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Rainer Schuettler #8 def. Gustavo Kuerten #14

6-4 2-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 13, 2003*
Tournament	Costa Do Sauipe
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Rainer Schuettler
Score	6-4 2-6 7-5
Loser	Gustavo Kuerten
Duration	2h 18m

Stat	Rainer Schuettler	Gustavo Kuerten
Aces	7	14
Double faults	6	2
First serve %	56	52
First serve points won %	68	83
Second serve points won %	54	33
Break points saved %	67	67
Break points converted %	33	33
Service points won %	62	59
Return points won %	41	38
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rainer Schuettler	Gustavo Kuerten
Country	GER	BRA
Birth date	—	Sep 10, 1976
Age	—	27
Height	180	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	14
Ranking points (entering)	2,415	1,430
Elo (entering)	1,912	1,805
Career W-L	313–323	336–182
Career earnings	$7,407,508	$14,807,000

Pre-match H2H

Rainer Schuettler 0 – 2 Gustavo Kuerten

Path

Rainer Schuettler's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 2003	QF	Ramon Delgado	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 2003	R16	Paul Goldstein	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 2003	R32	Andre Sa	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Rainer Schuettler's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 2003	F	Sjeng Schalken	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 2003	QF	Ricardo Mello	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 2003	R16	Werner Eschauer	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 2003	R32	Magnus Norman	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data