Head to head
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Hard
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Clay
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Albert Costa's wins on the left · Marcelo Rios's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (8)
| 2001 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R32 | Albert Costa | W/O |
| 1999 | Roland Garros | Clay | R32 | Marcelo Rios | 7-5 6-4 7-5 |
| 1999 | Barcelona | Clay | R16 | Albert Costa | 6-4 6-1 |
| 1998 | Roland Garros | Clay | R16 | Marcelo Rios | 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-3 |
| 1998 | Rome Masters | Clay | F | Marcelo Rios | W/O |
| 1997 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R16 | Marcelo Rios | 7-6(3) 6-4 |
| 1996 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | SF | Albert Costa | 6-3 4-6 6-3 |
| 1996 | Scottsdale | Hard | QF | Marcelo Rios | 7-6(6) 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.