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Sjeng Schalken #25 def. Gustavo Kuerten #46

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

Match Information

Date	Sep 4, 2002*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Sjeng Schalken
Score	6-3 7-6(6) 6-7(5) 7-6(4)
Loser	Gustavo Kuerten
Duration	3h 14m

Stat	Sjeng Schalken	Gustavo Kuerten
Aces	4	15
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	75	52
First serve points won %	71	85
Second serve points won %	55	39
Break points saved %	77	33
Break points converted %	67	23
Service points won %	67	63
Return points won %	37	33
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sjeng Schalken	Gustavo Kuerten
Country	NED	BRA
Birth date	Sep 8, 1976	Sep 10, 1976
Age	25	25
Height	193	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	25	46
Ranking points (entering)	1,300	760
Elo (entering)	1,860	1,890
Career W-L	280–254	336–182
Career earnings	$5,192,798	$14,807,000

Pre-match H2H

Sjeng Schalken 1 – 6 Gustavo Kuerten

Path

Sjeng Schalken's path

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

Sjeng Schalken's next match

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

Gustavo Kuerten's path

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