Costa v Berasategui

ATP Tour career

Carlos CostaSpain447 games · 1988–1999Most acesMost first-serve points won %Alberto BerasateguiSpain473 games · 1992–2001Most first serve in %

Lineball analyst4–9

Alberto Berasategui takes it, 9–4 on categories

Berasategui wins on first serve in %. Costa’s case rests on first-serve points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Costa 447 matches, Berasategui 473 matches.

Berasategui has the better first serve in %: 73.7 to Costa’s 55.5.
Costa averages 4.1 aces a match to Berasategui’s 1.6 — 2.5 times as many.
Costa has the better first-serve points won %: 69.3 to Berasategui’s 63.2.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles): those averages use only the games that logged them.

Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.

Tale of the tape

Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.

0.07 total · best 1Titlesper game0.014 total · best 1
55.5First serve in %73.7
69.3First-serve points won %63.2
55.7Break points saved %57.2
41.6Return points won %42.3
4.11,709 total · best 16Acesper game1.6751 total · best 10

Head to head

310 matches
since 19937

Clay · 9 matchesCosta 2Berasategui 7
Hard · 1 matchCosta 1Berasategui 0
Finals · 3 matchesCosta 1Berasategui 2

Last meetings

29 Sept 1997 · Palermo · Round of 16 · ClayBerasategui won 6-4 4-6 6-3
8 Sept 1997 · Marbella · Round of 32 · ClayBerasategui won 6-0 6-3
7 Apr 1997 · Estoril · Round of 32 · ClayBerasategui won 3-6 6-2 6-2
17 June 1996 · Bologna · Final · ClayBerasategui won 6-3 6-4
6 May 1996 · ATP Masters 1000 Hamburg · Round of 64 · ClayBerasategui won 6-3 4-1 ret.
21 Aug 1995 · Umag · Quarterfinal · ClayCosta won 6-4 6-4
12 June 1995 · Oporto · Final · ClayBerasategui won 3-6 6-3 6-4
18 Apr 1994 · ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo · Round of 32 · ClayBerasategui won 7-6(5) 6-4

Last 10 games

Titles, oldest to newest.

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