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Gustavo Kuerten #1 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6

6-4 3-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 12, 2001*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-4 3-6 6-4
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 43m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	14	8
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	53	46
First serve points won %	82	79
Second serve points won %	63	50
Break points saved %	78	67
Break points converted %	33	22
Service points won %	73	63
Return points won %	37	27
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	BRA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Feb 18, 1974
Age	24	27
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	6
Ranking points (entering)	4,305	2,525
Elo (entering)	2,092	1,856
Career W-L	336–182	568–281
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 6 – 2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 2001	R16	Goran Ivanisevic	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2001	R32	Tommy Haas	7-6(4) 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 2001	R64	Andy Roddick	7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2001	SF	Tim Henman	6-2 1-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 2001	R16	Alberto Martin	6-2 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2001	R32	Fabrice Santoro	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 2001	R64	Andreas Vinciguerra	7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data