![]() Kuerten in 2019 | |
Country (sports) | Brazil |
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Residence | Florianópolis, Brazil |
Born | Florianópolis, Brazil | 10 September 1976
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] |
Turned pro | 1995 |
Retired | 2008 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$14,807,000 |
Int. Tennis HoF | 2012 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | 358–195 |
Career titles | 20 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (4 December 2000) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2004) |
French Open | W (1997, 2000, 2001) |
Wimbledon | QF (1999) |
US Open | QF (1999, 2001) |
Other tournaments | |
Tour Finals | W (2000) |
Olympic Games | QF (2000) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 108–95 |
Career titles | 8 |
Highest ranking | No. 38 (13 October 1997) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1999) |
French Open | QF (1998) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1999, 2000) |
US Open | 1R (1997, 2003, 2004, 2007) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | SF (2000) |
Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡusˈtavu ˈkiʁtẽ]; born 10 September 1976) is a Brazilian former world No. 1 tennis player. He won the French Open singles title three times (1997, 2000, 2001), and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000. During his career he won 20 singles and eight doubles titles.
Kuerten suffered from injuries that limited his attendances at tournaments in 2002 and from 2004 and 2008. After two hip surgeries and a few attempted comebacks, he retired from top-level tennis in May 2008. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2012. In 2016, Kuerten was asked to be a torch bearer for the Rio Olympics.