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Gustavo Kuerten #17 def. Jose Acasuso #92

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 28, 2004*
Tournament	Costa Do Sauipe
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Jose Acasuso
Duration	1h 18m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Jose Acasuso
Aces	8	2
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	49	34
First serve points won %	79	65
Second serve points won %	60	44
Break points saved %	33	58
Break points converted %	42	67
Service points won %	69	51
Return points won %	49	31
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Jose Acasuso
Country	BRA	ARG
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Oct 20, 1982
Age	27	21
Height	190	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	17	92
Ranking points (entering)	1,455	414
Elo (entering)	1,864	1,699
Career W-L	336–182	181–178
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$3,642,422

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 1 – 0 Jose Acasuso

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2004	QF	Franco Squillari	3-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2004	R16	Richard Gasquet	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2004	R32	Oscar Hernandez	3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 29, 2004	F	Agustin Calleri	3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jose Acasuso's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2004	QF	Tomas Behrend	0-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2004	R16	Filippo Volandri	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2004	R32	Christophe Rochus	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data