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Gustavo Kuerten #24 def. Rainer Schuettler #15

6-2 3-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 16, 2003*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-2 3-6 6-2
Loser	Rainer Schuettler
Duration	3h 10m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Rainer Schuettler
Aces	8	1
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	65	68
First serve points won %	76	60
Second serve points won %	46	38
Break points saved %	60	44
Break points converted %	56	40
Service points won %	66	53
Return points won %	47	34
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Rainer Schuettler
Country	BRA	GER
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	—
Age	26	—
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	24	15
Ranking points (entering)	1,230	1,570
Elo (entering)	1,938	1,918
Career W-L	336–182	313–323
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$7,407,508

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 1 – 0 Rainer Schuettler

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2003	QF	James Blake	4-6 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2003	R16	Agustin Calleri	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2003	R32	Roger Federer	7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2003	R64	Goran Ivanisevic	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2003	F	Lleyton Hewitt	1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rainer Schuettler's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2003	QF	Andy Roddick	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2003	R16	Max Mirnyi	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2003	R32	Mariano Zabaleta	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2003	R64	Wayne Arthurs	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data