Career 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 Too close to call — 9–6 on categories Kuerten wins on titles. Ivanisevic’s case rests on grand slam titles. ATP Tour career: Kuerten 521 matches, Ivanisevic 895 matches.
Ivanisevic has 1 grand slam title (one every 50 matches) to Kuerten’s 3 grand slam titles (one every 100 matches). Kuerten has 20 titles (one every 25 matches) to Ivanisevic’s 24 titles (one every 33.3 matches). Ivanisevic averages 12.7 aces a match to Kuerten’s 8.1 (58% more). Longevity: Ivanisevic has 895 matches across 17 seasons, Kuerten 521 in 13 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 20 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 24 total · best 1
0.0 3 total · best 1 Grand Slam titlesper game 0.0 1 total · best 1
54.7 First serve in % 54.8
76.2 First-serve points won % 82.5
62.4 Break points saved % 62.9
38.2 Return points won % 35.2
Head to head 6 8 matches since 1998 2
Hard · 7 matches Kuerten 5 Ivanisevic 2 Clay · 1 match Kuerten 1 Ivanisevic 0 Grand Slams · 1 match Kuerten 1 Ivanisevic 0 Last meetings 10 Mar 2003 · ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells · Round of 64 · Hard Kuerten won 6-2 6-4 12 Nov 2001 · Tennis Masters Cup · Round robin · Hard Ivanisevic won 6-2 6-7(2) 6-4 13 Aug 2001 · Indianapolis · Semifinal · Hard Kuerten won 1-6 6-3 6-2 6 Aug 2001 · ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati · Round of 16 · Hard Kuerten won 6-2 6-1 20 Mar 2000 · ATP Masters 1000 Miami · Round of 32 · Hard Kuerten won 7-6(4) 6-3 11 Oct 1999 · Vienna · Round of 32 · Hard Ivanisevic won 6-1 6-7(2) 6-4 30 Aug 1999 · US Open · Round of 32 · Hard Kuerten won 6-4 6-2 6-4 27 Apr 1998 · Munich · Round of 32 · Clay Kuerten won Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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