SF Halle Open 1997

Petr Korda #27 def. Paul Haarhuis #63

7-6(5) 6-4

Petr Korda defeated Paul Haarhuis 7-6(5) 6-4 in the 1997 Halle Open semifinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jun 14, 1997*
Tournament: Halle Open
Edition: 1997
Category: World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Grass
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 11m

Match Statistics

Stat	Petr Korda	Paul Haarhuis
Aces	4	1
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	57.0%	60.0%
First serve points won %	94.0%	81.0%
Second serve points won %	69.0%	71.0%
Break points saved %	100.0%	0.0%
Break points converted %	100.0%	0.0%
Service points won %	84.0%	77.0%
Return points won %	23.0%	16.0%
Total points won %	54.0%	46.0%
Match Serve+	+21.7	+14.8
Match Return+	-14.8	-21.7

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 1997 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Petr Korda	Paul Haarhuis
Country	CZE	NED
Birth date	Jan 23, 1968	Feb 19, 1966
Age	29	31
Height	190 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	27	63
Ranking points (entering)	1,252	766
Elo (entering)	1,813	1,699
Current career W-L	378–238	251–247
Current career earnings	$10,448,900	$7,751,962

Pre-match H2H

Petr Korda #27 1 – 0 Paul Haarhuis #63

Path

Petr Korda's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Thomas Muster #4	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 14, 1997	QF
Nicolas Escude #175	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 13, 1997	R16
Tomas Carbonell #136	7-5 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 12, 1997	R32

Petr Korda's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6	6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-7(7)	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 15, 1997	F

Paul Haarhuis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Richey Reneberg #49	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 14, 1997	QF
Martin Damm Sr	6-7(4) 6-3 7-6(5)	W	—	Match data	Jun 13, 1997	R16
Andrei Medvedev #18	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 12, 1997	R32