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Gustavo Kuerten #1 def. Galo Blanco #116

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 4, 2001*
Tournament	Acapulco
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Galo Blanco
Duration	1h 22m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Galo Blanco
Aces	11	8
Double faults	5	0
First serve %	62	69
First serve points won %	77	63
Second serve points won %	44	53
Break points saved %	100	25
Break points converted %	75	0
Service points won %	65	60
Return points won %	40	35
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Galo Blanco
Country	BRA	ESP
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Oct 8, 1976
Age	24	24
Height	190	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	116
Ranking points (entering)	4,365	337
Elo (entering)	2,009	1,648
Career W-L	336–182	122–175
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$1,832,691

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 1 – 0 Galo Blanco

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2001	SF	Guillermo Canas	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2001	QF	Fernando Meligeni	6-7(3) 6-3 3-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2001	R16	Alexandre Simoni	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2001	R32	Felix Mantilla	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Galo Blanco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2001	SF	Carlos Moya	6-4 6-7(3) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2001	QF	Christian Ruud	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2001	R16	Mariano Zabaleta	4-6 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2001	R32	Franco Squillari	3-6 6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data