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Galo Blanco #111 def. Petr Korda #30

1-6 6-1 7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 4, 1997*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Galo Blanco
Score	1-6 6-1 7-5 6-4
Loser	Petr Korda
Duration	2h 6m

Stat	Galo Blanco	Petr Korda
Aces	6	11
Double faults	1	8
First serve %	62	53
First serve points won %	78	78
Second serve points won %	55	45
Break points saved %	70	58
Break points converted %	42	30
Service points won %	69	63
Return points won %	37	31
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Galo Blanco	Petr Korda
Country	ESP	CZE
Birth date	Oct 8, 1976	Jan 23, 1968
Age	20	29
Height	173	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	111	30
Ranking points (entering)	411	1,217
Elo (entering)	1,598	1,824
Career W-L	122–175	378–238
Career earnings	$1,832,691	$10,448,900

Pre-match H2H

Galo Blanco 0 – 0 Petr Korda

Path

Galo Blanco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1997	R32	Chris Woodruff	7-6(6) 6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Magnus Gustafsson	6-4 4-6 6-4 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Neville Godwin	6-3 6-2 1-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Galo Blanco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1997	QF	Patrick Rafter	3-6 6-7(3) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Petr Korda's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1997	R32	Wayne Ferreira	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Carlos Costa	6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Jordi Burillo	6-4 6-0 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data