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Gustavo Kuerten #14 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #1

7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 15, 1999*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	7-5 6-1
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 9m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	7	4
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	63	57
First serve points won %	79	62
Second serve points won %	50	40
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	69	52
Return points won %	48	31
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	BRA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Feb 18, 1974
Age	22	25
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	14	1
Ranking points (entering)	2,033	3,382
Elo (entering)	1,883	1,899
Career W-L	336–182	568–281
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 2 – 2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1999	R32	Francisco Clavet	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Fernando Vicente	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1999	QF	Karol Kucera	3-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1999	R32	Marat Safin	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Chris Woodruff	7-6(1) 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data