Career 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 Albert Costa takes it, 12–2 on categories Costa wins on titles. Karbacher’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Karbacher 293 matches, Costa 644 matches.
Costa has 13 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Karbacher’s 2 titles (one every 50 matches). Costa has the better first serve in %: 66.9 to Karbacher’s 54. Karbacher averages 5.3 aces a match to Costa’s 3.4 (56% more). Winners’ edge: Costa’s team won 58%, Karbacher’s team won 46% of the matches they played. Longevity: Costa has 644 matches across 14 seasons, Karbacher 293 in 10 — 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. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 2 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 13 total · best 1
– Grand Slam titlesper game 0.0 1 total · best 1
54.0 First serve in % 66.9
70.5 First-serve points won % 67.5
58.3 Break points saved % 59.7
38.5 Return points won % 39.5
5.3 1,536 total · best 19
Head to head 1 4 matches since 1995 3
Clay · 3 matches Karbacher 1 Costa 2 Hard · 1 match Karbacher 0 Costa 1 Grand Slams · 1 match Karbacher 0 Costa 1 Last meetings 30 Sept 1996 · Marbella · Round of 32 · Clay Karbacher won 6-4 7-5 12 Feb 1996 · Dubai · Round of 16 · Hard Costa won 6-4 6-2 31 July 1995 · Kitzbuhel · Semifinal · Clay Costa won 6-2 6-4 29 May 1995 · Roland Garros · Round of 32 · Clay Costa won 7-5 6-2 6-2 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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