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Gustavo Kuerten #5 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #4

6-3 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 9, 2000*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-3 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-2
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	3h

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	14	6
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	50	55
First serve points won %	74	63
Second serve points won %	52	43
Break points saved %	65	60
Break points converted %	40	35
Service points won %	63	54
Return points won %	46	37
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	BRA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Feb 18, 1974
Age	23	26
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	4
Ranking points (entering)	2,382	2,758
Elo (entering)	2,018	1,886
Career W-L	336–182	568–281
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 3 – 2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2000	R16	Nicolas Lapentti	6-3 6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2000	R32	Michael Chang	6-3 6-7(9) 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2000	R64	Marcelo Charpentier	7-6(5) 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2000	R128	Andreas Vinciguerra	6-0 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 11, 2000	SF	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7-5 4-6 2-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2000	R16	Fernando Vicente	5-7 6-3 5-7 7-6(4) 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2000	R32	Sebastien Grosjean	6-3 6-1 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2000	R64	Mariano Zabaleta	6-2 3-6 6-7(6) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2000	R128	Ivan Ljubicic	6-4 6-4 3-6 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data