Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

Petr Korda #17 def. David Wheaton #142

4-6 7-6(7) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 16, 1997*
Tournament	New Haven
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Petr Korda
Score	4-6 7-6(7) 6-4
Loser	David Wheaton
Duration	2h 45m

Stat	Petr Korda	David Wheaton
Aces	5	8
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	65	55
First serve points won %	68	75
Second serve points won %	54	46
Break points saved %	80	83
Break points converted %	17	20
Service points won %	63	62
Return points won %	38	37
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Petr Korda	David Wheaton
Country	CZE	USA
Birth date	Jan 23, 1968	Jun 2, 1969
Age	29	28
Height	190	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	17	142
Ranking points (entering)	1,677	321
Elo (entering)	1,853	1,783
Career W-L	378–238	231–190
Career earnings	$10,448,900	$5,238,401

Pre-match H2H

Petr Korda 1 – 2 David Wheaton

Path

Petr Korda's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1997	R16	Javier Sanchez	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 1997	R32	Jan-Michael Gambill	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Petr Korda's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1997	SF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	4-6 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data

David Wheaton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1997	R16	Marc Kevin Goellner	7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 1997	R32	Mark Philippoussis	6-7(2) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 1997	R64	Leander Paes	6-3 6-7(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data