Albert Costa

Country	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Date of birth	June 25, 1975
Place of birth	Lleida, Spain
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	172 lb (78 kg)
Turned Pro	1993
Plays	Right
Career Prize Money	$7,673,478
Singles
Career record:	383-272
Career titles:	12
Highest ranking:	6 (July 22, 2002)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (1997)
French Open	W (2002)
Wimbledon	2nd (1996, 1998)
U.S. Open	4th (2001)
Doubles
Career record:	30-57
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	102 (January 12, 2004)

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Costa began playing tennis at the age of five. He first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player. In 1993, he reached the French Open junior final and won the Orange Bowl. He turned professional later that year and quickly established a repuatation as a strong clay court player. In 1994, he won two challenger series events and was named the ATP's Newcomer of the Year. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional Tennis players. ...

Costa won his first top-level singles title in 1995 at Kitzbühel. He won three further titles in 1996. In 1997, he won another two singles titles and was part of the Spanish team that won the World Team Cup. He won another two singles titles in 1998, including the Tennis Masters Series event in Hamburg. Three further titles followed in 1999. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kitzbühel is a medieval city in Tyrol, Austria, situated along the river Kitzbühler Ache. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The World Team Cup is the international team championship of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Tennis Masters Series is a series of nine tennis tournaments held throughout the year in Europe and North America. ... The Hamburg Masters is one of the Association of Tennis Professionals Tennis Masters Series tennis tournaments. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

In 2000, Costa helped Spain win its first Davis Cup. He also captured a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, partnering Álex Corretja. This article is about the year 2000. ... The great Australians Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall with the Cup in 1953 The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in mens tennis. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... Álex Corretja Verdegay (born April 11, 1974, in Barcelona, Spain) is a professional tennis player from Spain. ...

Going into the French Open in 2002, Costa had not won a tour title since 1999 and was not considered to be among the favorites. In the fourth round, he defeated defending-champion Gustavo Kuerten in straight sets. He followed up with a five-set victory over Argentina's Guillermo Canas in a quarterfinal. He then defeated fellow-Spaniard and long-time friend Corretja in a four-set semifinal. In the final, Costa came up against another Spaniard, Juan Carlos Ferrero. Ferrero had been in fine form in the run-up to the event and most observers considered him to be the heavy favourite going into the final. But Costa won in four sets – 6-1, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 – to claim his only Grand Slam title. The win propelled him to his career-high singles ranking of World No. 6 in July 2002. Gustavo Kuerten (born September 10, 1976 in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina) is a professional tennis player from Brazil. ... Guillermo Ignacio Cañas (November 25, 1977) is an Argentinian professional tennis player. ... Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (born February 12, 1980) is a former World No. ... In tennis, a singles player or doubles team who succeed in winning all four Grand Slam titles in the same year is said to have achieved the Grand Slam or a Calendar Year Grand Slam (CYGS) In case they win all four consecutively, but not in the same calendar year...

Five days after his 2002 French Open triumph, Costa married his long-time girlfriend Cristina Ventura. Corretja was the best man at the wedding. The couple have twin daughters, Claudia and Alma, who were born in April 2001. 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Coming into the French Open as defending-champion in 2003, Costa spent a total of 21 hours and 15 minutes on court, winning four five-setters before eventually being knocked-out in a semifinal by Ferrero (who won the title). 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

During his career, Costa won 12 top-level singles titles. In 2005, he captured his first tour doubles title (in Doha, partnering Rafael Nadal). 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Doha (Arabic: ‎, translit: or ), population 400,051 (2005 census), is the capital of Qatar and is at , on the Persian Gulf. ... Rafael Rafa Nadal Parera (IPA: ) (born June 3, 1986, in Manacor, Mallorca) is a Spanish tennis player. ...

Citing recurring injuries and lack of desire, he officially announced his retirement from competitive professional tennis on April 21, 2006, at the completion of the Open Seat 2006 in his hometown in Barcelona. In his last tournament, Costa defeated American Vincent Spadea and Slovakian Dominik Hrbatý before losing 6-1, 5-7, 7-5 to Ferrero in the third round. Vincent Spadea (born July 19, 1974) is a professional tennis player from the United States. ... Dominik Hrbatý, (born January 4, 1978, Bratislava) is a professional tennis player from Slovakia. ...

Costa has expressed his desire to become the Spanish Davis Cup captain and join the Merrill Lynch Tour of Champions for senior players.

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Result	Score in Final
2002	French Open	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Win	6-1, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3

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Singles Titles (12)

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See also

• List of Grand Slam Men's Singles champions

List of Mens Singles Grand Slam tournaments tennis champions: 1 Pete Sampras: 14 2 Roy Emerson: 12 3 Björn Borg, Rod Laver: 11 5 Roger Federer*, Bill Tilden: 10 7 Andre Agassi, Henri Cochet, Jimmy Connors, Max Decugis, Ivan Lendl, Fred Perry, Ken Rosewall: 8 14 René Lacoste...

External links

• Albert Costa website
• ATP Tour profile for Albert Costa
• Davis Cup record