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Gustavo Kuerten #6 def. Magnus Norman #24

7-6(4) (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 1999*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	7-6(4) (ret.)
Loser	Magnus Norman
Duration	59m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Magnus Norman
Aces	7	2
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	50	52
First serve points won %	82	61
Second serve points won %	45	57
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	64	59
Return points won %	41	36
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Magnus Norman
Country	BRA	SWE
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	May 30, 1976
Age	22	23
Height	190	187
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	24
Ranking points (entering)	2,492	1,342
Elo (entering)	1,937	1,923
Career W-L	336–182	234–163
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$4,537,247

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 1 – 1 Magnus Norman

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1999	R32	Goran Ivanisevic	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1999	R64	Paul Haarhuis	6-3 7-6(4) 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1999	R128	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1999	QF	Cedric Pioline	6-4 6-7(6) 6-7(14) 6-7(8)	L	H2H	Match data

Magnus Norman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1999	R32	Richard Fromberg	4-6 6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1999	R64	Gianluca Pozzi	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1999	R128	Felix Mantilla	1-6 6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data