Kuerten v Costa
ATP Tour career
Lineball analyst10–5
Gustavo Kuerten takes it, 10–5 on categories
Kuerten wins on titles. Costa’s case rests on grand slam titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Kuerten 521 matches, Costa 644 matches.
- Costa has 1 grand slam title (one every 50 matches) to Kuerten’s 3 grand slam titles (one every 100 matches).
- Kuerten has 20 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 Kuerten’s 54.7.
- Winners’ edge: Kuerten’s team won 65%, Costa’s team won 58% of the matches they played.
- 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.
- 0.020 total · best 1Titlesper game0.013 total · best 1
- 0.03 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
- 54.7First serve in %66.9
- 76.2First-serve points won %67.5
- 62.4Break points saved %59.7
- 38.2Return points won %39.5
Head to head
68 matches
since 19962
since 19962
- Clay · 4 matchesKuerten 2Costa 2
- Hard · 2 matchesKuerten 2Costa 0
- Carpet · 2 matchesKuerten 2Costa 0
- Grand Slams · 2 matchesKuerten 1Costa 1
Last meetings
- 27 May 2002 · Roland Garros · Round of 16 · ClayCosta won 6-4 7-5 6-4
- 27 Aug 2001 · US Open · Round of 16 · HardKuerten won 6-4 6-4 7-6(7)
- 13 Nov 2000 · ATP Masters 1000 Paris · Quarterfinal · CarpetKuerten won 6-4 7-6
- 8 May 2000 · ATP Masters 1000 Rome · Quarterfinal · ClayKuerten won 6-4 7-5
- 25 Oct 1999 · ATP Masters 1000 Stuttgart · Round of 32 · HardKuerten won 3-6 7-5 6-3
- 20 July 1998 · Stuttgart Outdoor · Quarterfinal · ClayKuerten won 7-5 6-0
- 6 Oct 1997 · Vienna · Round of 32 · CarpetKuerten won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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