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Gustavo Kuerten #1 def. Jiri Novak #33

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

Match Information

Date	Jul 21, 2001*
Tournament	Stuttgart
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	4-6 7-6(5) 7-5
Loser	Jiri Novak
Duration	2h 10m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Jiri Novak
Aces	13	10
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	67	59
First serve points won %	77	65
Second serve points won %	48	61
Break points saved %	50	89
Break points converted %	11	50
Service points won %	67	63
Return points won %	37	33
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Jiri Novak
Country	BRA	CZE
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Mar 22, 1975
Age	24	26
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	33
Ranking points (entering)	4,075	1,041
Elo (entering)	2,089	1,852
Career W-L	336–182	318–250
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$7,618,613

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 2 – 0 Jiri Novak

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 2001	QF	Nicolas Lapentti	6-4 6-7(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 2001	R16	Tommy Robredo	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 2001	R32	Andrew Ilie	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 22, 2001	F	Guillermo Canas	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 2001	QF	Gaston Gaudio	7-5 6-7(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 2001	R16	Julien Boutter	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 2001	R32	Galo Blanco	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data