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Karol Kucera #12 def. Tim Henman #8

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

Match Information

Date	May 15, 1999*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Karol Kucera
Score	4-6 7-6(5) 6-3
Loser	Tim Henman
Duration	2h 21m

Stat	Karol Kucera	Tim Henman
Aces	3	4
Double faults	7	2
First serve %	68	52
First serve points won %	72	73
Second serve points won %	46	58
Break points saved %	67	40
Break points converted %	60	33
Service points won %	64	66
Return points won %	34	36
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karol Kucera	Tim Henman
Country	SVK	GBR
Birth date	Mar 4, 1974	Sep 6, 1974
Age	25	24
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	12	8
Ranking points (entering)	2,094	2,671
Elo (entering)	1,868	1,879
Career W-L	259–230	468–260
Career earnings	$5,061,125	$11,635,542

Pre-match H2H

Karol Kucera 2 – 4 Tim Henman

Path

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1999	R32	Michael Chang	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Ramon Delgado	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1999	QF	Gustavo Kuerten	6-3 4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1999	R32	Jan Siemerink	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Daniel Vacek	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data