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Gustavo Kuerten #22 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #2

0-6 7-6(4) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 11, 1999*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	0-6 7-6(4) 6-3
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 50m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	11	9
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	51	62
First serve points won %	66	69
Second serve points won %	43	45
Break points saved %	57	60
Break points converted %	40	43
Service points won %	55	60
Return points won %	40	45
Total points won %	48	52

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	BRA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Feb 18, 1974
Age	22	25
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,461	3,382
Elo (entering)	1,766	2,046
Career W-L	336–182	568–281
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 1 – 2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 1999	R64	Thomas Muster	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 1999	R16	Sjeng Schalken	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

No prior matches in this tournament.