Carlos Costa

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**Carlos Costa**

Country	Spain
Residence	Andorra
Date of birth	April 26, 1968 (1968-04-26) (age 40)
Place of birth	Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	73 kg (160 lb/11.5 st)
Turned pro	1988
Plays	Right-handed; one-handed backhand
Career prize money	$3,134,189
Singles
Career record:	248 - 208
Career titles:	6
Highest ranking:	10 (May 18, 1992)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3rd round (1993
French Open	4th round (1992-93)
Wimbledon	2nd Round (1992-94)
US Open	4th round (1992)
Doubles
Career record:	78-79
Career titles:	5
Highest ranking:	40 (September 18, 1989)
Infobox last updated on: March 3, 2008.

For the Cuban ballet dancer, see Carlos Acosta.

For the US private pilot, see Carlos Costa (pilot).

Carles ("Carlos") Costa Masferrer (born April 22, 1968, in Barcelona, Spain) 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. He won his first top-level singles title in March 1992 at Estoril. His second came just a month later in Barcelona. Costa was also 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.

1993 saw Costa win two more titles at Hilversum and Buenos Aires, and again reach the French Open fourth round.

Costa won another two singles titles in 1994, at Estoril and San Marino.

During his career, Costa won six top-level singles titles and five doubles titles. His career prize-money totalled US$3,134,189. Costa retired from the professional tour in 1999.

Currently Costa works for IMG and is the agent for Rafael Nadal. 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.

[edit] Singles Titles (6)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (6)
Challengers (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	April 2, 1990	Zaragoza, Spain	Clay	Francesco Cancelotti	6-3 6-4
2.	September 2, 1991	Venice, Italy	Clay	Alberto Mancini	6–3 7-5
3.	September 30, 1991	Siracusa, Italy	Clay	Stefano Pescosolido	6–3 7-6
4.	March 30, 1992	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	4-6 6-2 6-2
5.	April 6, 1992	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	6-4 7-6(3) 6-4
6.	July 26, 1993	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	6-1 6-2 6-3
7.	November 8, 1993	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Alberto Berasategui	6–4 6–4
8.	March 28, 1994	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Andrei Medvedev	4-6 7-5 6-4
9.	August 8, 1994	San Marino, San Marino	Clay	Oliver Gross	6–1 6-3
10.	August 14, 1995	Graz, Austria	Clay	Jiri Novak	6-4 6-3
11.	March 31, 1997	Barletta, Italy	Clay	Davide Sanguinetti	6–3 6-2
12.	October 7, 1997	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Juan Antonio Marin	6–1, 6–4
13.	August 17, 1998	Graz, Austria	Clay	Albert Portas	7-5 7-6