Carlos Costa (tennis)

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Carlos Costa
Full nameCarles Costa Masferrer
Country (sports)Flag of Spain.svg  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 Open 3R (1993)
French Open 4R (1992, 1993)
Wimbledon 2R (1992, 1993, 1994)
US Open 4R (1992)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (1996)
Doubles
Career record78–79
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 40 (18 September 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1993)
French Open QF (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.

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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)
ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Mar 1992 Estoril, PortugalClay Flag of Spain.svg Sergi Bruguera 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win2–0 Apr 1992 Barcelona, SpainClay Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Gustafsson 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss2–1 Apr 1992 Madrid, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Sergi Bruguera 6–7(6–8), 2–6, 2–6
Loss2–2 May 1992 Rome, ItalyClay Flag of the United States.svg Jim Courier 6–7(3–7), 0–6, 4–6
Loss2–3 Feb 1993 Mexico City, MexicoClay Flag of Austria.svg Thomas Muster 2–6, 4–6
Win3–3 Jul 1993 Hilversum, NetherlandsClay Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Gustafsson 6–1, 6–2, 6–3
Win4–3 Nov 1993 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Berasategui 6–4, 6–4
Win5–3 Mar 1994 Estoril, PortugalClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Andrei Medvedev 4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss5–4 Apr 1994 Barcelona, SpainClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Krajicek 4–6, 6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win6–4 Aug 1994 San Marino, San MarinoClay Flag of Germany.svg Oliver Gross 6–1, 6–3
Loss6–5 Jun 1995 Oporto, PortugalClay Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Berasategui 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss6–6 Aug 1995 Umag, CroatiaClay Flag of Austria.svg Thomas Muster 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss6–7 Jun 1996 Bologna, ItalyClay Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Berasategui 3–6, 4–6

Singles performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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 SRCareer win–loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open NHAAAAAA 3R AA 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 53–5
French Open AAAAA 3R 4R 4R 2R 3R 1R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 912–9
Wimbledon AAAA 1R A 2R 2R 2R A 1R AAA0 / 53–5
US Open AAAAAA 4R 3R 3R A 1R 1R 1R A0 / 67–6
Grand Slam SR0 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 10 / 10 / 30 / 40 / 30 / 10 / 40 / 30 / 30 / 20 / 25N/A
Annual win–loss0–00–00–00–00–12–17–38–44–32–11–41–30–30–2N/A25–25
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Not MS1

Before 1990
AA 2R 1R QF 3R QF Q1 Q1 A0 / 59–5
Key Biscayne AA 1R A 2R 3R A 1R 2R A0 / 52–5
Monte Carlo AA 2R QF 2R 2R QF QF 1R A0 / 712–7
Rome A 1R F 2R A 1R 2R Q1 1R A0 / 67–6
Hamburg AA SF 1R QF 2R 1R 2R 1R A0 / 79–7
Canada AAAAAA 1R AAA0 / 10–1
Cincinnati AAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0
Stuttgart (Stockholm) AA 2R 3R 1R AAAAA0 / 32–3
Paris AA 2R 1R 1R AAA 1R A0 / 40–4
Masters Series SRN/A0 / 00 / 10 / 70 / 60 / 60 / 50 / 50 / 30 / 50 / 00 / 38N/A
Annual win–lossN/A0–00–111–76–67–65–57–54–31–50–0N/A41–38
Year-end ranking8706382432011515514262731615667470N/A

Career ITF finals

Singles

Wins (7)
No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.2 April 1990 Zaragoza, SpainClay Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Cancellotti 6–3, 6–4
2.2 September 1991 Venice, ItalyClay Flag of Argentina.svg Alberto Mancini 6–3, 7–5
3.30 September 1991 Siracusa, ItalyClay Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Pescosolido 6–3, 7–6
4.14 August 1995 Graz, AustriaClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Novák 6–4, 6–3
5.31 March 1997 Barletta, ItalyClay Flag of Italy.svg Davide Sanguinetti 6–3, 6–2
6.7 October 1997 Barcelona, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Juan Antonio Marín 6–1, 6–4
7.17 August 1998Graz, AustriaClay Flag of Spain.svg Albert Portas 7–5, 7–6

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