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Gustavo Kuerten #14 def. Ricardo Mello #173

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 13, 2003*
Tournament	Costa Do Sauipe
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Ricardo Mello
Duration	1h 6m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Ricardo Mello
Aces	9	1
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	60	55
First serve points won %	83	70
Second serve points won %	50	27
Break points saved %	100	43
Break points converted %	57	0
Service points won %	70	51
Return points won %	49	30
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Ricardo Mello
Country	BRA	BRA
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Dec 21, 1980
Age	27	22
Height	190	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	14	173
Ranking points (entering)	1,430	217
Elo (entering)	1,799	1,545
Career W-L	336–182	52–87
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$1,484,044

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 0 – 0 Ricardo Mello

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 2003	R16	Werner Eschauer	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 2003	R32	Magnus Norman	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 2003	SF	Rainer Schuettler	4-6 6-2 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Ricardo Mello's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 2003	R16	Juan Ignacio Chela	2-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 2003	R32	Paul Capdeville	6-7(4) 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data