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Gustavo Kuerten #1 def. Tim Henman #8

6-2 1-6 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Aug 12, 2001*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-2 1-6 7-6(4)
Loser	Tim Henman
Duration	2h 4m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Tim Henman
Aces	8	7
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	54	63
First serve points won %	83	73
Second serve points won %	50	50
Break points saved %	40	57
Break points converted %	43	60
Service points won %	68	64
Return points won %	36	32
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Tim Henman
Country	BRA	GBR
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Sep 6, 1974
Age	24	26
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	8
Ranking points (entering)	4,305	2,325
Elo (entering)	2,098	1,930
Career W-L	336–182	468–260
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$11,635,542

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 0 – 2 Tim Henman

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2001	QF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 2001	R16	Goran Ivanisevic	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2001	R32	Tommy Haas	7-6(4) 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 2001	R64	Andy Roddick	7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2001	F	Patrick Rafter	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2001	QF	Jan-Michael Gambill	4-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 2001	R16	Nicolas Kiefer	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2001	R32	Hyung-Taik Lee	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 2001	R64	Michal Tabara	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data