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Gustavo Kuerten #66 def. Andrei Medvedev #20

5-7 6-1 6-2 1-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 4, 1997*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	5-7 6-1 6-2 1-6 7-5
Loser	Andrei Medvedev
Duration	2h 45m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Andrei Medvedev
Aces	7	2
Double faults	7	7
First serve %	59	48
First serve points won %	74	64
Second serve points won %	44	44
Break points saved %	60	64
Break points converted %	36	40
Service points won %	62	54
Return points won %	46	38
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Andrei Medvedev
Country	BRA	UKR
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Aug 31, 1974
Age	20	22
Height	190	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	66	20
Ranking points (entering)	727	1,503
Elo (entering)	1,731	1,896
Career W-L	336–182	303–211
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$6,721,598

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 0 – 0 Andrei Medvedev

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1997	QF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-2 5-7 2-6 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Andrei Medvedev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1997	R32	Nicolas Escude	7-6(2) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Juan Albert Viloca Puig	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Alberto Berasategui	6-4 4-6 2-6 6-2 2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data