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Gustavo Kuerten #13 def. Fabrice Santoro #50

6-3 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Aug 3, 1997*
Tournament	Canada Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-3 7-6(6)
Loser	Fabrice Santoro
Duration	1h 35m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Fabrice Santoro
Aces	10	5
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	64	56
First serve points won %	71	69
Second serve points won %	62	46
Break points saved %	67	73
Break points converted %	27	33
Service points won %	68	59
Return points won %	41	32
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Fabrice Santoro
Country	BRA	FRA
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Dec 9, 1972
Age	20	24
Height	190	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	13	50
Ranking points (entering)	1,859	861
Elo (entering)	1,797	1,767
Career W-L	336–182	456–432
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$10,013,832

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 0 – 1 Fabrice Santoro

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1997	R16	Michael Tebbutt	5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 1997	R32	Jonathan Stark	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1997	SF	Michael Chang	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1997	R16	Thomas Muster	6-2 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 1997	R32	Geoff Grant	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 1997	R64	Jim Courier	7-5 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data