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Gaston Gaudio #39 def. Gustavo Kuerten #23

3-6 7-6(5) 2-1 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	May 1, 2004*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Gaston Gaudio
Score	3-6 7-6(5) 2-1 (ret.)
Loser	Gustavo Kuerten
Duration	1h 44m

Stat	Gaston Gaudio	Gustavo Kuerten
Aces	1	6
Double faults	7	2
First serve %	70	60
First serve points won %	76	69
Second serve points won %	36	50
Break points saved %	0	60
Break points converted %	40	100
Service points won %	64	61
Return points won %	39	36
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gaston Gaudio	Gustavo Kuerten
Country	ARG	BRA
Birth date	Dec 9, 1978	Sep 10, 1976
Age	25	27
Height	175	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	39	23
Ranking points (entering)	900	1,145
Elo (entering)	1,748	1,847
Career W-L	253–188	336–182
Career earnings	$6,066,156	$14,807,000

Pre-match H2H

Gaston Gaudio 2 – 3 Gustavo Kuerten

Path

Gaston Gaudio's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2004	R16	Carlos Moya	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 29, 2004	R32	Alexander Popp	6-0 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2004	R64	Raemon Sluiter	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gaston Gaudio's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2004	SF	Albert Montanes	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2004	R16	Guillermo Canas	6-3 6-7(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 29, 2004	R32	Thomas Johansson	7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data