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Gustavo Kuerten #19 def. Fernando Meligeni #51

6-2 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Apr 24, 1999*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-2 7-6(2)
Loser	Fernando Meligeni
Duration	1h 14m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Fernando Meligeni
Aces	6	3
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	43	65
First serve points won %	93	61
Second serve points won %	51	55
Break points saved %	75	40
Break points converted %	60	25
Service points won %	69	59
Return points won %	41	31
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Fernando Meligeni
Country	BRA	BRA
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Apr 12, 1971
Age	22	28
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	19	51
Ranking points (entering)	1,631	825
Elo (entering)	1,818	1,728
Career W-L	336–182	185–199
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$2,555,367

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 2 – 0 Fernando Meligeni

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1999	R32	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-7(5) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1999	R64	Marcio Carlsson	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1999	QF	Vincent Spadea	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Meligeni's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1999	R32	Tim Henman	6-7(5) 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1999	R64	Andrew Ilie	6-4 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data