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Nicolas Lapentti #91 def. Karol Kucera #11

7-6(4) 6-7(6) 6-2 0-6 8-6

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 1999*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Nicolas Lapentti
Score	7-6(4) 6-7(6) 6-2 0-6 8-6
Loser	Karol Kucera
Duration	3h 28m

Stat	Nicolas Lapentti	Karol Kucera
Aces	10	11
Double faults	3	7
First serve %	72	60
First serve points won %	66	78
Second serve points won %	44	43
Break points saved %	59	46
Break points converted %	54	41
Service points won %	60	64
Return points won %	36	40
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Lapentti	Karol Kucera
Country	ECU	SVK
Birth date	Aug 13, 1976	Mar 4, 1974
Age	22	24
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	91	11
Ranking points (entering)	545	2,498
Elo (entering)	1,710	1,927
Career W-L	282–280	259–230
Career earnings	$6,315,143	$5,061,125

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Lapentti 0 – 0 Karol Kucera

Path

Nicolas Lapentti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1999	R16	Andrew Ilie	6-4 6-2 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1999	R32	Mikael Tillstrom	4-6 7-6(9) 2-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1999	R64	Magnus Norman	7-6(4) 3-6 2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1999	R128	Thomas Johansson	6-3 3-6 3-6 7-6(4) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Lapentti's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 1999	SF	Thomas Enqvist	3-6 5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1999	R16	Wayne Ferreira	6-3 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1999	R32	Marat Safin	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1999	R64	Davide Sanguinetti	7-5 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1999	R128	Fernando Vicente	6-2 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data