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Gustavo Kuerten #8 def. Patrick Rafter #3

6-4 7-5 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	May 17, 1999*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-4 7-5 7-6(6)
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	2h 38m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Patrick Rafter
Aces	8	4
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	58	68
First serve points won %	79	65
Second serve points won %	66	53
Break points saved %	50	75
Break points converted %	25	50
Service points won %	73	61
Return points won %	39	27
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Patrick Rafter
Country	BRA	AUS
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Dec 28, 1972
Age	22	26
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	8	3
Ranking points (entering)	2,441	3,298
Elo (entering)	1,930	1,905
Career W-L	336–182	332–177
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 0 – 0 Patrick Rafter

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1999	SF	Alex Corretja	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1999	QF	Karol Kucera	3-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1999	R16	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7-5 6-1	W	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

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1999	SF	Felix Mantilla	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1999	QF	Nicolas Lapentti	4-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1999	R16	Andre Agassi	6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1999	R32	Gaston Gaudio	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Goran Ivanisevic	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data