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Karol Kucera #25 def. Tim Henman #19

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 18, 1998*
Tournament	Sydney Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Karol Kucera
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Tim Henman
Duration	1h 27m

Stat	Karol Kucera	Tim Henman
Aces	3	4
Double faults	9	2
First serve %	53	54
First serve points won %	83	71
Second serve points won %	34	40
Break points saved %	57	50
Break points converted %	50	43
Service points won %	60	57
Return points won %	43	40
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karol Kucera	Tim Henman
Country	SVK	GBR
Birth date	Mar 4, 1974	Sep 6, 1974
Age	23	23
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	25	19
Ranking points (entering)	1,364	1,622
Elo (entering)	1,876	1,951
Career W-L	259–230	468–260
Career earnings	$5,061,125	$11,635,542

Pre-match H2H

Karol Kucera 1 – 3 Tim Henman

Path

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1998	SF	Michael Tebbutt	4-6 7-6(6) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1998	QF	Jason Stoltenberg	6-3 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1998	R16	Nicolas Kiefer	5-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1998	R32	Sjeng Schalken	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1998	SF	Patrick Rafter	7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1998	QF	Thomas Enqvist	3-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1998	R16	Albert Portas	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1998	R32	Mark Woodforde	6-2 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data