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Tim Henman #32 def. Karol Kucera #77

7-6(6) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 5, 1996*
Tournament	Lyon
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Tim Henman
Score	7-6(6) 6-2
Loser	Karol Kucera
Duration	1h 30m

Stat	Tim Henman	Karol Kucera
Aces	5	3
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	64	61
First serve points won %	73	70
Second serve points won %	48	37
Break points saved %	67	73
Break points converted %	27	33
Service points won %	64	57
Return points won %	43	36
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tim Henman	Karol Kucera
Country	GBR	SVK
Birth date	Sep 6, 1974	Mar 4, 1974
Age	22	22
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	32	77
Ranking points (entering)	1,151	612
Elo (entering)	1,839	1,703
Career W-L	468–260	259–230
Career earnings	$11,635,542	$5,061,125

Pre-match H2H

Tim Henman 0 – 0 Karol Kucera

Path

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1996	R16	Jan Siemerink	6-7(4) 7-6(3) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1996	R32	Guy Forget	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 1996	SF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1996	R16	Younes El Aynaoui	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1996	R32	Jonas Bjorkman	6-3 1-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data