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Alex Corretja #9 def. Gustavo Kuerten #8

4-6 7-6(8) 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 10, 1998*
Tournament	Hamburg Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Alex Corretja
Score	4-6 7-6(8) 6-4
Loser	Gustavo Kuerten
Duration	2h 47m

Stat	Alex Corretja	Gustavo Kuerten
Aces	4	8
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	54	64
First serve points won %	68	75
Second serve points won %	59	43
Break points saved %	67	80
Break points converted %	20	33
Service points won %	64	64
Return points won %	36	36
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alex Corretja	Gustavo Kuerten
Country	ESP	BRA
Birth date	Apr 11, 1974	Sep 10, 1976
Age	24	21
Height	180	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	8
Ranking points (entering)	2,202	2,291
Elo (entering)	1,883	1,797
Career W-L	415–277	336–182
Career earnings	$10,411,354	$14,807,000

Pre-match H2H

Alex Corretja 0 – 0 Gustavo Kuerten

Path

Alex Corretja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1998	R16	Sergi Bruguera	6-7(0) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1998	R32	Karim Alami	6-2 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Alex Corretja's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 1998	SF	Felix Mantilla	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1998	R16	Hicham Arazi	6-1 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1998	R32	Slava Dosedel	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data