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Mariano Zabaleta #44 def. Gustavo Kuerten #28

7-6(4) 6-7(3) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 1, 2003*
Tournament	Acapulco
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Mariano Zabaleta
Score	7-6(4) 6-7(3) 7-5
Loser	Gustavo Kuerten
Duration	2h 56m

Stat	Mariano Zabaleta	Gustavo Kuerten
Aces	0	10
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	60	59
First serve points won %	69	72
Second serve points won %	61	46
Break points saved %	43	58
Break points converted %	42	57
Service points won %	66	62
Return points won %	38	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Zabaleta	Gustavo Kuerten
Country	ARG	BRA
Birth date	Feb 28, 1978	Sep 10, 1976
Age	25	26
Height	183	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	44	28
Ranking points (entering)	761	1,160
Elo (entering)	1,711	1,911
Career W-L	199–206	336–182
Career earnings	$3,204,127	$14,807,000

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Zabaleta 0 – 1 Gustavo Kuerten

Path

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2003	QF	Ivan Miranda	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2003	R16	David Nalbandian	6-7(5) 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2003	R32	Filippo Volandri	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Zabaleta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2003	F	Agustin Calleri	5-7 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2003	QF	Fernando Gonzalez	6-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2003	R16	David Ferrer	5-7 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2003	R32	Nicolas Coutelot	6-7(2) 7-6(10) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data