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This is a list of the main career statistics of former Brazilian professional tennis player Gustavo Kuerten. Kuerten has won 20 ATP singles titles including three Grand Slam singles titles, five ATP Masters Series titles, and a Tennis Masters Cup title.

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1997	French Open	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	2000	French Open (2)	Clay	Magnus Norman	6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6
Winner	2001	French Open (3)	Clay	Àlex Corretja	6–7, 7–5, 6–2, 6–0

Year-End Championships

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2000	Tennis Masters Cup, Lisbon, Portugal	Hard (i)	Andre Agassi	6–4, 6–4, 6–4

Masters Series tournaments

Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1997	Canada Masters	Hard	Chris Woodruff	5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	1999	Monte-Carlo Masters	Clay	Marcelo Ríos	6–4, 2–1, retired
Winner	1999	Rome Masters	Clay	Patrick Rafter	6–4, 7–5, 7–6
Runner-up	2000	Miami Masters	Hard	Pete Sampras	1–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–7
Runner-up	2000	Rome Masters	Clay	Magnus Norman	3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	2000	Hamburg Masters	Clay	Marat Safin	6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 5–7, 7–6
Winner	2001	Monte-Carlo Masters (2)	Clay	Hicham Arazi	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	2001	Rome Masters	Clay	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–3, 1–6, 6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Winner	2001	Cincinnati Masters	Hard	Patrick Rafter	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	2003	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	1–6, 1–6

ATP career finals

Singles: 29 (20 titles, 9 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	June 8, 1997	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	June 15, 1997	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Félix Mantilla	6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	August 3, 1997	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Chris Woodruff	5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	2.	July 26, 1998	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Karol Kučera	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	3.	October 4, 1998	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Carlos Moyá	6–7, 6–2, 6–3
Winner	4.	April 25, 1999	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Marcelo Ríos	6–4, 2–1, retired
Winner	5.	May 16, 1999	Rome, Italy	Clay	Patrick Rafter	6–4, 7–5, 7–6
Winner	6.	March 5, 2000	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Mariano Puerta	7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	April 2, 2000	Miami, USA	Hard	Pete Sampras	1–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–7
Runner-up	4.	May 14, 2000	Rome, Italy	Clay	Magnus Norman	3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	May 21, 2000	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Marat Safin	6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 5–7, 7–6
Winner	8.	June 11, 2000	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Magnus Norman	6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6
Winner	9.	August 20, 2000	Indianapolis, USA	Hard	Marat Safin	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
Winner	10.	December 3, 2000	Year-End Championships, Lisbon, Portugal	Hard (i)	Andre Agassi	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	11.	February 25, 2001	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	José Acasuso	6–1, 6–3
Winner	12.	March 4, 2001	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Galo Blanco	6–4, 6–2
Winner	13.	April 22, 2001	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Hicham Arazi	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	May 13, 2001	Rome, Italy	Clay	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–3, 1–6, 6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Winner	14.	June 10, 2001	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Àlex Corretja	6–7, 7–5, 6–2, 6–0
Winner	15.	July 22, 2001	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Guillermo Cañas	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	16.	August 12, 2001	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Patrick Rafter	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	August 19, 2001	Indianapolis, USA	Hard	Patrick Rafter	2–4, retired
Winner	17.	September 15, 2002	Costa do Sauípe, Brazil	Hard	Guillermo Coria	6–7, 7–5, 7–6
Runner-up	7.	October 13, 2002	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	18.	January 12, 2003	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Dominik Hrbatý	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	8.	March 16, 2003	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	1–6, 1–6
Winner	19.	October 26, 2003	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Sargis Sargsian	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	February 15, 2004	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Fernando González	5–7, 4–6
Winner	20.	February 29, 2004	Costa do Sauípe, Brazil	Clay	Agustín Calleri	3–6, 6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 10 (8 titles, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	November 10, 1996	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Fernando Meligeni	Dinu Pescariu Albert Portas	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	April 13, 1997	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Fernando Meligeni	Andrea Gaudenzi Filippo Messori	6–2, 6–2
Winner	3.	June 15, 1997	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Fernando Meligeni	Dave Randall Jack Waite	6–2, 7–5
Winner	4.	July 20, 1997	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Fernando Meligeni	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	6–4, 6–4
Winner	5.	July 12, 1998	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Fernando Meligeni	Daniel Orsanic Cyril Suk	6–4, 7–5
Winner	6.	January 10, 1999	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Nicolás Lapentti	Jim Courier Patrick Galbraith	6–4, 6–4
Winner	7.	March 5, 2000	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Antonio Prieto	Lan Bale Piet Norval	6–2, 6–4
Winner	8.	March 4, 2001	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Donald Johnson	David Adams Martín García	6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	1.	September 15, 2002	Costa do Sauípe, Brazil	Hard	André Sá	Scott Humphries Mark Merklein	3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	2.	November 3, 2002	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Cédric Pioline	Nicolas Escudé Fabrice Santoro	3–6, 6–7

