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Gustavo Kuerten #9 def. Nicolas Lapentti #55

6-0 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 14, 1998*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-0 7-5
Loser	Nicolas Lapentti
Duration	1h 12m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Nicolas Lapentti
Aces	3	3
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	52	55
First serve points won %	71	53
Second serve points won %	59	46
Break points saved %	88	38
Break points converted %	62	12
Service points won %	66	50
Return points won %	50	34
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Nicolas Lapentti
Country	BRA	ECU
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Aug 13, 1976
Age	21	21
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	55
Ranking points (entering)	2,364	813
Elo (entering)	1,797	1,658
Career W-L	336–182	282–280
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$6,315,143

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 0 – 0 Nicolas Lapentti

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Carlos Costa	1-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1998	R16	Tommy Haas	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Lapentti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Gianluca Pozzi	7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data