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Tim Henman #20 def. Gustavo Kuerten #11

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 22, 1998*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Tim Henman
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Gustavo Kuerten
Duration	1h 10m

Stat	Tim Henman	Gustavo Kuerten
Aces	3	3
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	47	57
First serve points won %	90	52
Second serve points won %	71	64
Break points saved %	—	67
Break points converted %	33	—
Service points won %	80	57
Return points won %	43	20
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tim Henman	Gustavo Kuerten
Country	GBR	BRA
Birth date	Sep 6, 1974	Sep 10, 1976
Age	23	21
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	20	11
Ranking points (entering)	1,623	2,184
Elo (entering)	1,869	1,790
Career W-L	468–260	336–182
Career earnings	$11,635,542	$14,807,000

Pre-match H2H

Tim Henman 0 – 0 Gustavo Kuerten

Path

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 1998	R16	Petr Korda	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1998	R32	Carlos Moya	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 1998	R64	Grant Stafford	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1998	SF	Marcelo Rios	2-6 6-4 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 1998	R16	Nicolas Kiefer	6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1998	R32	Andrei Medvedev	6-2 4-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 1998	R64	Francisco Roig	3-6 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data