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Gustavo Kuerten #24 def. James Blake #25

4-6 6-4 6-0

Match Information

Date	Mar 16, 2003*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	4-6 6-4 6-0
Loser	James Blake
Duration	1h 34m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	James Blake
Aces	7	3
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	64	62
First serve points won %	76	62
Second serve points won %	45	48
Break points saved %	50	38
Break points converted %	62	50
Service points won %	65	57
Return points won %	43	35
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	James Blake
Country	BRA	USA
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Dec 28, 1979
Age	26	23
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	24	25
Ranking points (entering)	1,230	1,165
Elo (entering)	1,925	1,863
Career W-L	336–182	345–235
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 0 – 0 James Blake

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2003	R16	Agustin Calleri	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2003	R32	Roger Federer	7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2003	R64	Goran Ivanisevic	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2003	SF	Rainer Schuettler	6-2 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2003	R16	Carlos Moya	5-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2003	R32	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2003	R64	Todd Martin	6-1 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data