Carlos Costa (tennis)

Quick Facts

Intro

Spanish tennis player

From

Spain

Athlete Tennis player

Work field

Sports

Gender

Male

Star sign

TaurusPeople who share this birthday

Birth

22 April 1968 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Barcelona

Age

56 years

Residence

Andorra

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Carles ("Carlos") Costa Masferrer (born 22 April 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He was among the game's leading clay court players in the early 1990s.
Costa turned professional in 1988. Costa was runner-up at the 1992 Italian Open, and reached the fourth round at that year's French Open and US Open. In May 1992, he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 10.
Currently Costa works for IMG and is the agent for Rafael Nadal and David Nalbandian. In April 2006 he played in the 2006 Seniors Torneo Godó event in Barcelona in which he lost to Sergi Bruguera in the final.
He is not related to his compatriot Albert Costa.

Career finals

Singles: 13 (6–7)

Wins (6)

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)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	30 March 1992	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	2.	6 April 1992	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	6–4, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Runner-up	1.	27 April 1992	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	6–7(6–8), 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	11 May 1992	Rome, Italy	Clay	Jim Courier	6–7(3–7), 0–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	22 February 1993	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Thomas Muster	2–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	26 July 1993	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	6–1, 6–2, 6–3
Winner	4.	8 November 1993	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Alberto Berasategui	6–4, 6–4
Winner	5.	28 March 1994	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Andrei Medvedev	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	4 April 1994	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Richard Krajicek	4–6, 6–7(6–8), 2–6
Winner	6.	8 August 1994	San Marino, San Marino	Clay	Oliver Gross	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	12 June 1995	Oporto, Portugal	Clay	Alberto Berasategui	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	21 August 1995	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Thomas Muster	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Runner-up	7.	17 June 1996	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Alberto Berasategui	3–6, 4–6

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slams
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	LQ	LQ	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	LQ	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 in the final	Score in the final
1.	2 April 1990	Zaragoza, Spain	Clay	Francesco Cancelotti	6–3, 6–4
2.	2 September 1991	Venice, Italy	Clay	Alberto Mancini	6–3, 7–5
3.	30 September 1991	Siracusa, Italy	Clay	Stefano Pescosolido	6–3, 7–6
4.	14 August 1995	Graz, Austria	Clay	Jiří Novák	6–4, 6–3
5.	31 March 1997	Barletta, Italy	Clay	Davide Sanguinetti	6–3, 6–2
6.	7 October 1997	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Juan Antonio Marín	6–1, 6–4
7.	17 August 1998	Graz, Austria	Clay	Albert Portas	7–5, 7–6