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Gustavo Kuerten #25 def. Thomas Muster #23

7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 3, 1998*
Tournament	Mallorca
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	7-5 7-5
Loser	Thomas Muster
Duration	1h 33m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Thomas Muster
Aces	7	2
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	55	67
First serve points won %	76	59
Second serve points won %	52	50
Break points saved %	50	69
Break points converted %	31	50
Service points won %	65	56
Return points won %	44	35
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Thomas Muster
Country	BRA	AUT
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Oct 2, 1967
Age	22	31
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	25	23
Ranking points (entering)	1,312	1,455
Elo (entering)	1,810	1,839
Career W-L	336–182	590–267
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$12,266,977

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 1 – 0 Thomas Muster

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1998	QF	Sergi Bruguera	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1998	R16	Oscar Serrano	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1998	R32	Johan Van Herck	7-6(4) 1-0 (ret.)	W	—	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1998	F	Carlos Moya	6-7(5) 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1998	QF	Tommy Haas	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1998	R16	Juan Antonio Marin	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1998	R32	Galo Blanco	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data