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Gustavo Kuerten #9 def. Fernando Vicente #120

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 17, 1998*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Fernando Vicente
Duration	1h 5m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Fernando Vicente
Aces	4	2
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	65	66
First serve points won %	88	68
Second serve points won %	50	42
Break points saved %	0	25
Break points converted %	75	100
Service points won %	75	59
Return points won %	41	25
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Fernando Vicente
Country	BRA	ESP
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Mar 8, 1977
Age	21	21
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	9	120
Ranking points (entering)	2,364	421
Elo (entering)	1,822	1,624
Career W-L	336–182	158–212
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$2,917,616

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 0 – 0 Fernando Vicente

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1998	R16	Tommy Haas	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1998	R32	Nicolas Lapentti	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Carlos Costa	1-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1998	SF	Marcelo Rios	0-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Fernando Vicente's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1998	R16	Davide Sanguinetti	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1998	R32	Hicham Arazi	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Marc Kevin Goellner	2-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data