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Gustavo Kuerten #5 def. Nicolas Lapentti #11

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

Match Information

Date	Jun 7, 2000*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-3 6-4 7-6(4)
Loser	Nicolas Lapentti
Duration	2h 38m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Nicolas Lapentti
Aces	5	5
Double faults	5	0
First serve %	50	53
First serve points won %	69	53
Second serve points won %	56	53
Break points saved %	56	70
Break points converted %	30	44
Service points won %	62	53
Return points won %	47	38
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Nicolas Lapentti
Country	BRA	ECU
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Aug 13, 1976
Age	23	23
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	11
Ranking points (entering)	2,382	1,774
Elo (entering)	2,003	1,869
Career W-L	336–182	282–280
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$6,315,143

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 2 – 2 Nicolas Lapentti

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2000	R32	Michael Chang	6-3 6-7(9) 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2000	R64	Marcelo Charpentier	7-6(5) 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2000	R128	Andreas Vinciguerra	6-0 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 2000	QF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-3 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Lapentti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2000	R32	Wayne Ferreira	5-7 6-3 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2000	R64	Bohdan Ulihrach	7-6(4) 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2000	R128	Julien Boutter	6-4 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data