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Gustavo Kuerten #1 def. Patrick Rafter #6

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 13, 2001*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	1h

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Patrick Rafter
Aces	8	2
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	55	58
First serve points won %	81	66
Second serve points won %	59	38
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	71	54
Return points won %	46	29
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Patrick Rafter
Country	BRA	AUS
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Dec 28, 1972
Age	24	28
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	6
Ranking points (entering)	4,580	2,695
Elo (entering)	2,128	2,051
Career W-L	336–182	332–177
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 2 – 2 Patrick Rafter

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2001	SF	Tim Henman	6-2 1-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2001	QF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 2001	R16	Goran Ivanisevic	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2001	R32	Tommy Haas	7-6(4) 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 2001	R64	Andy Roddick	7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2001	SF	Lleyton Hewitt	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2001	QF	Greg Rusedski	5-7 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 2001	R16	James Blake	7-6(7) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2001	R32	Xavier Malisse	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 2001	R64	Albert Portas	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data