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Gustavo Kuerten #15 def. Sergi Bruguera #8

6-3 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 9, 1997*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-3 6-4 6-2
Loser	Sergi Bruguera
Duration	1h 50m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Sergi Bruguera
Aces	4	1
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	55	67
First serve points won %	81	59
Second serve points won %	59	39
Break points saved %	89	67
Break points converted %	33	11
Service points won %	71	53
Return points won %	47	29
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Sergi Bruguera
Country	BRA	ESP
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Jan 16, 1971
Age	20	26
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	15	8
Ranking points (entering)	1,763	2,176
Elo (entering)	1,820	1,962
Career W-L	336–182	414–255
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$11,632,199

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 0 – 0 Sergi Bruguera

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 1997	SF	Filip Dewulf	6-1 3-6 6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1997	QF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-2 5-7 2-6 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1997	R16	Andrei Medvedev	5-7 6-1 6-2 1-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1997	R32	Thomas Muster	6-7(3) 6-1 6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Jonas Bjorkman	6-4 6-2 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Slava Dosedel	6-0 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Sergi Bruguera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 1997	SF	Patrick Rafter	6-7(6) 6-1 7-5 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1997	QF	Hicham Arazi	4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1997	R16	Michael Chang	3-6 6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1997	R32	Dick Norman	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Dennis van Scheppingen	6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Johan Van Herck	6-3 0-6 6-2 6-0	W	—	Match data