Kuerten's career highlights

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※ [本文轉錄自 Tennis 看板] 作者: establish (Est) 看板: Tennis 標題: f 時間: Wed Feb 19 15:21:14 2003 2002 IN REVIEW Despite an injury-riddled season, "Guga" won his 17th career title and reached another final...Finished out of Top 10 for first time since 1998...Underwent arthroscopic right hip surgery on Feb. 26 in Nashville, Tenn. and returned two months later for European clay court circuit...Opened campaign with a five-set opening round loss to Boutter at Australian Open, then one month later lost in 1st RD to Calleri in Buenos Aires...Following week underwent surgery...Upon his return in Mallorca, defeated Davydenko and M. Norman before losing to eventual champion Gaudio in QF...Then lost in 2nd RD at TMS Roma (l. to Montanes) and QF at TMS Hamburg (d. Canas, l. to Federer)...Had his 17-match Roland Garros winning streak snapped in 4th RD by eventual champion Costa...Did not play on grass for second straight year and returned in mid-July after a five week break ...The defending Stuttgart champion lost in 2nd RD to Burgsmuller then played on hard courts in Los Angeles where he lost to Agassi in a three-set QF... Continued his hard court play at TMS Toronto but retired (hip) in opening round to Pavel and lost to Henman in 1st RD at TMS Cincinnati...His best win of season came over No. 2 Safin in 2nd RD of US Open en route to 4th RD (l. to Schalken)...Followed with his first career title in his native country in Bahia, saving one match point in final vs. Coria...Lifted his country into 2003 Davis Cup World Group with a singles and doubles victory over Canada in playoff tie...Closed season with runner-up in Lyon (d. Safin in QF, l. to Mathieu)... Compiled records of 11-6 on clay, 10-6 on hard, 4-2 on carpet...In limited doubles play, reached finals in Bahia (w/Sa) and TMS Paris (w/Pioline). CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 1995-Reached Medellin Challenger Final...1996-Played first season on ATP and reached QF in Umag and Beijing...1997-Became first Brazilian to win Grand Slam singles title at Roland Garros with victories over three former champions: Muster (3rd RD), Kafelnikov (QF) and Bruguera (F)...At time, became second- lowest ranked (66) Grand Slam champion and went to No. 15 afterward...Following week, reached final in Bologna (l. to Mantilla) and in August at TMS Montreal (l. to Woodruff)...1998-Captured two clay court titles..Won doubles title in Gstaad (w/Meligeni)...1999-Captured two TMS titles and joined Agassi and T. Martin as only players during year to reach QF or better in three Grand Slam tournaments... One of three South Americans (No. 8 Lapentti, No. 9 Rios) to finish in Top 10 for first time in ATP Rankings history...Won TMS titles in Monte Carlo (d. Rios) and Rome (d. Rafter)...Reached QF at Roland Garros (l. to Medvedev)... At Wimbledon, became first Brazilian to reach QF since Thomaz Koch in 1967...Lost only one set in first four matches before falling to Agassi ...In July, won 4-hour, 43-minute Davis Cup marathon over Grosjean 9-7 in fifth set in QF tie...Played well during summer hard court circuit with consecutive QF finishes at TMS Cincinnati (l. to Agassi), Indianapolis (l. to Grosjean) and US Open (l. to Pioline)...Became first Brazilian to qualify for ATP Tour World Championship and compiled a 1-2 record in round robin play...2000-Put his name in history books by becoming first South American to finish No. 1 in history of ATP Rankings (since 1973)...The storybook finish occurred at season-ending Tennis Masters Cup in Lisbon where he came into event 75 points behind ATP Champions Race leader Safin...The Russian was twice within one victory of finishing No. 1 and if Guga lost in any of the four matches he won, Safin would have finished No. 1...Safin's final round robin loss to Sampras and his SF defeat to Agassi gave Guga an opportunity to become world No. 1...After losing to Agassi in first round robin match of tournament, Guga closed out Green Group play with victories over Norman and Kafelnikov...Then rallied to defeat Sampras 67 63 64 in SF...The No. 1 year-end position came down to final match of season for first time in men's tennis history which Guga won with a 64 64 64 victory over Agassi... Broke an eight-year reign of No. 1 finishes by Americans...He became first player to beat Sampras and Agassi back-to-back in SF and final of a tournament...(這真是記錄，而老張並非是在四強與決賽分別擊敗PS與AA) Finished season with five titles in seven finals, including his second Grand Slam crown at Roland Garros...He also became first South American to finish in Top 5 in consecutive years since Guillermo Vilas of Argentina in 1977-78... He won a career-best 63 matches, including an ATP-high 25 Tennis Masters Series matches...He reached three TMS finals during season, winning Hamburg (d. Safin) and losing in Miami (l. to Sampras) and Roma (l. to Norman) ...Lifted his country to Davis Cup SF...His best stretch came in May when he reached final at TMS Roma (d. Corretja in SF, l. to Norman) and followed with his third career TMS title in Hamburg...Beat Safin in a marathon final (3 hours , 52 minutes)... Moved on to Paris and overcame Chang (3rd RD), Lapentti (4th RD), Kafelnikov (QF), Ferrero (SF) and Norman (F) to become first South American to win Roland Garros title twice... Defeated Norman on his 11th match point...