Carlos Costa (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. April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Barcelona within Barcelonès Population (2003) 1,582,738 Area 1004 Km2 Population density (2001) 15,764/Km2 Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia, an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, and Spains second-largest city (after Madrid). ... Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ... A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ...

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. 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Estoril is a civil parish of the portuguese municipality of Cascais. ... The Rome Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. ... The French Open, officially the Tournoi de Roland-Garros (English: Roland Garros Tournament), is a tennis event held from the middle of May to the beginning of June in Paris, France, and is the second of the worlds Grand Slam tournaments. ... The U.S. Open is the fourth and final event of the Grand Slam in tennis. ...

1993 saw Costa win two more titles at Hilversum and Buenos Aires, and again reach the French Open fourth round. 1993 is 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). ... Hilversum is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands. ... Buenos Aires (Good Airs in Spanish, originally meaning Fair Winds) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well as one of the largest cities in South America. ...

Costa won another two singles titles in 1994, at Estoril and San Marino. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

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. 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

External links

• Official ATP profile