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Gustavo Kuerten #6 def. Mariano Puerta #84

7-6(3) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 5, 2000*
Tournament	Santiago
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	7-6(3) 6-3
Loser	Mariano Puerta
Duration	1h 38m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Mariano Puerta
Aces	18	3
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	55	66
First serve points won %	81	66
Second serve points won %	47	42
Break points saved %	90	71
Break points converted %	29	10
Service points won %	66	58
Return points won %	42	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Mariano Puerta
Country	BRA	ARG
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Sep 19, 1978
Age	23	21
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	6	84
Ranking points (entering)	2,080	470
Elo (entering)	1,803	1,697
Career W-L	336–182	121–116
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$1,781,372

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 2 – 1 Mariano Puerta

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2000	SF	Albert Portas	6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2000	QF	Agustin Calleri	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2000	R16	Orlin Stanoytchev	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2000	R32	Jean-Rene Lisnard	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mariano Puerta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2000	SF	Gaston Gaudio	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2000	QF	Fernando Vicente	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2000	R16	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-3 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2000	R32	Franco Squillari	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data