Berasategui v Costa

ATP Tour career

Alberto BerasateguiSpain473 games · 1992–2001Most first serve in %Carlos CostaSpain447 games · 1988–1999Most acesMost first-serve points won %

Lineball analyst9–4

Alberto Berasategui takes it, 9–4 on categories

Berasategui wins on first serve in %. Costa’s case rests on first-serve points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Berasategui 473 matches, Costa 447 matches.

Berasategui has the better first serve in %: 73.7 to Costa’s 55.5.
Costa averages 4.1 aces a match to Berasategui’s 1.6 — 2.5 times as many.
Costa has the better first-serve points won %: 69.3 to Berasategui’s 63.2.
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.

0.014 total · best 1Titlesper game0.07 total · best 1
73.7First serve in %55.5
63.2First-serve points won %69.3
57.2Break points saved %55.7
42.3Return points won %41.6
1.6751 total · best 10Acesper game4.11,709 total · best 16

Head to head

710 matches
since 19933

Clay · 9 matchesBerasategui 7Costa 2
Hard · 1 matchBerasategui 0Costa 1
Finals · 3 matchesBerasategui 2Costa 1

Last meetings

29 Sept 1997 · Palermo · Round of 16 · ClayBerasategui won 6-4 4-6 6-3
8 Sept 1997 · Marbella · Round of 32 · ClayBerasategui won 6-0 6-3
7 Apr 1997 · Estoril · Round of 32 · ClayBerasategui won 3-6 6-2 6-2
17 June 1996 · Bologna · Final · ClayBerasategui won 6-3 6-4
6 May 1996 · ATP Masters 1000 Hamburg · Round of 64 · ClayBerasategui won 6-3 4-1
21 Aug 1995 · Umag · Quarterfinal · ClayCosta won 6-4 6-4
12 June 1995 · Oporto · Final · ClayBerasategui won 3-6 6-3 6-4
18 Apr 1994 · ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo · Round of 32 · ClayBerasategui won 7-6(5) 6-4

Last 10 games

Titles, oldest to newest.

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