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Gustavo Kuerten #9 def. Tommy Haas #45

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 16, 1998*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Tommy Haas
Duration	1h 1m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Tommy Haas
Aces	8	4
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	67	72
First serve points won %	78	62
Second serve points won %	61	47
Break points saved %	100	25
Break points converted %	75	0
Service points won %	72	57
Return points won %	43	28
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Tommy Haas
Country	BRA	GER
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Apr 3, 1978
Age	21	20
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	9	45
Ranking points (entering)	2,364	891
Elo (entering)	1,807	1,781
Career W-L	336–182	533–330
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$13,609,987

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 0 – 0 Tommy Haas

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1998	R32	Nicolas Lapentti	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Carlos Costa	1-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1998	QF	Fernando Vicente	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Tommy Haas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1998	R32	Vincenzo Santopadre	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Diego Nargiso	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data