(這應該也是記錄:P) personal-best and ATP season-high 15-match winning streak came to an end against Popp in 3rd RD at Wimbledon...Reached SF at TMS Cincinnati and won his first hard court title in Indianapolis (d. Hewitt in SF, Safin in F)... Reached QF at Sydney Olympics...At final TMS stop of year in Paris, reached first career indoor SF (d. Rafter, l. to Philippoussis)...Finished No. 3 in aces with a career-best 742 (averaged 9.8 per match)...Went 28-6 on clay and 28-12 on hard courts...Earned a career-high $4,701,610...2001 - Compiled his best season with a career-high six titles (five on clay) in eight finals, including his third Roland Garros crown...Joined former greats Borg (6), Lendl (3) and Wilander (3) with three or more French titles in Open Era...He and Hewitt led ATP in titles...Led ATP Champions Race for 14 straight weeks before losing his top position at season-ending Tennis Masters Cup in Sydney ...Came into tournament with a 48-point lead over No. 2 Hewitt but went 0-3 in round robin play while Hewitt won all three matches to overtake Brazilian...His six titles came in a seven-month span between February and August (except May) ...Compiled winning streaks of 15 and 14 during season and from beginning of Roland Garros through US Open compiled a 31-4 record...Won Tennis Masters Series titles in Monte Carlo and Cincinnati while reaching final in Rome for second straight year...Led ATP with 23 TMS match wins (23-7)...Early in year captured back-to-back titles in Buenos Aires (d. Acasuso) and Acapulco (d. Blanco) and won 26 straight clay court matches going back to last year...Won 13 straight on clay during year before losing to Hewitt in fourth rubber of Davis Cup QF tie in his hometown of Florianopolis...In his next tournament in Monte Carlo, won for second time in three years with straight-sets victory over Arazi...Followed with runner-up in Rome (l. to Ferrero in five sets)... Moved on to Paris to defend his title and narrowly escaped in 4th RD with a five-set victory (lost first two sets) against qualifier Michael Russell (saving a match point at 3-5 in 3rd set)...Then defeated Kafelnikov in QF and Ferrero in SF before rallying from a set down to beat Corretja in four sets ...Returned in Stuttgart where he won for second time (d. Canas)...During North American summer hard court circuit, played four straight weeks and compiled a 15-3 mark with SF in Los Angeles, 3rd RD at TMS Montreal, title at TMS Cincinnati (d. Rafter) and runner-up in Indianapolis (ret. vs. Rafter) ...Part of his success was attributed to his 9-0 record in tie-breaks after going 6-15 in first six months of season...Came into US Open as first South American top seed since Pancho Segura in 1944 and advanced to QF (l. to Kafelnikov)...Finished with a career-best 36-3 record on clay and went 23-12 on hard, his third straight season with 20-plus wins on hard courts...Ranked in Top 5 in four service categories-No. 2 in aces (683) and break points saved (70 percent) and No. 3 in service games won (87 percent) and No. 4 in second serve points (55 percent)...Led ATP in prize money for second straight year with $4,091,004. PERSONAL Began playing tennis at age six with his parents...Fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English...After winning his third Roland Garros title in 2001, drew a heart in the clay to show his appreciation for crowd's support...Then during trophy ceremony, addressed crowd in French...His older brother, Rafael (born Oct. 28, 1973), looks after his business matters...Mother, Alice, is president of Institute Guga Kuerten...Younger brother, Guilherme (born Nov. 3, 1979), is mentally handicapped and Kuerten gives trophies to him...Father, Aldo, died in 1985 while umpiring a junior match and he says, "I dedicate my whole life for him. He was an important person for me."...Enjoys playing guitar, which reminds him of his father...An avid surfer, he was presented a custom surfboard by ATP after finishing 2000 as No. 1 player...Favorite surfing destination is Biarritz, Costa Rica...Sports idols include his countrymen the late Ayrton Senna and Pele...Named ATP Player of Year in 2000 ...Won Roland Garros juniors doubles title (w/Lapentti) and runner-up at the Orange Bowl 18s (l. to Lapentti) in '94...Has a 24-11 career Davis Cup record in 14 ties (15-8 in singles) since 1996...Named ATP Charities Chairman in 1998...In May '98, announced his involvement with APAE, a non-profit organization in his hometown... Personally donated $200 for each singles and doubles match played and, along with matching donations from sponsors and tour, raised $25,500 in 1998 and $60,000 in 1999...In August 2000, announced launch of Institute Guga Kuerten, to help many institutions in two categories : the handicapped and encouraging sports activities...In 2001, $129,000 was donated for handicapped people in Santa Catarina...Voted Brazil's Athlete of the Year for second straight year in 2000...Awarded with UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural Organization) 2001 youth and citizenship prize for his off-court work...In 2001, had an official Brazilian postage stamp commemorated in his honor with Paris' Eifel Tower in background...Coached by Larri Passos (since 1989) and gave his coach a 1998 Mercedes-Benz CLK 230 that came with title at Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.csie.ntu.edu.tw) ◆ From: 61.64.102.144