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Flavio Saretta v Gustavo Kuerten: stats compared | Lineball
Kuerten wins on first-serve points won %. Saretta’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Saretta 143 matches, Kuerten 521 matches.
Kuerten averages 8.1 aces a match to Saretta’s 4.0 — 2 times as many.
Kuerten has the better first-serve points won %: 76.2 to Saretta’s 66.8.
Kuerten averages 1.0 sets lost a match to Saretta’s 1.3.
Winners’ edge: Kuerten’s team won 65%, Saretta’s team won 48% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Kuerten has 521 matches across 13 seasons, Saretta 143 in 8 — 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.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
–Titlesper game0.020 total · best 1
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.03 total · best 1
58.3First serve in %54.7
66.8First-serve points won %76.2
58.7Break points saved %62.4
40.4Return points won %38.2
4.0575 total · best 14Acesper game
Head to head
23 matches since 20011
Clay · 2 matchesSaretta 1Kuerten 1
Hard · 1 matchSaretta 1Kuerten 0
Last meetings
12 Feb 2007 · Costa do Sauipe · Round of 16 · ClaySaretta won 6-2 3-6 7-5
17 Feb 2003 · Buenos Aires · Round of 16 · ClayKuerten won 6-4 6-7(5) 7-5
10 Sept 2001 · Costa do Sauipe · Round of 32 · HardSaretta won 4-6 6-2 6-4
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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8.1
4,202 total · best 35
12.11,728 total · best 34Games wonper game13.87,165 total · best 31
42.8Break points converted %41.4
47.1Sets won %61.0
49.3Games won %53.3
–Finalsper game0.129 total · best 1
1.2171 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.6823 total · best 3
1.3192 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.0527 total · best 3
12.41,779 total · best 33Games lostper game · lower is better12.06,275 total · best 30
0.455 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.5247 total · best 3