Wuyts v Costa

ATP Tour career

Bart WuytsBelgium96 games · 1988–1993Most first serve in %Carlos CostaSpain447 games · 1988–1999Most first-serve points won %Most aces

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Carlos Costa takes it, 10–3 on categories

Costa wins on first-serve points won %. Wuyts’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Wuyts 96 matches, Costa 447 matches.

Wuyts has the better first serve in %: 70.1 to Costa’s 55.5.
Costa has the better first-serve points won %: 69.3 to Wuyts’s 57.7.
Costa averages 4.1 aces a match to Wuyts’ 0.4 — 10.1 times as many.
Winners’ edge: Costa’s team won 54%, Wuyts’s team won 34% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Costa has 447 matches across 12 seasons, Wuyts 96 in 5 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
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.

–Titlesper game0.07 total · best 1
70.1First serve in %55.5
57.7First-serve points won %69.3
51.4Break points saved %55.7
42.6Return points won %41.6
0.435 total · best 3Acesper game4.11,709 total · best 16
9.9950 total · best 32

Head to head

13 matches
since 19902

Hard · 2 matchesWuyts 1Costa 1
Clay · 1 matchWuyts 0Costa 1

Last meetings

26 Apr 1993 · Madrid · Round of 32 · ClayCosta won 3-6 7-5 6-1
28 Oct 1991 · Buzios · Round of 32 · HardCosta won 7-6(7) 4-6 6-2
5 Nov 1990 · Itaparica · Round of 32 · HardWuyts won 2-6 6-3 6-2

Last 10 games

Titles, oldest to newest.

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