Head to head
0
Hard
2
2
Clay
2
0
Carpet
2
Albert Costa's wins on the left · Gustavo Kuerten's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (8)
| 2002 | Roland Garros | Clay | R16 | Albert Costa | 6-4 7-5 6-4 |
| 2001 | US Open | Hard | R16 | Gustavo Kuerten | 6-4 6-4 7-6(7) |
| 2000 | Paris Masters | Carpet | QF | Gustavo Kuerten | 6-4 7-6(0) |
| 2000 | Rome Masters | Clay | QF | Gustavo Kuerten | 6-4 7-5 |
| 1999 | Stuttgart Masters | Hard | R32 | Gustavo Kuerten | 3-6 7-5 6-3 |
| 1998 | Stuttgart Outdoor | Clay | QF | Gustavo Kuerten | 7-5 6-0 |
| 1997 | Vienna | Carpet | R32 | Gustavo Kuerten | 7-5 3-6 7-6(2) |
| 1996 | San Marino | Clay | R16 | Albert Costa | 6-3 6-3 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.