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Alex Corretja #6 def. Karol Kucera #45

6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jul 20, 1997*
Tournament	Stuttgart Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Alex Corretja
Score	6-2 7-5
Loser	Karol Kucera
Duration	1h 33m

Stat	Alex Corretja	Karol Kucera
Aces	1	2
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	67	60
First serve points won %	64	61
Second serve points won %	72	36
Break points saved %	60	50
Break points converted %	50	40
Service points won %	67	51
Return points won %	49	33
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alex Corretja	Karol Kucera
Country	ESP	SVK
Birth date	Apr 11, 1974	Mar 4, 1974
Age	23	23
Height	180	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	45
Ranking points (entering)	2,310	901
Elo (entering)	1,969	1,768
Career W-L	415–277	259–230
Career earnings	$10,411,354	$5,061,125

Pre-match H2H

Alex Corretja 2 – 0 Karol Kucera

Path

Alex Corretja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1997	SF	Albert Costa	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1997	QF	Alberto Berasategui	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1997	R16	Magnus Larsson	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1997	R32	Marc Kevin Goellner	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Alex Corretja's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1997	SF	Albert Portas	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1997	QF	Sergi Bruguera	6-3 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1997	R16	Marcelo Rios	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1997	R32	Andrei Medvedev	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1997	R64	Nicolas Kiefer	1-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data