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Greg Rusedski #37 def. Karol Kucera #64

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 22, 1997*
Tournament	Nottingham
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Greg Rusedski
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	Karol Kucera
Duration	1h 4m

Stat	Greg Rusedski	Karol Kucera
Aces	9	0
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	60	66
First serve points won %	84	68
Second serve points won %	76	43
Break points saved %	0	40
Break points converted %	60	100
Service points won %	81	60
Return points won %	40	19
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Greg Rusedski	Karol Kucera
Country	GBR	SVK
Birth date	Sep 6, 1973	Mar 4, 1974
Age	23	23
Height	193	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	37	64
Ranking points (entering)	1,116	765
Elo (entering)	1,870	1,651
Career W-L	415–276	259–230
Career earnings	$8,944,841	$5,061,125

Pre-match H2H

Greg Rusedski 0 – 0 Karol Kucera

Path

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1997	SF	Sandon Stolle	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1997	QF	Jason Stoltenberg	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1997	R16	Mark Woodforde	6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 1997	R32	Gustavo Kuerten	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Greg Rusedski's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1997	SF	Tim Henman	6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1997	QF	Scott Draper	4-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1997	R16	Byron Black	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 1997	R32	Martin Lee	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data