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Gustavo Kuerten #13 def. Michael Chang #2

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 3, 1997*
Tournament	Canada Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Michael Chang
Duration	57m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Michael Chang
Aces	4	4
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	65	54
First serve points won %	84	48
Second serve points won %	53	52
Break points saved %	100	43
Break points converted %	57	0
Service points won %	73	50
Return points won %	50	27
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Michael Chang
Country	BRA	USA
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Feb 22, 1972
Age	20	25
Height	190	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	13	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,859	3,743
Elo (entering)	1,812	2,000
Career W-L	336–182	648–303
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$19,145,632

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 0 – 0 Michael Chang

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1997	QF	Fabrice Santoro	6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1997	R16	Michael Tebbutt	5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 1997	R32	Jonathan Stark	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 1997	F	Chris Woodruff	5-7 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Michael Chang's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1997	QF	Richard Krajicek	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1997	R16	Alex Obrien	4-6 6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jul 31, 1997	R32	Sandon Stolle	6-1 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data