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Greg Rusedski #10 def. Petr Korda #16

6-7(5) 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 4, 1997*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Greg Rusedski
Score	6-7(5) 6-3 7-5
Loser	Petr Korda
Duration	2h 1m

Stat	Greg Rusedski	Petr Korda
Aces	19	3
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	60	65
First serve points won %	82	74
Second serve points won %	57	50
Break points saved %	88	69
Break points converted %	31	12
Service points won %	72	65
Return points won %	35	28
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Greg Rusedski	Petr Korda
Country	GBR	CZE
Birth date	Sep 6, 1973	Jan 23, 1968
Age	24	29
Height	193	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	16
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,981	1,934
Career W-L	415–276	378–238
Career earnings	$8,944,841	$10,448,900

Pre-match H2H

Greg Rusedski 0 – 0 Petr Korda

Path

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1997	QF	Thomas Enqvist	7-6(4) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1997	R16	Wayne Ferreira	6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	David Prinosil	4-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Greg Rusedski's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 1997	F	Mark Philippoussis	6-3 7-6(6) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Petr Korda's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1997	QF	Lionel Roux	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1997	R16	Chris Woodruff	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	Nicolas Escude	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data