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Karol Kucera #83 def. Juan Ignacio Chela #23

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 4, 2003*
Tournament	Chennai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Karol Kucera
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	Juan Ignacio Chela
Duration	1h 30m

Stat	Karol Kucera	Juan Ignacio Chela
Aces	2	2
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	59	57
First serve points won %	62	54
Second serve points won %	63	42
Break points saved %	40	38
Break points converted %	62	60
Service points won %	62	49
Return points won %	51	38
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karol Kucera	Juan Ignacio Chela
Country	SVK	ARG
Birth date	Mar 4, 1974	Aug 30, 1979
Age	28	23
Height	188	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	83	23
Ranking points (entering)	483	1,240
Elo (entering)	1,794	1,806
Career W-L	259–230	306–268
Career earnings	$5,061,125	$6,572,494

Pre-match H2H

Karol Kucera 0 – 0 Juan Ignacio Chela

Path

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2003	QF	Guillermo Canas	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 2003	R16	Cecil Mamiit	7-6(6) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 2003	R32	Justin Gimelstob	3-6 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2003	F	Paradorn Srichaphan	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Juan Ignacio Chela's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2003	QF	Tomas Behrend	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 2003	R16	Zeljko Krajan	3-6 6-3 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 2003	R32	Leander Paes	7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data