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Cedric Pioline #26 def. Gustavo Kuerten #6

4-6 7-6(6) 7-6(14) 7-6(8)

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 1999*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Cedric Pioline
Score	4-6 7-6(6) 7-6(14) 7-6(8)
Loser	Gustavo Kuerten
Duration	3h 22m

Stat	Cedric Pioline	Gustavo Kuerten
Aces	19	19
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	58	55
First serve points won %	84	87
Second serve points won %	59	51
Break points saved %	75	75
Break points converted %	25	25
Service points won %	74	71
Return points won %	29	26
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cedric Pioline	Gustavo Kuerten
Country	FRA	BRA
Birth date	Jun 15, 1969	Sep 10, 1976
Age	30	23
Height	188	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	26	6
Ranking points (entering)	1,324	2,492
Elo (entering)	1,900	1,960
Career W-L	370–301	336–182
Career earnings	$6,921,029	$14,807,000

Pre-match H2H

Cedric Pioline 1 – 0 Gustavo Kuerten

Path

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1999	R16	Tommy Haas	6-4 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1999	R32	Peter Wessels	7-6(5) 7-5 4-6 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1999	R64	Lars Burgsmuller	7-6(5) 1-6 6-3 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1999	R128	Patrick Rafter	4-6 4-6 6-3 7-5 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Cedric Pioline's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1999	SF	Todd Martin	4-6 1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1999	R16	Magnus Norman	7-6(4) (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1999	R32	Goran Ivanisevic	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1999	R64	Paul Haarhuis	6-3 7-6(4) 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1999	R128	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data