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Karol Kucera #32 def. Magnus Norman #27

6-2 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Oct 19, 1997*
Tournament	Ostrava
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Karol Kucera
Score	6-2 (ret.)
Loser	Magnus Norman
Duration	28m

Stat	Karol Kucera	Magnus Norman
Aces	0	2
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	43	36
First serve points won %	90	62
Second serve points won %	62	36
Break points saved %	100	0
Break points converted %	100	0
Service points won %	74	45
Return points won %	55	26
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karol Kucera	Magnus Norman
Country	SVK	SWE
Birth date	Mar 4, 1974	May 30, 1976
Age	23	21
Height	188	187
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	32	27
Ranking points (entering)	1,149	1,327
Elo (entering)	1,792	1,859
Career W-L	259–230	234–163
Career earnings	$5,061,125	$4,537,247

Pre-match H2H

Karol Kucera 1 – 1 Magnus Norman

Path

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1997	SF	Goran Ivanisevic	6-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1997	QF	Jiri Novak	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1997	R16	Kenneth Carlsen	6-3 6-7(4) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1997	R32	Karsten Braasch	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Magnus Norman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1997	SF	Thomas Muster	6-7(1) 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1997	QF	Sergi Bruguera	6-4 6-7(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1997	R16	David Prinosil	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1997	R32	Radomir Vasek	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data