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Nicolas Lapentti v Albert Costa: stats compared | Lineball
Costa wins on first serve in %. Lapentti’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Lapentti 564 matches, Costa 644 matches.
Lapentti averages 4.8 aces a match to Costa’s 3.4 (41% more).
Costa has the better first serve in %: 66.9 to Lapentti’s 60.5.
Costa averages 1.1 sets lost a match to Lapentti’s 1.3.
Winners’ edge: Costa’s team won 58%, Lapentti’s team won 50% 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.
0.05 total · best 1Titlesper game0.013 total · best 1
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
60.5First serve in %66.9
70.2First-serve points won %67.5
59.3Break points saved %59.7
38.3Return points won %39.5
4.82,685 total · best 20
Head to head
28 matches since 19986
Clay · 5 matchesLapentti 1Costa 4
Hard · 2 matchesLapentti 0Costa 2
Carpet · 1 matchLapentti 1Costa 0
Grand Slams · 1 matchLapentti 0Costa 1
Finals · 2 matchesLapentti 1Costa 1
Last meetings
26 May 2003 · Roland Garros · Round of 32 · ClayCosta won 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4
5 Aug 2002 · ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati · Round of 64 · HardCosta won 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4
6 May 2002 · ATP Masters 1000 Rome · Round of 64 · ClayCosta won 3-6 6-4 6-4
23 July 2001 · Kitzbuhel · Final · ClayLapentti won 1-6 6-4 7-5 7-5
1 Nov 1999 · ATP Masters 1000 Paris · Round of 16 · CarpetLapentti won 6-2 7-5
5 July 1999 · Gstaad · Final · Clay
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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Acesper game
3.42,176 total · best 18
12.57,072 total · best 31Games wonper game12.88,238 total · best 31
39.6Break points converted %41.5
48.7Sets won %56.2
49.7Games won %52.2
0.012 total · best 1Finalsper game0.121 total · best 1
1.3708 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.4907 total · best 3
1.3745 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.1708 total · best 3
12.77,161 total · best 30Games lostper game · lower is better11.77,543 total · best 31
0.4214 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.4229 total · best 2
Costa won 7-6(4) 6-3 6-4
15 Mar 1999 · ATP Masters 1000 Miami · Round of 32 · HardCosta won 7-6(3) 6-4
13 Apr 1998 · Barcelona · Round of 64 · ClayCosta won 4-6 6-3 6-1