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Gustavo Kuerten v Sjeng Schalken: stats compared | Lineball
Kuerten wins on titles. Schalken’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Kuerten 521 matches, Schalken 533 matches.
Kuerten has 20 titles (one every 25 matches) to Schalken’s 9 titles (one every 50 matches).
Kuerten averages 8.1 aces a match to Schalken’s 3.8 — 2.1 times as many.
Schalken has the better first serve in %: 62.3 to Kuerten’s 54.7.
Winners’ edge: Kuerten’s team won 65%, Schalken’s team won 52% of the matches they played.
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.
0.020 total · best 1Titlesper game0.09 total · best 1
0.03 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game–
54.7First serve in %62.3
76.2First-serve points won %69.1
62.4Break points saved %59.0
38.2Return points won %38.7
8.14,202 total · best 35
Head to head
68 matches since 19972
Hard · 4 matchesKuerten 3Schalken 1
Carpet · 2 matchesKuerten 1Schalken 1
Clay · 2 matchesKuerten 2Schalken 0
Grand Slams · 3 matchesKuerten 2Schalken 1
Last meetings
26 Aug 2002 · US Open · Round of 16 · HardSchalken won 6-3 7-6(6) 6-7(5) 7-6(4)
29 Oct 2001 · ATP Masters 1000 Paris · Round of 16 · CarpetSchalken won 4-6 6-4 6-4
16 Apr 2001 · ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo · Quarterfinal · ClayKuerten won 6-7(1) 6-2 6-4
16 Aug 1999 · Indianapolis · Round of 32 · HardKuerten won 6-4 6-2
24 May 1999 · Roland Garros · Round of 32 · ClayKuerten won 6-2 6-4 6-3
8 Mar 1999 · ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells · Round of 16 · HardKuerten won 6-2 6-3
3 Nov 1997 · Moscow · Round of 32 · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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Acesper game
3.82,017 total · best 26
13.87,165 total · best 31Games wonper game12.66,695 total · best 40
41.4Break points converted %42.0
61.0Sets won %51.9
53.3Games won %50.7
0.129 total · best 1Finalsper game0.012 total · best 1
1.6823 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.3706 total · best 3
1.0527 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.2654 total · best 3
12.06,275 total · best 30Games lostper game · lower is better12.26,511 total · best 43
0.5247 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.4190 total · best 3
Kuerten won 6-7(3) 7-6(3) 7-6(3)
25 Aug 1997 · US Open · Round of 64 · HardKuerten won 6-4 6-4 6-2