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Tim Henman #7 def. Karim Alami #72

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 9, 1999*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Tim Henman
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Karim Alami
Duration	1h 13m

Stat	Tim Henman	Karim Alami
Aces	3	1
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	57	58
First serve points won %	77	57
Second serve points won %	75	56
Break points saved %	67	60
Break points converted %	40	33
Service points won %	76	56
Return points won %	44	24
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tim Henman	Karim Alami
Country	GBR	MAR
Birth date	Sep 6, 1974	May 24, 1973
Age	24	25
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	72
Ranking points (entering)	2,620	676
Elo (entering)	1,975	1,698
Career W-L	468–260	140–177
Career earnings	$11,635,542	$2,087,596

Pre-match H2H

Tim Henman 0 – 0 Karim Alami

Path

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1999	QF	Jeff Tarango	6-4 6-7(13) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 1999	R16	Younes El Aynaoui	4-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 1999	R32	Sjeng Schalken	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 1999	F	Rainer Schuettler	4-6 7-5 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Karim Alami's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1999	QF	Hicham Arazi	6-1 6-7(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 1999	R16	Franco Squillari	6-2 6-7(2) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 1999	R32	Petr Korda	7-6(5) 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data