Goellner v Costa
ATP Tour career
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Albert Costa takes it, 12–2 on categories
Costa wins on titles. Kevin Goellner’s case rests on first-serve points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Kevin Goellner 340 matches, Costa 644 matches.
- Costa has 13 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Kevin Goellner’s 2 titles (one every 50 matches).
- Costa has the better first serve in %: 66.9 to Kevin Goellner’s 51.9.
- Kevin Goellner averages 10.5 aces a match to Costa’s 3.4 — 3.1 times as many.
- Winners’ edge: Costa’s team won 58%, Kevin Goellner’s team won 45% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Costa has 644 matches across 14 seasons, Kevin Goellner 340 in 11 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles, finals): 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.
- 0.02 total · best 1Titlesper game0.013 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
- 51.9First serve in %66.9
- 78.6First-serve points won %67.5
- 59.7Break points saved %59.7
- 35.1Return points won %39.5
- 10.53,585 total · best 35
Head to head
37 matches
since 19944
since 19944
- Clay · 6 matchesGoellner 3Costa 3
- Hard · 1 matchGoellner 0Costa 1
- Grand Slams · 1 matchGoellner 0Costa 1
- Finals · 1 matchGoellner 0Costa 1
Last meetings
- 25 May 1998 · Roland Garros · Round of 64 · ClayCosta won 6-4 7-6 6-2
- 12 May 1997 · ATP Masters 1000 Rome · Round of 16 · ClayGoellner won 6-4 3-6 6-4
- 3 Mar 1997 · Scottsdale · Round of 32 · HardCosta won 6-4 7-6(2)
- 9 Sept 1996 · Bournemouth · Final · ClayCosta won 6-7(4) 6-2 6-2
- 20 Mar 1995 · Casablanca · Quarterfinal · ClayCosta won 6-4 6-7(3) 6-3
- 27 Feb 1995 · Mexico City · Round of 32 · ClayGoellner won 6-3 6-4
- 6 June 1994 · Florence · Round of 16 · ClayGoellner won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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