Head to head
4
Hard
3
1
Clay
4
Yevgeny Kafelnikov's wins on the left · Gustavo Kuerten's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (12)
| 2001 | Masters Cup | Hard | RR | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6-2 4-6 6-3 |
| 2001 | US Open | Hard | QF | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6-4 6-0 6-3 |
| 2001 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | QF | Gustavo Kuerten | 6-4 3-6 6-4 |
| 2001 | Roland Garros | Clay | QF | Gustavo Kuerten | 6-1 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4 |
| 2000 | Tennis Masters Cup | Hard | RR | Gustavo Kuerten | 6-3 6-4 |
| 2000 | Sydney Olympics | Hard | QF | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6-4 7-5 |
| 2000 | Roland Garros | Clay | QF | Gustavo Kuerten | 6-3 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-2 |
| 1999 | Rome Masters | Clay | R16 | Gustavo Kuerten | 7-5 6-1 |
| 1999 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R32 | Gustavo Kuerten | 0-6 7-6(4) 6-3 |
| 1998 | New Haven | Hard | R16 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1997 | Roland Garros | Clay | QF | Gustavo Kuerten | 6-2 5-7 2-6 6-0 6-4 |
| 1996 | Stuttgart Outdoor | Clay | R32 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6-1 6-4 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.