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Jonas Bjorkman #17 def. Petr Korda #16

7-6(3) 6-2 1-0 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Sep 5, 1997*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Jonas Bjorkman
Score	7-6(3) 6-2 1-0 (ret.)
Loser	Petr Korda
Duration	1h 32m

Stat	Jonas Bjorkman	Petr Korda
Aces	1	5
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	73	63
First serve points won %	65	51
Second serve points won %	33	44
Break points saved %	50	54
Break points converted %	46	50
Service points won %	56	48
Return points won %	52	44
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jonas Bjorkman	Petr Korda
Country	SWE	CZE
Birth date	Mar 23, 1972	Jan 23, 1968
Age	25	29
Height	183	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	17	16
Ranking points (entering)	1,742	1,746
Elo (entering)	1,925	1,927
Career W-L	395–341	378–238
Career earnings	$14,610,671	$10,448,900

Pre-match H2H

Jonas Bjorkman 0 – 1 Petr Korda

Path

Jonas Bjorkman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1997	R16	Scott Draper	6-3 6-3 1-6 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1997	R32	Gustavo Kuerten	6-3 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1997	R64	Todd Martin	7-5 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Francisco Clavet	6-2 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jonas Bjorkman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1997	SF	Greg Rusedski	1-6 6-3 6-3 3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Petr Korda's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1997	R16	Pete Sampras	6-7(4) 7-5 7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1997	R32	Martin Damm Sr	4-6 6-3 6-4 7-5	W	—	Match data
Aug 29, 1997	R64	Marzio Martelli	6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Vincent Spadea	2-6 7-5 7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data