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Karol Kucera #12 def. Nicolas Kiefer #33

6-4 3-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 13, 1999*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Karol Kucera
Score	6-4 3-6 6-4
Loser	Nicolas Kiefer
Duration	2h 19m

Stat	Karol Kucera	Nicolas Kiefer
Aces	5	2
Double faults	9	9
First serve %	51	42
First serve points won %	67	64
Second serve points won %	44	49
Break points saved %	33	64
Break points converted %	36	67
Service points won %	56	55
Return points won %	45	44
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karol Kucera	Nicolas Kiefer
Country	SVK	GER
Birth date	Mar 4, 1974	Jul 5, 1977
Age	25	21
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	12	33
Ranking points (entering)	2,160	1,089
Elo (entering)	1,904	1,830
Career W-L	259–230	343–252
Career earnings	$5,061,125	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Karol Kucera 3 – 1 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 1999	R32	Lleyton Hewitt	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 1999	R64	Byron Black	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 1999	QF	Carlos Moya	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 1999	R32	Patrick Rafter	7-6(2) 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 1999	R64	Mariano Puerta	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data