Gustavo Kuerten #20 def. Alex Corretja #152

6-4 6-3

Gustavo Kuerten defeated Alex Corretja 6-4 6-3 in the 2003 St. Petersburg semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 25, 2003*
Tournament: St. Petersburg
Edition: 2003
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 24m

Match Statistics

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Alex Corretja
Aces	6	4
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	54	67
First serve points won %	79	65
Second serve points won %	67	57
Break points saved %	—	50
Break points converted %	50	—
Service points won %	73	62
Return points won %	38	27
Total points won %	53	47

Player Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Alex Corretja
Country	BRA	ESP
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Apr 11, 1974
Age	27	29
Height	190 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	20	152
Ranking points (entering)	1,225	250
Elo (entering)	1,806	1,659
Current career W-L	339–184	417–278
Current career earnings	$14,807,000	$10,411,354

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten #20 4 – 1 Alex Corretja #152

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Vincent Spadea #29	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 25, 2003	QF
Victor Hanescu #80	7-6(1) 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 24, 2003	R16
Brian Vahaly #74	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 23, 2003	R32

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sargis Sargsian #46	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 26, 2003	F

Alex Corretja's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sebastien Grosjean #10	4-6 6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 25, 2003	QF
Gaston Gaudio #35	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 24, 2003	R16
Jan Vacek #142	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 23, 2003	R32