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Gustavo Kuerten #14 def. Karol Kucera #12

3-6 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 16, 1999*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	3-6 6-4 7-5
Loser	Karol Kucera
Duration	2h 19m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Karol Kucera
Aces	1	1
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	54	66
First serve points won %	62	58
Second serve points won %	52	54
Break points saved %	69	54
Break points converted %	46	31
Service points won %	58	57
Return points won %	43	42
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Karol Kucera
Country	BRA	SVK
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Mar 4, 1974
Age	22	25
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	14	12
Ranking points (entering)	2,033	2,094
Elo (entering)	1,900	1,885
Career W-L	336–182	259–230
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$5,061,125

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 1 – 1 Karol Kucera

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1999	R16	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1999	R32	Francisco Clavet	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Fernando Vicente	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1999	SF	Alex Corretja	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1999	R16	Tim Henman	4-6 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1999	R32	Michael Chang	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Ramon Delgado	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data