Dec. 3, 2000: Gustavo Kuerten beats Andre Agassi to lift Masters Cup title. Agassi had to work harder to earn points and he couldn't hold the pressure and send any of the sets into a tie break, or to break Kuerten at least once and prolong the match.Brazilian broke at 15 in the opening game of the match and he fends off 4 break points in the 4th game to go 3-1 in front. Gustavo fired 19 aces and his first serve made the biggest difference in the match, allowing him a lot of free points and to set up the rally just like he wanted. AFP/Getty Images Gustavo Kuerten was the only man to defeat Roger Federer at a Grand Slam event in 2004. Kuerten—inspired by his late brother Guilherme, who suffered from brain damage during birth and contracted cerebral palsy, founded the Instituto Guga Kuerten in 2000, which is dedicated to helping the disabled by providing developmental opportunities, sports, and education, as well as promoting social inclusion throughout Brazil. Besides the fact they competed for the last and one of the biggest titles of the season, Safin and Kuerten were also involved in the battle for the year-end number 1 position, and it was the Russian who had everything in his hands. This is a list of the main career statistics of former Brazilian professional tennis player, Gustavo Kuerten. Throughout his career, Kuerten won a total of 28 ATP titles — 20 in singles, including 3 Grand Slam titles, 5 ATP Masters Series tournaments and a Tennis Masters Cup, as well as 8 in doubles. Wimbledonban és a US Openen a negyeddöntőig, az Australian Openen a 3. körig jutott. A volley winner gave him a match point and he crossed the finish line with another service winner, one of the most important in his career, to lift one of the biggest titles of his career and become the best player in the world. Andre saved a break point at the start of the second set, keen to avoid the first set scenario, and he had a break chance in game 2, only to be denied by another strong serve from the Brazilian.It was Gustavo's turn to make some damage on the return in game 5, and he broke at love to gain a 3-2 lead when Andre sent a backhand long. 2000-ben megnyerte a Tennis Masters Cupot, és öt ATP Masters Series-címet szerzett. Gustavo Kuerten (Florianopolis, 1976. szeptember 10. During this streak, Kuerten won every category of tournament played on clay at the time: (W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. Gustavo Kuerten (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡusˈtavu ˈkiɾtẽ]; born September 10, 1976), an aa kent as Guga, is a retired umwhile Warld No. Kuerten vs Agassi: ATP Finals 2000 Final Highlights - YouTube 2 player in Brazil, behind Fernando Meligeni, and he had his then highest point by helping the Brazil Davis Cup team defeat Austria in 1996 and reach the competition's first division, the World Group. The American was in a really tough position again in game 7, having to play against 3 break points, but he saved them all to stay within one break deficit.Out of sudden, he had a chance to get back on the scoreboard, with a break point in game 10 when Kuerten served for the set, but the Brazilian repelled it with a service winner, firing 2 additional aces to close the game and jump into a massive 2 sets to 0 lead, getting closer and closer to the finish line.

With no further room for errors, Agassi held at love at the start of the final set and he created a break point in the second game, rejected by another ace from Kuerten, who clinched the game after few more deuces to remain unbroken.The pivotal moment came in game 5 when Andre double faulted to hand his serve away, and Kuerten performed well in the next couple of service games to serve for the title in game 10. As a junior player in South America, Guga won many of the most important tournaments in the region. He opened the round robin action with wins over Alex Corretja and Lleyton Hewitt, while Kuerten was beaten by Andre Agassi in the first match.At that point, Safin needed just one more win to seal the year-end number 1 position, but he lost the last group match to Pete Sampras and also the semi-final clash with Agassi, without winning a set.