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 for 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/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Mar 1992Estoril, PortugalClay Sergi Bruguera4–6, 6–2, 6–2Win2–0Apr 1992Barcelona, SpainClay Magnus Gustafsson6–4, 7–6(7–3), 6–4Loss2–1Apr 1992Madrid, SpainClay Sergi Bruguera6–7(6–8), 2–6, 2–6Loss2–2May 1992Rome, ItalyClay Jim Courier6–7(3–7), 0–6, 4–6Loss2–3Feb 1993Mexico City, MexicoClay Thomas Muster2–6, 4–6Win3–3Jul 1993Hilversum, NetherlandsClay Magnus Gustafsson6–1, 6–2, 6–3Win4–3Nov 1993Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Alberto Berasategui6–4, 6–4Win5–3Mar 1994Estoril, PortugalClay Andrei Medvedev4–6, 7–5, 6–4Loss5–4Apr 1994Barcelona, SpainClay Richard Krajicek4–6, 6–7(6–8), 2–6Win6–4Aug 1994San Marino, San MarinoClay Oliver Gross6–1, 6–3Loss6–5Jun 1995Oporto, PortugalClay Alberto Berasategui6–3, 3–6, 4–6Loss6–6Aug 1995Umag, CroatiaClay Thomas Muster6–3, 6–7(5–7), 4–6Loss6–7Jun 1996Bologna, ItalyClay Alberto Berasategui3–6, 4–6
Singles performance timeline
Tournament 19861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999 Career SR Career win–loss Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenNHAAAAAA3RAA2R1R1R1R0 / 53–5French OpenAAAAA3R4R4R2R3R1R2R1R1R0 / 912–9WimbledonAAAA1RA2R2R2RA1RAAA0 / 53–5US OpenAAAAAA4R3R3RA1R1R1RA0 / 67–6Grand Slam SR0 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 10 / 10 / 30 / 40 / 30 / 10 / 40 / 30 / 30 / 20 / 25N/AAnnual win–loss0–00–00–00–00–12–17–38–44–32–11–41–30–30–2N/A25–25 ATP Masters Series Indian WellsNot MS1Before 1990AA2R1RQF3RQFQ1Q1A0 / 59–5 Key BiscayneAA1RA2R3RA1R2RA0 / 52–5Monte CarloAA2RQF2R2RQFQF1RA0 / 712–7 RomeA1RF2RA1R2RQ11RA0 / 67–6HamburgAASF1RQF2R1R2R1RA0 / 79–7CanadaAAAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1CincinnatiAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Stuttgart (Stockholm)AA2R3R1RAAAAA0 / 32–3ParisAA2R1R1RAAA1RA0 / 40–4Masters Series SRN/A0 / 00 / 10 / 70 / 60 / 60 / 50 / 50 / 30 / 50 / 00 / 38N/AAnnual 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. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score1.2 April 1990Zaragoza, SpainClay Francesco Cancellotti6–3, 6–42.2 September 1991Venice, ItalyClay Alberto Mancini6–3, 7–53.30 September 1991Siracusa, ItalyClay Stefano Pescosolido6–3, 7–64.14 August 1995Graz, AustriaClay Jiří Novák6–4, 6–35.31 March 1997Barletta, ItalyClay Davide Sanguinetti6–3, 6–26.7 October 1997Barcelona, SpainClay Juan Antonio Marín6–1, 6–47.17 August 1998Graz, AustriaClay Albert Portas7–5, 7–6
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