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Carlos Costa (tennis)

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Carlos Costa
Full nameCarles Costa Masferrer
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceBarcelona
Born (1968-04-22) 22 April 1968 (age 56)
Barcelona, Spain
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Turned pro1988
Retired1999
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$3,134,189
Singles
Career record248–208
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 10 (18 May 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1993)
French Open4R (1992, 1993)
Wimbledon2R (1992, 1993, 1994)
US Open4R (1992)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (1996)
Doubles
Career record78–79
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 40 (18 September 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1993)
French OpenQF (1989)

Carles ("Carlos") Costa Masferrer (born 22 April 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Costa turned professional in 1988. He was among the game's leading clay court players in the early 1990s.

Costa was runner-up at the 1992 Italian Open, and reached the fourth round at that year's French Open and US Open. Additionally, Costa won the Barcelona Open, a tournament hosted by the tennis club where he grew up. In May 1992, he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 10. Costa retired in 1999.

In April 2006 he played in the 2006 Seniors Torneo Godó event in Barcelona where he lost to Sergi Bruguera in the final.

Costa worked for IMG as an agent of most male Spanish tennis players (including Rafael Nadal). A few years later, Costa left IMG and created his own sports agency company with Rafael Nadal.

He is not related to his compatriot Albert Costa.

Career finals

Singles: 13 (6 wins – 7 losses)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–1)
ATP Championship Series (1–1)
ATP Tour (5–5)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (6–7)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 1992 Estoril, Portugal Clay Spain Sergi Bruguera 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 2–0 Apr 1992 Barcelona, Spain Clay Sweden Magnus Gustafsson 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss 2–1 Apr 1992 Madrid, Spain Clay Spain Sergi Bruguera 6–7(6–8), 2–6, 2–6
Loss 2–2 May 1992 Rome, Italy Clay United States Jim Courier 6–7(3–7), 0–6, 4–6
Loss 2–3 Feb 1993 Mexico City, Mexico Clay Austria Thomas Muster 2–6, 4–6
Win 3–3 Jul 1993 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Sweden Magnus Gustafsson 6–1, 6–2, 6–3
Win 4–3 Nov 1993 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Spain Alberto Berasategui 6–4, 6–4
Win 5–3 Mar 1994 Estoril, Portugal Clay Ukraine Andrei Medvedev 4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss 5–4 Apr 1994 Barcelona, Spain Clay Netherlands Richard Krajicek 4–6, 6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win 6–4 Aug 1994 San Marino, San Marino Clay Germany Oliver Gross 6–1, 6–3
Loss 6–5 Jun 1995 Oporto, Portugal Clay Spain Alberto Berasategui 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 6–6 Aug 1995 Umag, Croatia Clay Austria Thomas Muster 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 6–7 Jun 1996 Bologna, Italy Clay Spain Alberto Berasategui 3–6, 4–6

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Career SR Career win–loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open NH A A A A A A 3R A A 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 5 3–5
French Open A A A A A 3R 4R 4R 2R 3R 1R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 9 12–9
Wimbledon A A A A 1R A 2R 2R 2R A 1R A A A 0 / 5 3–5
US Open A A A A A A 4R 3R 3R A 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 6 7–6
Grand Slam SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 25 N/A
Annual win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 7–3 8–4 4–3 2–1 1–4 1–3 0–3 0–2 N/A 25–25
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Not MS1

Before 1990
A A 2R 1R QF 3R QF Q1 Q1 A 0 / 5 9–5
Key Biscayne A A 1R A 2R 3R A 1R 2R A 0 / 5 2–5
Monte Carlo A A 2R QF 2R 2R QF QF 1R A 0 / 7 12–7
Rome A 1R F 2R A 1R 2R Q1 1R A 0 / 6 7–6
Hamburg A A SF 1R QF 2R 1R 2R 1R A 0 / 7 9–7
Canada A A A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1
Cincinnati A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Stuttgart (Stockholm) A A 2R 3R 1R A A A A A 0 / 3 2–3
Paris A A 2R 1R 1R A A A 1R A 0 / 4 0–4
Masters Series SR N/A 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 0 0 / 38 N/A
Annual win–loss N/A 0–0 0–1 11–7 6–6 7–6 5–5 7–5 4–3 1–5 0–0 N/A 41–38
Year-end ranking 870 638 243 201 151 55 14 26 27 31 61 56 67 470 N/A

Career ITF finals

Singles

Wins (7)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 2 April 1990 Zaragoza, Spain Clay Italy Francesco Cancellotti 6–3, 6–4
2. 2 September 1991 Venice, Italy Clay Argentina Alberto Mancini 6–3, 7–5
3. 30 September 1991 Siracusa, Italy Clay Italy Stefano Pescosolido 6–3, 7–6
4. 14 August 1995 Graz, Austria Clay Czech Republic Jiří Novák 6–4, 6–3
5. 31 March 1997 Barletta, Italy Clay Italy Davide Sanguinetti 6–3, 6–2
6. 7 October 1997 Barcelona, Spain Clay Spain Juan Antonio Marín 6–1, 6–4
7. 17 August 1998 Graz, Austria Clay Spain Albert Portas 7–5, 7–6