Week 5 - Brasil Open, Costa do Sauipe, Brazil

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Brasil Open, Costa do Sauipe, Brazil



Ranking Points:
W: 175
RU: 120
SF: 75
QF: 40
R16: 15

Surface: Clay

Singles Main Draw:

Thomas Muster (AUT) (1)
vs
BYE

Albert Costa (ESP)
vs
Feliciano Lopez (ESP)

Guillermo Coria (ARG)
vs
Novak Djokovic (SCG)

Gustavo Kuerten (BRA)
vs
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) (4)

Ken Rosewall (AUS) (3)
vs
Carlos Moya (ESP) (WC)

Andrew Murray (GBR)
vs
Rod Laver (AUS)

Mardy Fish (USA)
vs
Guillermo Vilas (ARG)

Franco Squillari (ARG)
vs
Filippo Volandri (ITA) (2) (WC)


*There are still 3 slots left in the main draw - if more players join, they will replace the "BYE" slots - Wild Cards given to Moya & Volandri - draw altered with Volandri as no. 2 seed*

Doubles Draw:

F.Squillari (ARG) & G.Vilas (ARG) (1)
vs
BYE

N.Djokovic (SCG) & F.Lopez (ESP)
vs
G.Coria (ARG) & A.Murray (GBR) (4)

J.C.Ferrero (ESP) & C.Moya (ESP) (3)
vs
K.Rosewall (AUS) & R.Laver (AUS)

T.Muster (AUT) & M.Fish (USA)
vs
G.Kuerten (BRA) & F.Volandri (ITA) (2)


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Rosewall/Laver please!

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Past Meetings

First Round

Albert Costa (ESP) 0-0 Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
-Never Met-

Guillermo Coria (ARG) 0-0 Novak Djokovic (SCG)
-Never Met-

Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) 0-0 Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
-Never Met-

Ken Rosewall (AUS) 1-0 Carlos Moya (ESP)
-ATP Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Clay - QF - Rosewall def. Moya 1-6 7-5 6-1

Andrew Murray (GBR) 0-1 Rod Laver (AUS)
-ATP Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Clay - Qualifier - Laver def. Murray 6-1 7-5

Mardy Fish (USA) 0-0 Guillermo Vilas (ARG)
-Never Met-

Franco Squillari (ARG) 0-0 Filippo Volandri (ITA)
-Never Met-

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Singles First Round Results:

Feliciano Lopez (ESP) def. Albert Costa (ESP) 6-2 0-6 6-4

Novak Djokovic (SCG) def. Guillermo Coria (ARG) 6-1 0-6 7-5

Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) def. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) (4) 6-3 0-6 6-1

Ken Rosewall (AUS) (3) def. Carlos Moya (ESP) (WC) 6-1 6-4

Andrew Murray (GBR) def. Rod Laver (AUS) 6-1 0-6 7-6 (7)

Guillermo Vilas (ARG) def. Mardy Fish (USA) 4-6 6-2 6-3

Franco Squillari (ARG) def. Filippo Volandri (ITA) (2) 2-6 7-6 (7) 6-2


Singles Draw Updated:

Thomas Muster (AUT) (1)
vs
Feliciano Lopez (ESP)

Novak Djokovic (SCG)
vs
Gustavo Kuerten (BRA)

Ken Rosewall (AUS) (3)
vs
Andrew Murray (GBR)

Guillermo Vilas (ARG)
vs
Franco Squillari (ARG)

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Past Meetings:

Quarter Finals:

Thomas Muster (AUT) 1-0 Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
-Open 13, Marseille, France - Hard - R16 - Muster def. Lopez 6-7 (2) 6-2 7-5

Novak Djokovic (SCG) 0-1 Gustavo Kuerten (BRA)
-ATP Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Clay - R16 - Kuerten def. Djokovic 7-5 7-6 (4)

