Tim Henman #7 def. Karim Alami #72

6-4 6-2

Tim Henman defeated Karim Alami 6-4 6-2 in the 1999 Qatar Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 9, 1999*
Tournament: Qatar Open
Edition: 1999
Category: ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 13m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Tim Henman	Karim Alami
Country	GBR	MAR
Birth date	Sep 6, 1974	May 24, 1973
Age	24	25
Height	185 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	72
Ranking points (entering)	2,620	676
Elo (entering)	1,975	1,708
Current career W-L	469–263	143–179
Current career earnings	$11,635,542	$2,087,596

Pre-match H2H

Tim Henman #7 0 – 0 Karim Alami #72

Path

Tim Henman's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jeff Tarango #73	6-4 6-7(13) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 9, 1999	QF
Younes El Aynaoui #45	4-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 8, 1999	R16
Sjeng Schalken #66	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 7, 1999	R32

Tim Henman's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Rainer Schuettler #124	4-6 7-5 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 10, 1999	F

Karim Alami's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Hicham Arazi #36	6-1 6-7(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 9, 1999	QF
Franco Squillari #60	6-2 6-7(2) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 8, 1999	R16
Petr Korda #13	7-6(5) 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 7, 1999	R32