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Karol Kucera #13 def. Goran Ivanisevic #16

6-4 5-7 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 23, 1998*
Tournament	New Haven
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Karol Kucera
Score	6-4 5-7 6-2
Loser	Goran Ivanisevic
Duration	1h 45m

Stat	Karol Kucera	Goran Ivanisevic
Aces	8	15
Double faults	2	10
First serve %	59	60
First serve points won %	81	75
Second serve points won %	61	42
Break points saved %	50	64
Break points converted %	36	50
Service points won %	73	62
Return points won %	38	27
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karol Kucera	Goran Ivanisevic
Country	SVK	CRO
Birth date	Mar 4, 1974	Sep 13, 1971
Age	24	26
Height	188	194
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	13	16
Ranking points (entering)	2,185	1,870
Elo (entering)	1,879	1,912
Career W-L	259–230	561–316
Career earnings	$5,061,125	$19,878,007

Pre-match H2H

Karol Kucera 2 – 1 Goran Ivanisevic

Path

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1998	SF	Richard Krajicek	7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1998	QF	Guillaume Raoux	3-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1998	R16	Jan Siemerink	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 1998	R32	Hernan Gumy	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1998	SF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1998	QF	Leander Paes	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1998	R16	Nicolas Kiefer	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 1998	R32	Geoff Grant	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data