Performance timelines

Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. Walkovers or qualifying matches are neither official wins nor losses.

Current as far as 2008 French Open.

Singles

Notes:

Kuerten received a walkover in the third round at the 2000 Rome Masters.

Doubles

Notes:

Kuerten and Nicolás Lapentti withdrew before the quarterfinals of the 1999 Australian Open.

Titles detail

Grand Slam tournaments

1. 1997 French Open Round Opponent (Rank) Score 1R Sláva Doseděl (73) 6–0, 7–5, 6–1 2R Jonas Björkman (23) 6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 3R Thomas Muster (5) 6–7, 6–1, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 4R Andrei Medvedev (20) 5–7, 6–1, 6–2, 1–6, 7–5 QF Yevgeny Kafelnikov (3) 6–2, 5–7, 2–6, 6–0, 6–4 SF Filip Dewulf (122) 6–1, 3–6, 6–1, 7–6 F Sergi Bruguera (19) 6–3, 6–4, 6–2

2. 2000 French Open Round Opponent (Rank) Score 1R Andreas Vinciguerra (42) 6–0, 6–0, 6–3 2R Marcelo Charpentier (230) 7–6, 6–2, 6–2 3R Michael Chang (44) 6–3, 6–7, 6–1, 6–4 4R Nicolás Lapentti (15) 6–3, 6–4, 7–6 QF Yevgeny Kafelnikov (4) 6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 SF Juan Carlos Ferrero (11) 7–5, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 F Magnus Norman (2) 6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6

3. 2001 French Open Round Opponent (Rank) Score 1R Guillermo Coria (13) 6–1, 7–5, 6–4 2R Agustín Calleri (88) 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 3R Karim Alami (117) 6–3, 6–7, 7–6, 6–2 4R Michael Russell (136) 3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3, 6–1 QF Yevgeny Kafelnikov (8) 6–1, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4 SF Juan Carlos Ferrero (2) 6–4, 6–4, 6–3 F Àlex Corretja (32) 6–7, 7–5, 6–2, 6–0

Notes:

• 1997: Defeated 3 champions, who had won the previous 4 editions, en route to title: Bruguera (1993–94), Muster (1995) and Kafelnikov (1996).
• 2000: As in 1997, faced Kafelnikov in the quarterfinal match; second final of the year against Norman ("a historical rivalry", in Kuerten's words).
• 2001: For the third time faced Kafelnikov in the quarterfinal match; for the second time, faced Ferrero in the semifinal match. Saved a match point against Russell in the 4th round.

Tennis Masters Cup tournaments

2000 Tennis Masters Cup (Lisbon)

Round	Opponent (Rank)	Score
RR	Andre Agassi (8)	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
	Magnus Norman (4)	7–5, 6–3
	Yevgeny Kafelnikov (5)	6–3, 6–4
SF	Pete Sampras (3)	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
F	Andre Agassi (8)	6–4, 6–4, 6–4

After losing his first Round Robin match, Kuerten had to win the tournament in order to finish the year as world n.1 (had he won the first match, a semifinal result would have sufficed).

