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Gustavo Kuerten #14 def. Alex Corretja #7

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 16, 1999*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Alex Corretja
Duration	1h 27m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Alex Corretja
Aces	8	4
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	60	52
First serve points won %	76	52
Second serve points won %	48	45
Break points saved %	50	55
Break points converted %	45	50
Service points won %	65	48
Return points won %	52	35
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Alex Corretja
Country	BRA	ESP
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Apr 11, 1974
Age	22	25
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	14	7
Ranking points (entering)	2,033	2,683
Elo (entering)	1,915	1,893
Career W-L	336–182	415–277
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$10,411,354

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 0 – 1 Alex Corretja

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1999	QF	Karol Kucera	3-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1999	R16	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1999	R32	Francisco Clavet	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Fernando Vicente	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1999	F	Patrick Rafter	6-4 7-5 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Alex Corretja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1999	QF	Franco Squillari	5-7 7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1999	R16	Fabrice Santoro	7-6(1) 1-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1999	R32	Hicham Arazi	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Diego Nargiso	6-1 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data