R16 US Open 2002

Sjeng Schalken #25 def. Gustavo Kuerten #46

6-3 7-6(6) 6-7(5) 7-6(4)

Sjeng Schalken defeated Gustavo Kuerten 6-3 7-6(6) 6-7(5) 7-6(4) in the 2002 US Open round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 4, 2002*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 2002
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R16
Duration: 3h 14m

Match Statistics

Stat	Sjeng Schalken	Gustavo Kuerten
Aces	4	15
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	75.0%	52.0%
First serve points won %	71.0%	85.0%
Second serve points won %	55.0%	39.0%
Break points saved %	77.0%	33.0%
Break points converted %	67.0%	23.0%
Service points won %	67.0%	63.0%
Return points won %	37.0%	33.0%
Total points won %	53.0%	47.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Sjeng Schalken	Gustavo Kuerten
Country	NED	BRA
Birth date	Sep 8, 1976	Sep 10, 1976
Age	25	25
Height	193 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	25	46
Ranking points (entering)	1,300	760
Elo (entering)	1,859	1,889
Current career W-L	280–254	339–184
Current career earnings	$5,192,798	$14,807,000

Pre-match H2H

Sjeng Schalken #25 1 – 6 Gustavo Kuerten #46

Path

Sjeng Schalken's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sargis Sargsian #92	7-5 6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 2002	R32
Ivan Ljubicic #38	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 30, 2002	R64
Mark Philippoussis #70	6-7(1) 4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 2002	R128

Sjeng Schalken's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Fernando Gonzalez #28	6-7(5) 6-3 6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 2002	QF

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nicolas Massu #65	6-1 5-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 2002	R32
Marat Safin #2	6-4 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 30, 2002	R64
Julien Boutter #54	3-6 7-6(5) 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 2002	R128