Masters Series tournaments

1999 Monte Carlo Masters Round Opponent (Rank) Score 1R Marcio Carlsson (131) 6–1, 6–3 2R Bohdan Ulihrach (34) 6–7, 6–2, 6–4 3R Fernando Meligeni (51) 6–2, 7–6 QF Vincent Spadea (33) 6–3, 6–3 SF Félix Mantilla (17) 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 F Marcelo Ríos (13) 6–4, 2–1, retired

1999 Rome Masters Round Opponent (Rank) Score 1R Fernando Vicente (54) 6–4, 6–3 2R Francisco Clavet (21) 6–3, 6–3 3R Yevgeny Kafelnikov (1) 7–5, 6–1 QF Karol Kučera (12) 3–6, 6–4, 7–5 SF Àlex Corretja (7) 6–4, 6–2 F Patrick Rafter (4) 6–4, 7–5, 7–6

2000 Hamburg Masters Round Opponent (Rank) Score 1R Karim Alami (28) 5–7, 6–2, 6–3 2R Sébastien Grosjean (30) 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 3R Wayne Ferreira (25) 6–1, 6–2 QF Magnus Norman (4) 6–4, 6–2 SF Andrei Pavel (67) 6–3, 6–3 F Marat Safin (18) 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 5–7, 7–6

2001 Monte Carlo Masters Round Opponent (Rank) Score 1R Younes El Aynaoui (72) 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 2R Fernando Vicente (26) 6–2, 6–2 3R Tommy Haas (18) 6–7, 6–3, 6–3 QF Sjeng Schalken (82) 6–7, 6–2, 6–4 SF Guillermo Coria (28) 6–4, 6–2 F Hicham Arazi (77) 6–3, 6–2, 6–4

2001 Cincinnati Masters * Round Opponent (Rank) Score 1R Andy Roddick (24) 7–6, 6–1 2R Tommy Haas (22) 7–6, 7–6 3R Goran Ivanišević (11) 6–2, 6–1 QF Yevgeny Kafelnikov (10) 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 SF Tim Henman (8) 6–2, 1–6, 7–6 F Patrick Rafter (4) 6–1, 6–3

* Kuerten later described this as his best-played tournament, given how many difficult opponents he had to defeat en route to the title. One statistic supports this position: The average ranking of his opponents was 13.16 which was the best of any of his Grand Slam or Masters Series title wins. It is also the best for any Cincinnati champion since the ATP world rankings began in 1973. (The second- and third-best average opponent rankings in Cincinnati were Andre Agassi's 18.16 in 2004, and Patrick Rafter's 18.80 in 1998, although in 1998, Rafter only had to play 5 matches.)

Davis Cup

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Kuerten was first called to play for Brazil in the Davis Cup in 1996, when he became the second-best ranked player in the country (to Fernando Meligeni). Since then, Kuerten has always answered the invitations to play, claiming that it was a unique opportunity to represent his country.

In the 1999 and 2000 seasons, Kuerten took criticism from his fans, who accused him of not giving 100% in the Davis Cup matches. They claimed he was more concerned with sparing his energy for the ATP tournaments. At one point, Kuerten interrupted a match to argue with a fan who had shouted out for him to apply himself to the match at hand.

In 2004, following the country's unexpected defeat to Canada in the Repechage match, and the country's demotion to the American Group I after having been defeated by Sweden in that year's First Round, discontent with the politics of the Brazilian Tennis Confederation spilled over. Kuerten refused to play for Brazil in the American Group I. The unexpected firing of then captain of the Brazilian team, Ricardo Accioly, was the trigger. Kuerten thought it was an arbitrary decision, since it was made without consulting the players. In his view that was just the last in a sequence of questionable decisions made by organization's board.

All other professional Brazilian players followed Kuerten's lead, as well as the newly appointed captain, former player Jaime Oncins. As a result, Brazil had to play the first round in the Zonal Group with a team made up of junior players (which was only possible after much negotiation, during which time the country was at risk of forfeiting the Round, which would have resulted in automatic demoting to the American Group II), which resulted in a defeat and the possibility of demotion to the American Group II.

The protest continued, and as a result, Brazil had to play the Repechage match again with a junior team, and was demoted to the American Group II for the 2005 season. As of 2005, following the fall of the BTC board in the aftermath of the protest, Kuerten and the other players have decided to return to the team, now captained by former player Fernando Meligeni. Kuerten, however, had to delay his return beyond the end of the players' strike, since his hip injuries kept him off courts between September 2004 and May 2005. He returned in the Tie with the Netherlands Antilles, valid for the Second Round of the American Zonal Group II, which was played in Santa Catarina, Brazil (on clay) between July 15 and July 17, 2005.

