpet record of 166–60 (73.45%). He has accumulated 26 titles in total (9 hard, 3 clay, 3 grass, 11 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 46–67 (40.71%).
When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 1 times, with Yevgeny Kafelnikov leading 1–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 5–2 (71.43% for Albert Costa) across 7 matches.
Dateâ–¼ | Tourney | Surface | Round | Wrk | Winner | Lrk | Loser | Score | BoF | Min | WA | WDF | W1stIn | W1st% | W2nd% | BPSvd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-05-20 | World Team Cup | Clay | RR | 22 | Albert Costa | 5 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6-3 7-6(6) | 3 | 104 | 1 | 1 | 69.4% | 69.8% | 47.4% | 3/6 |
| 2001-10-29 | Paris Masters | Carpet | R16 | 6 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov (4) | 36 | Albert Costa | 6-3 6-4 | 3 | 76 | 8 | 2 | 53.3% | 84.4% | 53.6% | 1/2 |
| 2001-07-16 | Stuttgart | Clay | R16 | 6 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov (2) | 66 | Albert Costa (16) | 6-4 6-4 | 3 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 68.1% | 87.5% | 80.0% | 0/0 |
| 2001-03-19 | Miami Masters | Hard | R64 | 5 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov (5) | 38 | Albert Costa | 7-6(6) 6-3 | 3 | 87 | 3 | 2 | 44.0% | 69.7% | 59.5% | 4/5 |
| 2000-04-07 | Davis Cup WG QF: ESP vs RUS | Clay | RR | 14 | Albert Costa | 3 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6-0 6-3 6-0 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0/0 |
| 1999-07-26 | Kitzbuhel | Clay | SF | 22 | Albert Costa (5) | 4 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov (1) | 7-6(5) 6-2 | 3 | 80 | 5 | 2 | 60.3% | 75.6% | 55.6% | 2/3 |
| 1997-07-14 | Stuttgart Outdoor | Clay | QF | 23 | Albert Costa (9) | 5 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov (2) | 6-4 6-4 | 3 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 74.1% | 62.5% | 64.3% | 1/3 |
| 1997-05-05 | Hamburg Masters | Clay | QF | 4 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov (2) | 12 | Albert Costa (7) | 6-3 6-0 | 3 | 55 | 9 | 4 | 67.8% | 67.5% | 63.2% | 4/4 |
| 1996-07-08 | Gstaad | Clay | SF | 18 | Albert Costa (6) | 4 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov (1) | 3-6 6-4 6-3 | 3 | 99 | 7 | 2 | 69.9% | 75.9% | 52.0% | 6/8 |