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Gustavo Kuerten #37 def. Mariano Zabaleta #48

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 11, 2003*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Mariano Zabaleta
Duration	1h 20m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Mariano Zabaleta
Aces	3	2
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	43	52
First serve points won %	72	64
Second serve points won %	61	47
Break points saved %	80	56
Break points converted %	44	20
Service points won %	66	56
Return points won %	44	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Mariano Zabaleta
Country	BRA	ARG
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Feb 28, 1978
Age	26	24
Height	190	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	37	48
Ranking points (entering)	935	736
Elo (entering)	1,895	1,698
Career W-L	336–182	199–206
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$3,204,127

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 0 – 0 Mariano Zabaleta

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2003	QF	Guillermo Coria	7-5 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2003	R16	Michael Russell	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2003	R32	Martin Verkerk	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2003	F	Dominik Hrbaty	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2003	QF	Stefan Koubek	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2003	R16	Vincent Spadea	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2003	R32	David Nalbandian	2-6 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data