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Richard Fromberg #37 def. Karol Kucera #14

6-1 6-7(4) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 8, 1998*
Tournament	Amsterdam
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Richard Fromberg
Score	6-1 6-7(4) 6-2
Loser	Karol Kucera
Duration	2h

Stat	Richard Fromberg	Karol Kucera
Aces	14	4
Double faults	2	7
First serve %	64	48
First serve points won %	82	73
Second serve points won %	58	49
Break points saved %	67	56
Break points converted %	44	33
Service points won %	74	60
Return points won %	40	26
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Richard Fromberg	Karol Kucera
Country	AUS	SVK
Birth date	Apr 28, 1970	Mar 4, 1974
Age	28	24
Height	196	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	37	14
Ranking points (entering)	1,057	2,127
Elo (entering)	1,682	1,843
Career W-L	247–282	259–230
Career earnings	$2,605,740	$5,061,125

Pre-match H2H

Richard Fromberg 0 – 2 Karol Kucera

Path

Richard Fromberg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1998	QF	Adrian Voinea	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1998	R16	Dennis van Scheppingen	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1998	R32	Andrei Pavel	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Fromberg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1998	F	Magnus Norman	3-6 3-6 6-2 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1998	QF	Dominik Hrbaty	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1998	R16	Thomas Larsen	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1998	R32	Marat Safin	6-2 3-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data