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Gustavo Kuerten beat Pat Rafter 6-1, 6-3 in the Cincinnati final, 2001 on hard court It was Kuerten’s last Masters title and only one off clay. He’d finished his semi-final with Tim Henman earlier in the day, playing little more than 1 set of that match. Rafter had recently finished runner-up...

Gustavo Kuerten beat Pat Rafter 6-4, 7-5, 7-6(6) in the Rome final, 1999 on clay It was Kuerten’s only title at the event and he’d recently won the Monte Carlos title. Rafter would have become world #1 had he won this match Kuerten won 129 points, Rafter 110 Rafter serve-volleyed off almost...

Gustavo Kuerten beat Alex Corretja 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-2, 6-0 in the French Open final, 2001 on clay Kuerten was the defending champion and this was his third and last title at the event. Corretja was playing his second final, having previously lost in 1998 to Carlos Moya Kuerten 136 won points...

Gustavo Kuerten beat Magnus Norman 6-2, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(6) in the French Open final, 2000 on clay It was Kuerten’s second title at the event and he would go onto defend it the following year. This would turn out to be Norman’s only Slam final. The two had met twice in the lead in to this event...

Gustavo Kuerten beat Sergi Bruguera 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in the French Open final, 1997 on clay Kuerten was unseeded and it was his first title of any kind. Bruguera was seeded 16th and playing his third final at the event, having previously won it in 1993 and 1994 Kuerten won 111 points, Bruguera 84...

Pete Sampras beat Gustavo Kuerten 6-1, 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 7-6(8) in the Miami final, 2000 on hard court It was Sampras' 3rd title at the event and 11th Masters title and would turn out be his last. Kuerten would go onto win his first hard court title later in the year and would win the...

Gustavo Kuerten beat Andre Agassi 6-1, 6-4 in the Miami semi-final, 2000 on hard court Kuerten would go onto lose the final to Pete Sampras. Agassi was the world number 1 and had recently won the Australian Open Kuerten won 61 points, Agassi 42 Serve Stats Kuerten... - 1st serve...

Gustavo Kuerten beat Marat Safin 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(3) in the Hamburg final, 2000 on clay With the title, Kuerten completed the set of clay Masters titles, having previously won Monte Carlo and Rome in '99 and he would follow up soon after with his second French Open. Safin...

Gustavo Kuerten beat Hicham Arazi 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in the Monte Carlo final, 2001 on clay It was the 4th and last of Kuerten's clay Masters titles. He would go onto win the French Open soon after. Arazi was unseeded and beat future French Open finalist Mariona Puerta, 3rd seed Magnus Norman...

Gustavo Kuerten beat Marcelo Rios 6-4, 2-1 retired in the Monte Carlo final, 1999 on clay It was Kuerten's first Masters title and he'd follow up by winning Rome soon after. Rios had won the event in 1997 and shortly after, would win Hamburg to complete his collection of Masters titles...

Roger Federer beat Gustavo Kuerten 6-0, 1-6, 6-2 in the Hamburg quarter-final, 2002 on clay Federer would go onto win the event, his first Masters title, beating Marat Safin in the final. Kuerten had previously won the event in 2000. This was the first meeting between the pair Federer...

Juan Carlos Ferrero beat Gustavo Kuerten 3-6, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the Rome final, 2001 on clay It was Ferrero's only title at the event and his first Masters title. Kuerten had been runner-up the previous year and champion the year before that. The two would go onto meet in the semis...

Gustavo Kuerten beat Thomas Muster 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the French Open third round, 1997 on clay Kuerten, who was unseeded and ranked 66, would go onto win the event by beating Sergi Bruguera in the final. This would be his first title of an kind. Muster had won the event in...

Murray has had the same achievements to Kuerten and Courier barring Courier with 4 slams. Do people see Courier as an all time great or Kuerten for that matter? There was a thread about if Murray is an all time great, If Murray had like 6 or 7 slams I would consider him to be yes but I don't...

Gustavo Kuerten beat Pete Sampras 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4 in the Year End Championship semi-final, 2000 on indoor hard court in Lisbon, Portugal Kuerten would go onto beat Andre Agassi in the final to claim his first indoor title and claim the year end number 1 position. Kuerten was the French Open...

Gustavo Kuerten beat Andre Agassi 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the Year End Championship final, 2000 on indoor hard court in Lisbon, Portugal The win gave Kuerten, the French Open champion, the year end world number ranking ahead of Marat Safin, who Agassi had beaten in the semi-final to deny that...

I'm a realist, I could fanboy and tell you Murray is the greatest thing since fried marsbars in regards of tennis but he isn't, he's not an "all time great" if he is one then do all the other 3 time slam winners classify as ATG's? Is Wawrinka an all time great?, his career has been made to look...

Played and lost all 10, of which 9 in close fights - 5 five-setters and 4 tight, tiebreak-filled four setters. Could've been 10 of 10 if he didn't clutch out the epic against Mirnyi in 2001 USO only to get destroyed by Kafelnikov in QF. Specific scores: 1999 AO: l. to Safin 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-3 6-4...