SF Chennai 2003

Karol Kucera #83 def. Juan Ignacio Chela #23

6-3 7-5

Karol Kucera defeated Juan Ignacio Chela 6-3 7-5 in the 2003 Chennai semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 4, 2003*
Tournament: Chennai
Edition: 2003
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 30m

Match Statistics

Stat	Karol Kucera	Juan Ignacio Chela
Aces	2	2
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	59.0%	57.0%
First serve points won %	62.0%	54.0%
Second serve points won %	63.0%	42.0%
Break points saved %	40.0%	38.0%
Break points converted %	62.0%	60.0%
Service points won %	62.0%	49.0%
Return points won %	51.0%	38.0%
Total points won %	57.0%	43.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Karol Kucera	Juan Ignacio Chela
Country	SVK	ARG
Birth date	Mar 4, 1974	Aug 30, 1979
Age	28	23
Height	188 cm	190 cm
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
Current career W-L	261–233	307–270
Current career earnings	$5,061,125	$6,572,494

Pre-match H2H

Karol Kucera #83 0 – 0 Juan Ignacio Chela #23

Path

Karol Kucera's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Guillermo Canas #15	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 4, 2003	QF
Cecil Mamiit #111	7-6(6) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 3, 2003	R16
Justin Gimelstob #106	3-6 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 2, 2003	R32

Karol Kucera's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Paradorn Srichaphan #16	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 5, 2003	F

Juan Ignacio Chela's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tomas Behrend #155	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 4, 2003	QF
Zeljko Krajan #108	3-6 6-3 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 3, 2003	R16
Leander Paes #998	7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 2, 2003	R32