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Cedric Pioline #39 def. Karol Kucera #13

6-4 5-7 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 30, 1999*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Cedric Pioline
Score	6-4 5-7 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3
Loser	Karol Kucera
Duration	3h 57m

Stat	Cedric Pioline	Karol Kucera
Aces	9	19
Double faults	21	8
First serve %	48	54
First serve points won %	81	78
Second serve points won %	34	53
Break points saved %	71	55
Break points converted %	45	29
Service points won %	57	67
Return points won %	33	43
Total points won %	47	53

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cedric Pioline	Karol Kucera
Country	FRA	SVK
Birth date	Jun 15, 1969	Mar 4, 1974
Age	30	25
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	39	13
Ranking points (entering)	1,022	2,250
Elo (entering)	1,858	1,876
Career W-L	370–301	259–230
Career earnings	$6,921,029	$5,061,125

Pre-match H2H

Cedric Pioline 3 – 2 Karol Kucera

Path

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1999	R32	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3-6 6-4 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1999	R64	Arnaud Clement	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1999	R128	Martin Damm Sr	7-6(7) 6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data

Cedric Pioline's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1999	QF	Tim Henman	4-6 2-6 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1999	R32	Daniel Vacek	6-1 6-3 3-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1999	R64	Andre Sa	7-6(4) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1999	R128	Alejandro Hernandez	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data