Alex Corretja #6 def. Karol Kucera #45

6-2 7-5

Alex Corretja defeated Karol Kucera 6-2 7-5 in the 1997 Stuttgart Open final on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 20, 1997*
Tournament: Stuttgart Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Clay
Round: F
Duration: 1h 33m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Alex Corretja	Karol Kucera
Country	ESP	SVK
Birth date	Apr 11, 1974	Mar 4, 1974
Age	23	23
Height	180 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	45
Ranking points (entering)	2,310	901
Elo (entering)	1,968	1,769
Current career W-L	417–278	261–233
Current career earnings	$10,411,354	$5,061,125

Pre-match H2H

Alex Corretja #6 2 – 0 Karol Kucera #45

Path

Alex Corretja's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Albert Costa #23	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 19, 1997	SF
Alberto Berasategui #17	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 19, 1997	QF
Magnus Larsson #36	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 18, 1997	R16
Marc Kevin Goellner #37	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 17, 1997	R32

Alex Corretja's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Karol Kucera's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Albert Portas #52	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 19, 1997	SF
Sergi Bruguera #9	6-3 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 19, 1997	QF
Marcelo Rios #8	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 18, 1997	R16
Andrei Medvedev #20	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 17, 1997	R32
Nicolas Kiefer #64	1-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 16, 1997	R64