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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7 def. Gustavo Kuerten #1

6-4 6-0 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 7, 2001*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-4 6-0 6-3
Loser	Gustavo Kuerten
Duration	1h 32m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Gustavo Kuerten
Aces	4	2
Double faults	4	0
First serve %	52	55
First serve points won %	82	60
Second serve points won %	65	47
Break points saved %	100	55
Break points converted %	45	0
Service points won %	74	54
Return points won %	46	26
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Gustavo Kuerten
Country	RUS	BRA
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Sep 10, 1976
Age	27	24
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	1
Ranking points (entering)	2,575	4,505
Elo (entering)	1,885	2,139
Career W-L	568–281	336–182
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$14,807,000

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2 – 7 Gustavo Kuerten

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2001	R16	Arnaud Clement	6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2001	R32	David Nalbandian	3-6 6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2001	R64	George Bastl	2-6 5-7 6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2001	R128	Michel Kratochvil	1-6 6-1 5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2001	SF	Lleyton Hewitt	1-6 2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2001	R16	Albert Costa	6-4 6-4 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2001	R32	Max Mirnyi	6-7(5) 5-7 7-6(4) 7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2001	R64	Kristian Pless	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2001	R128	Daniel Vacek	6-4 6-4 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data