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Karol Kucera #9 def. Andre Agassi #8

6-3 6-3 6-7(5) 1-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1998*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Karol Kucera
Score	6-3 6-3 6-7(5) 1-6 6-3
Loser	Andre Agassi

Stat	Karol Kucera	Andre Agassi
Aces	18	7
Double faults	8	6
First serve %	58	62
First serve points won %	77	64
Second serve points won %	42	49
Break points saved %	71	67
Break points converted %	33	29
Service points won %	63	58
Return points won %	42	37
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karol Kucera	Andre Agassi
Country	SVK	USA
Birth date	Mar 4, 1974	Apr 29, 1970
Age	24	28
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	8
Ranking points (entering)	2,511	2,517
Elo (entering)	1,903	2,013
Career W-L	259–230	836–268
Career earnings	$5,061,125	$31,152,975

Pre-match H2H

Karol Kucera 0 – 0 Andre Agassi

Path

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1998	R32	Adrian Voinea	7-5 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1998	R64	Jerome Golmard	7-5 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1998	R128	Steve Campbell	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1998	QF	Pete Sampras	3-6 5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Andre Agassi's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1998	R32	Davide Sanguinetti	6-2 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1998	R64	Guillaume Raoux	6-3 6-2 6-7(6) 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1998	R128	Sebastien Grosjean	6-4 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data