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Gustavo Kuerten #2 def. Marat Safin #7

3-6 7-6(2) 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Aug 14, 2000
Tournament	Indianapolis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	3-6 7-6(2) 7-6(2)
Loser	Marat Safin
Duration	2h 19m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Marat Safin
Aces	1	4
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	43	46
First serve points won %	62	77
Second serve points won %	47	53
Break points saved %	0	67
Break points converted %	33	100
Service points won %	53	64
Return points won %	36	47
Total points won %	45	55

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Marat Safin
Country	BRA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Jan 27, 1980
Age	23	20
Height	190	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	7
Ranking points (entering)	3,285	2,429
Elo (entering)	2,038	1,963
Career W-L	336–182	395–247
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 1 – 3 Marat Safin

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2000	SF	Lleyton Hewitt	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2000	QF	Wayne Ferreira	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2000	R16	Taylor Dent	6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2000	R32	Todd Woodbridge	5-7 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2000	SF	Tim Henman	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2000	QF	Sebastien Grosjean	0-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2000	R16	Karim Alami	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2000	R32	Harel Levy	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data