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Karol Kucera #32 def. Goran Ivanisevic #4

6-3 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Oct 18, 1997*
Tournament	Ostrava
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Karol Kucera
Score	6-3 (ret.)
Loser	Goran Ivanisevic
Duration	35m

Stat	Karol Kucera	Goran Ivanisevic
Aces	2	1
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	68	50
First serve points won %	82	69
Second serve points won %	75	50
Break points saved %	—	67
Break points converted %	33	—
Service points won %	80	59
Return points won %	41	20
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karol Kucera	Goran Ivanisevic
Country	SVK	CRO
Birth date	Mar 4, 1974	Sep 13, 1971
Age	23	26
Height	188	194
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	32	4
Ranking points (entering)	1,149	2,581
Elo (entering)	1,770	1,905
Career W-L	259–230	561–316
Career earnings	$5,061,125	$19,878,007

Pre-match H2H

Karol Kucera 1 – 1 Goran Ivanisevic

Path

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1997	QF	Jiri Novak	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1997	R16	Kenneth Carlsen	6-3 6-7(4) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1997	R32	Karsten Braasch	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 1997	F	Magnus Norman	6-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1997	QF	Bohdan Ulihrach	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1997	R16	Martin Damm Sr	(w/o)	W	—	Match data
Oct 16, 1997	R32	Jan Siemerink	5-7 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data