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Cedric Pioline #12 def. Karol Kucera #42

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 23, 2000*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Cedric Pioline
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Karol Kucera
Duration	1h 30m

Stat	Cedric Pioline	Karol Kucera
Aces	2	4
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	55	55
First serve points won %	69	69
Second serve points won %	77	41
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	72	56
Return points won %	44	28
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cedric Pioline	Karol Kucera
Country	FRA	SVK
Birth date	Jun 15, 1969	Mar 4, 1974
Age	30	26
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	12	42
Ranking points (entering)	1,581	819
Elo (entering)	1,859	1,813
Career W-L	370–301	259–230
Career earnings	$6,921,029	$5,061,125

Pre-match H2H

Cedric Pioline 4 – 2 Karol Kucera

Path

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2000	R16	Slava Dosedel	3-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2000	R32	Jiri Novak	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2000	R64	Magnus Larsson	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Cedric Pioline's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2000	SF	Karim Alami	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2000	R16	Sjeng Schalken	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2000	R32	Andrei Medvedev	7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2000	R64	Gustavo Kuerten	6-4 0-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data