Gustavo Kuerten

Brazilian Born 1976 190 cm Right handed
Head to heads vs Yevgeny Kafelnikov (12)vs Andre Agassi (11)vs Magnus Norman (10)vs Alex Corretja (9)vs Tim Henman (8)vs Goran Ivanisevic (8)

Match log

2008

Roland GarrosClay, May
R128LPaul Henri Mathieu3-6 4-6 2-6
Monte Carlo MastersClay, April
R64LIvan Ljubicic1-6 2-6
Florianopolis CH, challengerClay, April
R16LFranco Ferreiro5-7 6-7(2)
R32WCarlos Salamanca6-4 6-4
Miami MastersHard, March
R128LSebastien Grosjean1-6 5-7
Costa Do SauipeClay, February
R32LCarlos Berlocq5-7 1-6

2007

Miami MastersHard, March
R128LRaemon Sluiter2-6 2-6
Sunrise CH, challengerHard, March
R32LAndreas Seppi6-7(1) 4-6
Indian Wells MastersHard, March
R128LJuan Martin del Potro6-7(5) 2-6
Las VegasHard, February
RRLBenjamin Becker4-6 3-6
RRLJan Hernych4-6 4-6
ERWWesley Moodie6-4 7-5
Costa Do SauipeClay, February
R16LFlavio Saretta2-6 6-3 5-7
R32WFilippo Volandri6-3 6-1
Florianopolis CH, challengerClay, February
R32LGorka Fraile4-6 3-6
Vina del MarClay, January
RRLOscar Hernandez6-7(2) 6-7(3)
RRLAlbert Montanes1-6 4-6
Santiago CH, challengerClay, January
R32LBoris Pashanski2-6 5-7

2006

Asuncion CH, challengerClay, November
R32LRainer Eitzinger4-6 4-6
Costa Do SauipeClay, February
R32LAndre Ghem6-3 3-6 4-6

2005

Davis Cup G2 F: URU vs BRAClay, September
RRWMarcel Felder6-1 6-0 3-6 6-4
RRLPablo Cuevas6-7(5) RET
US OpenHard, August
R64LTommy Robredo7-5 6-7(3) 3-6 2-6
R128WPaul Goldstein6-2 6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(3)
SopotClay, August
R32LGuillermo Coria3-6 0-4 RET
UmagClay, July
R32LTommy Robredo4-6 4-6
StuttgartClay, July
R64LHugo Armando4-6 1-6
Davis Cup G2 R2: BRA vs AHOClay, July
RRWAlexander Blom6-1 6-3 6-2
RRWRaoul Behr6-0 6-2
Roland GarrosClay, May
R128LDavid Sanchez3-6 0-6 6-4 1-6
Hamburg MastersClay, May
R32LTommy Robredo3-6 0-6
R64WAndrei Pavel6-2 6-1
Rome MastersClay, May
R64LTim Henman3-6 3-6
Monte Carlo MastersClay, April
R64LMario Ancic5-7 2-6
ValenciaClay, April
R16LAlberto Martin2-6 0-6
R32WOlivier Rochus6-2 6-4

2004

US OpenHard, August
R128LKristian Pless4-6 6-3 1-6 6-7(4)
Athens OlympicsHard, August
R64LNicolas Massu3-6 7-5 4-6
Cincinnati MastersHard, August
R32LLleyton Hewitt3-6 4-6
R64WYen Hsun Lu6-4 3-6 6-3
Canada MastersHard, July
R16LJan Hernych7-5 6-7(6) 4-6
R32WTim Henman7-5 6-4
R64WRobby Ginepri6-1 6-4
Roland GarrosClay, May
QFLDavid Nalbandian2-6 6-3 4-6 6-7(6)
R16WFeliciano Lopez6-3 7-5 6-4
R32WRoger Federer6-4 6-4 6-4
R64WGilles Elseneer6-2 6-0 6-3
R128WNicolas Almagro7-5 7-6(2) 1-6 3-6 7-5
BarcelonaClay, April
QFLGaston Gaudio6-3 6-7(5) 1-2 RET
R16WGuillermo Canas6-3 6-7(1) 6-3
R32WThomas Johansson7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(5)

Gustavo Kuerten

Nobody saw him coming in 1997. Gustavo Kuerten arrived at Roland Garros ranked No. 66, unseeded, playing his third Grand Slam, and left as champion, beating three former Paris winners on the way: Thomas Muster and Yevgeny Kafelnikov in five sets each, then Sergi Bruguera in the final. The kid from Florianopolis played with a surfer's loose joy and a looping one-handed backhand built for red clay, and Paris adopted him on the spot.

He won Paris twice more, in 2000 and 2001, all 3 of his majors on the same clay. In 2000 he sealed year-end No. 1 at the Masters Cup in Lisbon, beating Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi back to back on indoor hard. In 2001 came the image that outlives the 20 career titles: match point saved against Michael Russell, then a heart carved into the clay with his racquet, Guga kneeling inside it. A hip that three surgeries could not fix wound everything down, and the farewell came where it began, on Chatrier in 2008.