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Petr Korda #7 def. Karol Kucera #20

6-1 6-4 1-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 1, 1998*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Petr Korda
Score	6-1 6-4 1-6 6-2
Loser	Karol Kucera
Duration	2h 8m

Stat	Petr Korda	Karol Kucera
Aces	0	3
Double faults	3	8
First serve %	54	53
First serve points won %	59	69
Second serve points won %	57	29
Break points saved %	43	53
Break points converted %	47	57
Service points won %	58	50
Return points won %	50	42
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Petr Korda	Karol Kucera
Country	CZE	SVK
Birth date	Jan 23, 1968	Mar 4, 1974
Age	30	23
Height	190	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	20
Ranking points (entering)	2,495	1,569
Elo (entering)	2,067	1,980
Career W-L	378–238	259–230
Career earnings	$10,448,900	$5,061,125

Pre-match H2H

Petr Korda 0 – 0 Karol Kucera

Path

Petr Korda's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1998	QF	Jonas Bjorkman	3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1998	R16	Cedric Pioline	6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1998	R32	Vincent Spadea	6-2 7-6(8) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1998	R64	Scott Draper	7-6(3) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Albert Portas	6-3 4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Petr Korda's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 1998	F	Marcelo Rios	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1998	QF	Pete Sampras	6-4 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1998	R16	Richard Fromberg	6-2 3-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1998	R32	Daniel Nestor	6-2 7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1998	R64	Daniel Vacek	7-6(4) 6-7(5) 2-6 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Sergi Bruguera	3-6 7-5 6-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data