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Mariano Puerta #72 def. Gustavo Kuerten #5

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

Match Information

Date	Mar 11, 2000*
Tournament	Bogota
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Mariano Puerta
Score	3-6 6-1 7-6(3)
Loser	Gustavo Kuerten
Duration	1h 38m

Stat	Mariano Puerta	Gustavo Kuerten
Aces	4	19
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	70	49
First serve points won %	77	83
Second serve points won %	69	52
Break points saved %	83	50
Break points converted %	50	17
Service points won %	74	67
Return points won %	33	26
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Puerta	Gustavo Kuerten
Country	ARG	BRA
Birth date	Sep 19, 1978	Sep 10, 1976
Age	21	23
Height	180	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	72	5
Ranking points (entering)	589	2,254
Elo (entering)	1,721	1,831
Career W-L	121–116	336–182
Career earnings	$1,781,372	$14,807,000

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Puerta 1 – 3 Gustavo Kuerten

Path

Mariano Puerta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2000	QF	Felix Mantilla	7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2000	R16	Davide Sanguinetti	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2000	R32	Jaime Cortes	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Puerta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2000	F	Younes El Aynaoui	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2000	QF	Markus Hantschk	6-2 0-6 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2000	R16	Sebastian Prieto	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2000	R32	Sergi Bruguera	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data