Head to head
2
Hard
0
4
Clay
1
0
Carpet
1
Albert Costa's wins on the left · Nicolas Lapentti's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (8)
| 2003 | Roland Garros | Clay | R32 | Albert Costa | 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 |
| 2002 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | R64 | Albert Costa | 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4 |
| 2002 | Rome Masters | Clay | R64 | Albert Costa | 3-6 6-4 6-4 |
| 2001 | Kitzbuhel | Clay | F | Nicolas Lapentti | 1-6 6-4 7-5 7-5 |
| 1999 | Paris Masters | Carpet | R16 | Nicolas Lapentti | 6-2 7-5 |
| 1999 | Gstaad | Clay | F | Albert Costa | 7-6(4) 6-3 6-4 |
| 1999 | Miami Masters | Hard | R32 | Albert Costa | 7-6(3) 6-4 |
| 1998 | Barcelona | Clay | R64 | Albert Costa | 4-6 6-3 6-1 |
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.