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Gustavo Kuerten #1 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7

6-1 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 8, 2001*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-1 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	2h 32m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	13	8
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	48	45
First serve points won %	76	68
Second serve points won %	60	52
Break points saved %	85	60
Break points converted %	40	15
Service points won %	67	59
Return points won %	41	33
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	BRA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Feb 18, 1974
Age	24	27
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	7
Ranking points (entering)	4,150	2,605
Elo (entering)	2,020	1,874
Career W-L	336–182	568–281
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 5 – 2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 2001	R16	Michael Russell	3-6 4-6 7-6(3) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2001	R32	Karim Alami	6-3 6-7(3) 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2001	R64	Agustin Calleri	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2001	R128	Guillermo Coria	6-1 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 2001	SF	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 2001	R16	Tommy Robredo	6-3 6-4 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2001	R32	Olivier Rochus	7-6(1) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2001	R64	Cecil Mamiit	7-6(3) 3-6 6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2001	R128	Federico Luzzi	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data