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Alex Corretja v Albert Costa: stats compared | Lineball
Corretja wins on titles. Costa’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Corretja 704 matches, Costa 644 matches.
Corretja has 17 titles (one every 25 matches) to Costa’s 13 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
Costa has the better first serve in %: 66.9 to Corretja’s 57.6.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam 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.
0.017 total · best 1Titlesper game0.013 total · best 1
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
57.6First serve in %66.9
69.4First-serve points won %67.5
59.2Break points saved %59.7
40.7Return points won %39.5
3.62,550 total · best 25
Head to head
815 matches since 19967
Clay · 11 matchesCorretja 6Costa 5
Hard · 4 matchesCorretja 2Costa 2
Grand Slams · 1 matchCorretja 0Costa 1
Finals · 1 matchCorretja 0Costa 1
Last meetings
3 May 2004 · ATP Masters 1000 Rome · Round of 64 · ClayCosta won 7-6(5) 6-1
22 July 2002 · Kitzbuhel · Quarterfinal · ClayCorretja won 6-1 6-2
27 May 2002 · Roland Garros · Semifinal · ClayCosta won 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3
22 Apr 2002 · Barcelona · Quarterfinal · ClayCosta won 5-7 7-6(6) 7-6(4)
6 Mar 2000 · Scottsdale · Quarterfinal · HardCosta won 6-2 4-6 7-6(6)
19 July 1999 · Stuttgart Outdoor · Round of 16 · ClayCorretja won 2-6 6-4 6-1
11 Jan 1999 · Sydney · Quarterfinal · HardCorretja won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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Acesper game
3.42,176 total · best 18
13.09,137 total · best 33Games wonper game12.88,238 total · best 31
42.6Break points converted %41.5
57.3Sets won %56.2
52.7Games won %52.2
0.130 total · best 1Finalsper game0.121 total · best 1
1.51,026 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.4907 total · best 3
1.1764 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.1708 total · best 3
11.68,198 total · best 30Games lostper game · lower is better11.77,543 total · best 31
0.4256 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.4229 total · best 2
6-3 4-6 2-0
23 Nov 1998 · ATP Tour World Championship · Round robin · HardCorretja won 6-2 6-4
6 July 1998 · Gstaad · Quarterfinal · ClayCorretja won 5-7 6-2 6-2
4 May 1998 · ATP Masters 1000 Hamburg · Final · ClayCosta won 6-2 6-0 1-0 ret.