Carlos Costa
Nation:
Spain Spain
Birthday:
April 22, 1968
Size:
183 cm
Weight:
73 kg
1st professional season:
1988
Resignation:
1999
Playing hand:
Right
Trainer:
Javier Duarte
Prize money:
$ 3,134,189
singles
Career record:
248: 208
Career title:
6th
Highest ranking:
10 (May 18 1992)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000 0
Double
Career record:
78:79
Career title:
5
Highest ranking:
40 (September 18 1989)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000 0
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )
Carles Costa i Masferrer (born April 22, 1968 in Barcelona ) is a former Spanish tennis player . He is not related to his compatriot Albert Costa .
Career
Costa won six individual titles between 1992 and 1994, all on clay, and reached a final seven more times. His greatest achievement was winning the 1992 title in Barcelona after beating Magnus Gustafsson in the final . There are also five tournament wins and three finals in doubles . He also won these titles on clay. On May 18, 1992, he achieved his best rating in the ATP ranking with tenth place . In Grand Slam tournaments he reached twice, in 1992 and 1993 , at the French Open the second round and in 1992 at the US Open . In doubles he managed the best result in his career at the French Open 1989 alongside Tomás Carbonell with the quarter-finals.
For the Spanish Davis Cup team he came from 1992 to eleven games in a total of seven encounters, of which he was able to win six.
In 1999 he retired from professional tennis. Since then he has been working for the International Management Group , for which he currently looks after Rafael Nadal .
successes
Legend (number of victories)
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP International Series Gold (1)
ATP International Series (10)
Title after covering
Hard Court (0)
Sand (11)
Lawn (0)
Carpet (0)
singles
Victories
No.
date
competition
Topping
Final opponent
Result
1.
March 30, 1992
Portugal Estoril
sand
Spain Sergi Bruguera
4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
2.
April 6, 1992
Spain Barcelona
sand
Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
6: 4, 7: 6 3 , 6: 4
3.
July 26, 1993
Netherlands Hilversum
sand
Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
6: 1, 6: 2, 6: 3
4th
November 8, 1993
Argentina Buenos Aires
sand
Spain Alberto Berasategui
6: 4, 6: 4
5.
March 28, 1994
Portugal Estoril
sand
Ukraine Andrij Medvedev
4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4
6th
August 8, 1994
San Marino San Marino
sand
Germany Oliver Gross
6: 1, 6: 3
Double
Victories
No.
date
competition
Topping
partner
Final opponent
Result
1.
November 13, 1988
Argentina Buenos Aires
sand
Spain Javier Sánchez Vicario
Argentina Eduardo Bengoechea José Luis Clerc Argentina
6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
2.
17th September 1989
Spain Madrid
sand
Spain Tomás Carbonell
Spain Francisco Clavet Tomáš Šmíd Czechoslovakia
7: 5, 6: 3
3.
4th August 1991
San Marino San Marino
sand
Spain Jordi Arrese
Argentina Christian Miniussi Diego Pérez Uruguay
6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
4th
May 2, 1993
Spain Madrid
sand
Spain Tomás Carbonell
United States Luke Jensen Scott Melville United States
7: 6 4 , 6: 2
5.
November 13, 1993
Argentina Buenos Aires
sand
Spain Tomás Carbonell
Spain Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez Vicario Spain
6: 4, 6: 4
Web links
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