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Gustavo Kuerten #66 def. Filip Dewulf #122

6-1 3-6 6-1 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Jun 8, 1997*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-1 3-6 6-1 7-6(4)
Loser	Filip Dewulf
Duration	2h 14m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Filip Dewulf
Aces	14	4
Double faults	5	8
First serve %	49	47
First serve points won %	80	66
Second serve points won %	51	39
Break points saved %	75	62
Break points converted %	38	25
Service points won %	66	52
Return points won %	48	34
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Filip Dewulf
Country	BRA	BEL
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Mar 15, 1972
Age	20	25
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	66	122
Ranking points (entering)	727	363
Elo (entering)	1,800	1,737
Career W-L	336–182	85–109
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$1,503,987

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 0 – 0 Filip Dewulf

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1997	QF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-2 5-7 2-6 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1997	R16	Andrei Medvedev	5-7 6-1 6-2 1-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1997	R32	Thomas Muster	6-7(3) 6-1 6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Jonas Bjorkman	6-4 6-2 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Slava Dosedel	6-0 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 1997	F	Sergi Bruguera	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Filip Dewulf's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1997	QF	Magnus Norman	6-2 6-7(2) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1997	R16	Alex Corretja	5-7 6-1 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1997	R32	Albert Portas	6-3 7-6(5) 4-6 6-7(6) 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Fernando Meligeni	6-4 6-2 3-6 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Cristiano Caratti	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data