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Gustavo Kuerten #66 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #3

6-2 5-7 2-6 6-0 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 6, 1997*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-2 5-7 2-6 6-0 6-4
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	2h 30m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	16	7
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	58	63
First serve points won %	80	65
Second serve points won %	57	39
Break points saved %	56	70
Break points converted %	30	44
Service points won %	70	55
Return points won %	45	30
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	BRA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Feb 18, 1974
Age	20	23
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	66	3
Ranking points (entering)	727	3,008
Elo (entering)	1,766	1,921
Career W-L	336–182	568–281
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 0 – 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1997	R16	Andrei Medvedev	5-7 6-1 6-2 1-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1997	R32	Thomas Muster	6-7(3) 6-1 6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Jonas Bjorkman	6-4 6-2 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Slava Dosedel	6-0 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 1997	SF	Filip Dewulf	6-1 3-6 6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1997	R16	Mark Philippoussis	6-2 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1997	R32	Cedric Pioline	7-5 6-4 6-7(3) 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Guillaume Raoux	7-5 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Martin Damm Sr	6-2 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data