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Karol Kucera #20 def. Tim Henman #6

6-4 7-6(10) 4-6 4-6 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Oct 10, 1999*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Karol Kucera
Score	6-4 7-6(10) 4-6 4-6 7-6(2)
Loser	Tim Henman
Duration	3h 56m

Stat	Karol Kucera	Tim Henman
Aces	19	17
Double faults	7	10
First serve %	54	55
First serve points won %	80	78
Second serve points won %	47	53
Break points saved %	64	56
Break points converted %	44	36
Service points won %	65	67
Return points won %	33	35
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karol Kucera	Tim Henman
Country	SVK	GBR
Birth date	Mar 4, 1974	Sep 6, 1974
Age	25	25
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	20	6
Ranking points (entering)	1,496	2,300
Elo (entering)	1,881	1,855
Career W-L	259–230	468–260
Career earnings	$5,061,125	$11,635,542

Pre-match H2H

Karol Kucera 3 – 5 Tim Henman

Path

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1999	SF	Nicolas Kiefer	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1999	QF	Andre Agassi	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1999	R16	Hicham Arazi	6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 1999	R32	Thomas Johansson	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1999	SF	Goran Ivanisevic	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1999	QF	Roger Federer	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1999	R16	Andrei Medvedev	5-7 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 1999	R32	George Bastl	5-7 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data