Davis Cup results

1996

American Group I
Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Surface	Match	Opponent	Score
QF	February 9–11, 1996	Chile	Santiago	Clay	Doubles (with Jaime Oncins)	Rebolledo/Ríos	7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
SF	April 5–7, 1996	Venezuela	Santos	Clay	Singles 2	Nicolas Pereira	6–2, 6–7, 6–1, 6–2
					Singles 4	Jimy Szymanski	6–2, 6–7, 6–0
World Group
Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Surface	Match	Opponent	Score
QR	September 20–22, 1996	Austria	São Paulo	Hard	Singles 2	Markus Hipfl	4–6, 3–6, 7–6, 7–6, 6–1
					Doubles (with Jaime Oncins)	Muster/Plamberger	7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 2–0 def.*

QF – Quarterfinal|SF – Semifinal|QR – Qualifying Round

* During the Doubles match, the star of the Austrian team, Thomas Muster, got angry over what he claimed to be disrespectful Brazilian fans, who were allegedly insulting him from the stands. The match umpire did not recognize his claim, so Muster walked off the court, throwing the match. He then convinced the entire Austrian team to defect the tie, which led to the cancellation of the two singles matches on Sunday and the automatic demotion of Austria to the European Zonal Group I.

Longest winning streaks

26-match win streak on clay (2000–2001)

During this streak, Kuerten won every category of tournament played on clay: Grand Slam, Masters Series, ATP International Series Gold, ATP International Series, and Davis Cup.

No.	Tournament	Start date (tournament)	Surface	Opponent	Rank	Round	Score
–	Rome, Italy	8 May 2000	Clay	Magnus Norman	4	F	3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6
1	Hamburg, Germany	15 May 2000	Clay	Karim Alami	28	1R	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
2				Sébastien Grosjean	30	2R	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
3				Wayne Ferreira	25	3R	6–1, 6–2
4				Magnus Norman	4	QF	6–4, 6–2
5				Andrei Pavel	67	SF	6–3, 6–3
6				Marat Safin	18	F	6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 5–7, 7–6
7	Paris, France	29 May 2000	Clay	Andreas Vinciguerra	42	1R	6–0, 6–0, 6–3
8				Marcelo Charpentier	230	2R	7–6, 6–2, 6–2
9				Michael Chang	44	3R	6–3, 6–7, 6–1, 6–4
10				Nicolás Lapentti	15	4R	6–3, 6–4, 7–6
11				Yevgeny Kafelnikov	4	QF	6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
12				Juan Carlos Ferrero	11	SF	7–5, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
13				Magnus Norman (2)	2	F	6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6
14	Davis Cup, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	5 February 2001	Clay	Karim Alami (2)	65	RR	6–7, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
15				Mounir El Aarej	346	RR	6–2, 6–2
16	Buenos Aires, Argentina	19 February 2001	Clay	Richard Fromberg	95	1R	6–2, 7–6
17				Jiří Vaněk	82	2R	6–2, 6–4
18				Guillermo Cañas	195	QF	0–6, 6–1, 6–2
19				Fernando Vicente	36	SF	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
20				José Acasuso	172	F	6–1, 6–3
21	Acapulco, Mexico	26 February 2001	Clay	Félix Mantilla	112	1R	6–4, 6–1
22				Alexandre Simoni	119	2R	6–4, 6–0
23				Fernando Meligeni	100	QF	6–7, 6–3, 3–2 ret.
24				Guillermo Cañas (2)	207	SF	6–1, 6–4
25				Galo Blanco	116	F	6–4, 6–2
26	Davis Cup, Florianópolis, Brazil	2 April 2001	Clay	Patrick Rafter	8	RR	4–6, 6–4, 7–6, 2–1 ret.
–				Lleyton Hewitt	7	RR	6–7, 3–6, 6–7

ATP Tour career earnings

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Career Grand Slam tournament seedings

The tournaments won by Kuerten are bolded.

Singles

Doubles

1. "Player profile – Gustavo KUERTEN (BRA)". Davis Cup. Retrieved May 17, 2011.

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