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Gustavo Kuerten #8 def. Sjeng Schalken #63

6-2 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 30, 1999*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-2 6-4 6-3
Loser	Sjeng Schalken
Duration	1h 36m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Sjeng Schalken
Aces	8	4
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	56	77
First serve points won %	67	56
Second serve points won %	53	35
Break points saved %	50	38
Break points converted %	62	50
Service points won %	61	51
Return points won %	49	39
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Sjeng Schalken
Country	BRA	NED
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Sep 8, 1976
Age	22	22
Height	190	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	8	63
Ranking points (entering)	2,441	729
Elo (entering)	1,962	1,732
Career W-L	336–182	280–254
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$5,192,798

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 3 – 0 Sjeng Schalken

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1999	R64	Guillermo Canas	6-2 6-3 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 1999	R128	Galo Blanco	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1999	R16	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Sjeng Schalken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1999	R64	Francisco Clavet	4-6 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 1999	R128	Paul Haarhuis	6-2 6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data