Kuerten was born in Florianópolis in southern Brazil.

His father, a former amateur tennis player, died of a heart attack in 1985 while umpiring a junior tennis match in Curitiba, when Kuerten was only eight years old.

When he was 14 years old, Kuerten met Larri Passos who would be his coach for the following 15 years.

Passos convinced Kuerten and his family that the youth was talented enough to make a living out of playing tennis.

1998 was the worst year in his career that was not related to injuries ( in that year, Kuerten played beneath his potential, despite not being hindered by physical problems ).

When called to the stage to receive the winner's trophy, Kuerten reverently bowed a few times to his childhood idol Borg, who was waiting at the top of the stairs to shake his hand.

Kuerten later refused to reveal what it was that Vilas had said, claiming it would be inelegant to do so, but journalists that were equipped with powerful lenses were able to read Vilas's lips, and it was revealed that he had said in Spanish something like: " Get ready kid, it's going to rain women on your lap!

Kuerten won his second French Open title ; the trophy was presented to him by Boris Becker.

His road to the title was not uneventful: Kuerten saved a match point against Fourth Round opponent Michael Russell.

When they met again in the third round at the French Open in 2004, it was Federer who was in dominant form, the world # 1, and expected to win handily against the injury-ridden Kuerten.

Instead, it was Kuerten who overpowered and dominated Federer, sending him off in straight sets ( 6 – 4, 6 – 4, 6 – 4 ).

Ranked out of the top 200, Kuerten was no longer the top player in Brazil ( currently behind Ricardo Mello and Flávio Saretta ) and was expected to need wildcards to play any of the main tournaments of the season.

Because Kuerten had been inactive in the Men's Tour since mid-February, he was not granted the wildcard to play, thus missing the French Open for the first time in his professional career.

Because his ranking was not high enough to qualify for ATP Tour tournaments, Kuerten relied on wild cards to enter those events.

Kuerten was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2012.

Going into the last round of the Individual Show Jumping, Ireland was in front, albeit with Jessica Kuerten and not Cian.

This ranking resulted from his success during the first half of the year: he reached the semifinals of the 2000 Australian Open, won the Rome Masters, beating Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil, and was the runner-up at the French Open, where Kuerten took revenge.

Both Gustavo Kuerten and Jennifer Capriati were unsuccessful in defending their 2001 titles ; Kuerten was defeated in the fourth round by eventual champion Albert Costa, and Capriati was defeated by eventual champion Serena Williams in the semi-finals.

In only his third entry in a Grand Slam tournament, Wilander also became the player who needed the fewest attempts to win one, a record since equalled by Gustavo Kuerten at the 1997 French Open.

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In an injury-ridden year, Kuerten still managed to win one ATP Tour title, which he did at home, by winning the Brasil Open for the second time.

In February 2004, González repeated his Viña del Mar title by defeating Gustavo Kuerten in the final.

In 2004, Schüttler reached his first career ATP Masters Series final in Monte Carlo by beating Gustavo Kuerten in the first round, Lleyton Hewitt in the third round, Tim Henman in the quarter-final and Carlos Moyà in the semi-final.

Gaudio followed up his maiden title with another in Barcelona by winning Majorca the next week where he defeated World No. 2 Gustavo Kuerten in the semi finals before defeating the Finn Jarkko Nieminen in the final 6 – 2, 6 – 3.

It is used by most pros with strong single-handed backhand drives, like Gustavo Kuerten, Roger Federer and Richard Gasquet among the men and Justine Henin among the women.

He made the semis in Auckland and Scottsdale losing to Gustavo Kuerten and Mark Philippoussis respectively, he made first his final since 1999 at Acapulco in the process avenging the defeat in Auckland by Gustavo Kuerten in the semi finals before losing to Agustín Calleri.

Gustavo Kuerten (; born September 10, 1976 ) is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil.

As a young player, Kuerten first learned from Carlos Alves.

Kuerten embraces the baseline style of play, with heavily topspin ground strokes and a solid serve that enables him to wear down his opponent from the back of the court.

On September 1, Kuerten announced that he would be withdrawing from the ATP Tour for an indefinite period of time, in order to undergo detailed exams of his operated hip, which had reportedly started to bother him again.

In the first months of 2006, injuries and weak performances kept Kuerten from reclaiming his status as a top world player.

Following this debacle, Kuerten managed to obtain wildcards to play in the two North American Masters Series events, Miami and Indian Wells, but injuries forced Kuerten to withdraw from both.

Apart from his title he reached the semis of the TMS events in Monte Carlo and Rome losing to Gustavo Kuerten and to Pat Rafter respectively.

Kuerten won at least one title a year between 1997 and 2004.

In the men's side, Gustavo Kuerten, or Guga, is the most successful Brazilian player, with three wins at Roland Garros ( 1997, 2000, 2001 ) and the being ranked number one in the world for almost a full year.

Robredo's result was notable in that he took out world number one Lleyton Hewitt in five sets and three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten before eventually falling in a second five-set match to defending champion Albert Costa.

With his victory, Kuerten became the only player so far to have won the title on both surfaces and dates ( he had won the previous version of the tournament in 2002 ).

He reached the final of the Monte Carlo Masters, but after trailing 4-6, 1-2, had to retire due to a new injury, awarding the tournament to Gustavo Kuerten.

Guga also has his own clothes and glasses brand, named " Guga Kuerten ".

Kuerten has been accepted to a drama course on Ceart, Center of Arts at UDESC – Santa Catarina State University in Florianópolis.

* Kuerten has won ATP Tour singles titles in 13 different countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Monaco, New Zealand, Spain, Portugal, Russia, and the United States.

Since then, Kuerten has been bumped down to third place, when Goran Ivanišević won the 2001 Wimbledon ranked 125th in the world.

He has defeated, amongst other top players, current World No. 1 Roger Federer and former World No. 1's, Carlos Moyá, Lleyton Hewitt, Gustavo Kuerten, Marcelo Rios, Jim Courier, Pete Sampras, and Andre Agassi, as well as Grand Slam champions Michael Chang, Thomas Johansson, Sergi Bruguera and Gaston Gaudio.

Spadea has ATP career singles wins over Roger Federer ( 1 – 2 record ), Pete Sampras ( 1 – 4 ), Andre Agassi ( 2 – 4 ), Rafael Nadal ( 1 – 1 ), Andy Roddick ( 1 – 2 ), Patrick Rafter, Richard Krajicek, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Jim Courier, Michael Chang, Marat Safin, and Gustavo Kuerten.

In singles play, Santoro defeated 18 players who were ranked World No. 1 at some time during their careers: Novak Djokovic, Jimmy Connors, Mats Wilander, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Jim Courier, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Thomas Muster, Marcelo Ríos, Gustavo Kuerten, Carlos Moyà, Pat Rafter, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Marat Safin, Lleyton Hewitt, Andy Roddick and Roger Federer ( with whom he has a 2 – 9 record ).

Levy is a good friend of Brazilian tennis champion Gustavo Kuerten, with whom Levy has often been a hitting partner.