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Gustavo Kuerten #26 def. Karol Kucera #16

4-6 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 26, 1998*
Tournament	Stuttgart Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	4-6 6-2 6-4
Loser	Karol Kucera
Duration	1h 58m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Karol Kucera
Aces	5	7
Double faults	2	8
First serve %	49	46
First serve points won %	78	59
Second serve points won %	51	50
Break points saved %	50	71
Break points converted %	29	50
Service points won %	64	54
Return points won %	46	36
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Karol Kucera
Country	BRA	SVK
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Mar 4, 1974
Age	21	24
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	26	16
Ranking points (entering)	1,293	1,856
Elo (entering)	1,820	1,845
Career W-L	336–182	259–230
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$5,061,125

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 0 – 0 Karol Kucera

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1998	SF	Carlos Moya	7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1998	QF	Albert Costa	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 1998	R16	Carlos Costa	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 1998	R32	Fernando Meligeni	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1998	SF	Marcelo Rios	6-1 6-7(8) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1998	QF	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 1998	R16	Magnus Gustafsson	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 1998	R32	Slava Dosedel	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data