Ken Rosewall (AUS) 0-0 Andrew Murray (GBR)
-Never Met-

Guillermo Vilas (ARG) 0-0 Franco Squillari (ARG)
-Never Met-

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Doubles First Round Results:

N.Djokovic (SCG) & F.Lopez (ESP def. G.Coria (ARG) & A.Murray (GBR) (4) 6-3 0-6 7-6 (7)

K.Rosewall (AUS) & R.Laver (AUS) def. J.C.Ferrero (ESP) & C.Moya (ESP) (3) 6-4 7-5

G.Kuerten (BRA) & F.Volandri (ITA) (2) def. T.Muster (AUT) & M.Fish (USA) 7-5 4-6 6-2


Doubles Draw Updated:

F.Squillari (ARG) & G.Vilas (ARG) (1)
vs
N.Djokovic (SCG) & F.Lopez (ESP)

K.Rosewall (AUS) & R.Laver (AUS)
vs
G.Kuerten & F.Volandri (ITA) (2)

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Singles Quarter Final Results:

Thomas Muster (AUT) (1) def. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 7-5 6-0

Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) def. Novak Djokovic (SCG) 7-5 7-6 (4)

Ken Rosewall (AUS) (3) def. Andrew Murray (GBR) 7-6 (7) 6-0

Franco Squillari (ARG) def. Guillermo Vilas (ARG) 3-6 6-4 6-4


Singles Draw Updated:

Thomas Muster (AUT) (1)
vs
Gustavo Kuerten (BRA)

Ken Rosewall (AUS) (3)
vs
Franco Squillari (ARG)

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Past Meetings:

Semi Finals:

Thomas Muster (AUT) 1-0 Gustavo Kuerten (BRA)
-ATP Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Clay - QF - Muster def. Kuerten 1-6 6-0 7-5

Ken Rosewall (AUS) 1-0 Franco Squillari (ARG)
-BellSouth Open by Rosen, Vina Del Mar, Chile - Clay - QF - Rosewall def. Squillari 6-0 0-6 6-3

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Doubles Semi Final Results:

N.Djokovic (SCG) & F.Lopez (ESP) def. F.Squillari (ARG) & G.Vilas (ARG) (1) 6-3 0-6 6-4

G.Kuerten (BRA) & F.Volandri (ITA) (2) def. K.Rosewall (AUS) & R.Laver (AUS) 6-2 1-6 7-6 (0)


Doubles Draw Updated:

N.Djokovic (SCG) & F.Lopez (ESP)
vs
G.Kuerten (BRA) & F.Volandri (ITA) (2)

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Singles Semi Final Results:

Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) def. Thomas Muster (AUT) (1) 7-5 0-6 6-1

Ken Rosewall (AUS) (3) def. Franco Squillari (ARG) 6-2 6-4


Singles Draw Updated:

Gustavo Kuerten (BRA)
vs
Ken Rosewall (AUS) (3)

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Rosewall is very excited not to meet Muster in a clay final again!

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Doubles Final Result:

G.Kuerten (BRA) & F.Volandri (ITA) (2) def. N.Djokovic (SCG) & F.Lopez (ESP) 7-5 6-2

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Singles Final Result:



Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) def. Ken Rosewall (AUS) (3) 7-5 0-6 6-1

from ATPtennis.com

Brazilian Kuerten takes home title
Gustavo Kuerten delighted the partisan croud in Costa do Sauipe by winning the Brasil Open in a thrilling three set encounter with Ken Rosewall. After a tight first set which went to Kuerten, Rosewall upped the ante in the second, stunning the home crowd by taking all six games but, buoyed on by the atmosphere, the Brazilian stormed back in the third as his opponent's game fell apart. For Rosewall, the defeat is particularly bitter as it is now three straight clay court finals that he has lost, but at the same time it shows how consistently well the Aussie has been playing on clay to reach a hat-trick of consecutive finals. Kuerten's win here shall push him up into the top ten for the first time this season and will ensure that he will be seeded for next week's hard court event in Dubai.