Gustavo Kuerten #1 def. Andreas Vinciguerra #55

6-2 6-4

Gustavo Kuerten defeated Andreas Vinciguerra 6-2 6-4 in the 2001 Italian Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 13, 2001*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 2001
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 13m

Match Statistics

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Andreas Vinciguerra
Aces	14	1
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	53	55
First serve points won %	79	62
Second serve points won %	62	50
Break points saved %	100	57
Break points converted %	43	0
Service points won %	71	56
Return points won %	44	29
Total points won %	56	44

Player Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Andreas Vinciguerra
Country	BRA	SWE
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Feb 19, 1981
Age	24	20
Height	190 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	55
Ranking points (entering)	4,645	745
Elo (entering)	2,041	1,775
Current career W-L	339–184	83–89
Current career earnings	$14,807,000	$1,381,556

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten #1 1 – 0 Andreas Vinciguerra #55

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Alex Corretja #11	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 13, 2001	QF
Franco Squillari #21	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 12, 2001	R16
Michael Chang #32	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 10, 2001	R32
Ivan Ljubicic #74	6-7(4) 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 9, 2001	R64

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Juan Carlos Ferrero #6	6-3 1-6 6-2 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 14, 2001	F

Andreas Vinciguerra's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Harel Levy #54	7-6(7) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 13, 2001	QF
Sebastien Grosjean #13	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 12, 2001	R16
Vincenzo Santopadre #180	3-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 10, 2001	R32
Fernando Meligeni #103	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	May 9, 2001	R64