Petr Korda #13 def. Andrei Medvedev #27

6-3 6-4

Petr Korda defeated Andrei Medvedev 6-3 6-4 in the 1998 Qatar Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 10, 1998*
Tournament: Qatar Open
Edition: 1998
Category: ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 4m

Match Statistics

Stat	Petr Korda	Andrei Medvedev
Aces	1	2
Double faults	5	3
First serve %	59	69
First serve points won %	66	57
Second serve points won %	46	38
Break points saved %	50	33
Break points converted %	67	50
Service points won %	58	51
Return points won %	49	42
Total points won %	54	46

Player Comparison

Field	Petr Korda	Andrei Medvedev
Country	CZE	UKR
Birth date	Jan 23, 1968	Aug 31, 1974
Age	29	23
Height	190 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	13	27
Ranking points (entering)	2,261	1,314
Elo (entering)	1,993	1,811
Current career W-L	378–238	303–211
Current career earnings	$10,448,900	$6,721,598

Pre-match H2H

Petr Korda #13 2 – 3 Andrei Medvedev #27

Path

Petr Korda's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tim Henman #17	7-5 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 10, 1998	QF
Lars Burgsmuller #165	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 9, 1998	R16
Olivier Delaitre #143	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 8, 1998	R32

Petr Korda's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Fabrice Santoro #29	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 11, 1998	F

Andrei Medvedev's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sjeng Schalken #59	4-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 10, 1998	QF
Jeff Tarango #49	6-2 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 9, 1998	R16
Daniel Vacek #53	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 8, 1998	R32