Costa v Corretja
ATP Tour career
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Alex Corretja takes it, 10–4 on categories
Corretja wins on break points saved %. Costa’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Costa 447 matches, Corretja 704 matches.
- Corretja has the better break points saved %: 59.2 to Costa’s 55.7.
- Corretja averages 2.3 double faults a match to Costa’s 2.5.
- Costa averages 4.1 aces a match to Corretja’s 3.6 (12% more).
- Winners’ edge: Corretja’s team won 61%, Costa’s team won 54% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Corretja has 704 matches across 14 seasons, Costa 447 in 12 — 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.
- 0.07 total · best 1Titlesper game0.017 total · best 1
- 55.5First serve in %57.6
- 69.3First-serve points won %69.4
- 55.7Break points saved %59.2
- 41.6Return points won %40.7
- 4.11,709 total · best 16Acesper game3.62,550 total · best 25
Head to head
37 matches
since 19944
since 19944
- Clay · 6 matchesCosta 3Corretja 3
- Hard · 1 matchCosta 0Corretja 1
Last meetings
- 20 July 1998 · Stuttgart Outdoor · Round of 32 · ClayCosta won 7-6(4) 6-7(6) 7-5
- 9 Feb 1998 · Dubai · Quarterfinal · HardCorretja won 7-6(1) 5-7 6-4
- 23 Sept 1996 · Palermo · Round of 16 · ClayCorretja won 4-6 6-4 6-1
- 8 Apr 1996 · Estoril · Quarterfinal · ClayCorretja won 7-5 7-5
- 1 May 1995 · Munich · Round of 32 · ClayCorretja won 6-2 6-3
- 2 May 1994 · ATP Masters 1000 Hamburg · Round of 16 · ClayCosta won 6-2 6-0
- 4 Apr 1994 · Barcelona · Semifinal · ClayCosta won 6-3 6-3
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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