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Karol Kucera #25 def. M. Tebbutt #144

4-6 7-6(6) 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 1998*
Tournament	Sydney Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Karol Kucera
Score	4-6 7-6(6) 6-0
Loser	M. Tebbutt
Duration	1h 53m

Stat	Karol Kucera	M. Tebbutt
Aces	10	9
Double faults	5	8
First serve %	63	48
First serve points won %	71	71
Second serve points won %	58	45
Break points saved %	71	50
Break points converted %	50	29
Service points won %	66	57
Return points won %	43	34
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karol Kucera	M. Tebbutt
Country	SVK	AUS
Birth date	Mar 4, 1974	Dec 22, 1970
Age	23	27
Height	188	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	25	144
Ranking points (entering)	1,364	313
Elo (entering)	1,868	1,671
Career W-L	259–230	64–84
Career earnings	$5,061,125	$1,114,448

Pre-match H2H

Karol Kucera 0 – 0 M. Tebbutt

Path

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1998	QF	Jason Stoltenberg	6-3 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1998	R16	Nicolas Kiefer	5-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1998	R32	Sjeng Schalken	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1998	F	Tim Henman	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

M. Tebbutt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1998	QF	Albert Costa	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1998	R16	Lleyton Hewitt	5-7 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1998	R32	Marc Rosset	4-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data