Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

Tim Henman #21 def. Karol Kucera #32

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Oct 11, 1997*
Tournament	Vienna
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Tim Henman
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Karol Kucera
Duration	1h 6m

Stat	Tim Henman	Karol Kucera
Aces	5	1
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	35	60
First serve points won %	94	71
Second serve points won %	61	26
Break points saved %	0	43
Break points converted %	57	100
Service points won %	73	53
Return points won %	47	27
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tim Henman	Karol Kucera
Country	GBR	SVK
Birth date	Sep 6, 1974	Mar 4, 1974
Age	23	23
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	21	32
Ranking points (entering)	1,754	1,070
Elo (entering)	1,874	1,743
Career W-L	468–260	259–230
Career earnings	$11,635,542	$5,061,125

Pre-match H2H

Tim Henman 2 – 1 Karol Kucera

Path

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1997	R16	Jan Apell	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1997	R32	Felix Mantilla	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 1997	SF	Greg Rusedski	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1997	R16	Tommy Haas	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1997	R32	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data