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Paradorn Srichaphan #16 def. Karol Kucera #83

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 5, 2003*
Tournament	Chennai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Paradorn Srichaphan
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Karol Kucera
Duration	1h 8m

Stat	Paradorn Srichaphan	Karol Kucera
Aces	5	2
Double faults	6	1
First serve %	42	65
First serve points won %	86	52
Second serve points won %	55	44
Break points saved %	100	43
Break points converted %	57	0
Service points won %	68	49
Return points won %	51	32
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Paradorn Srichaphan	Karol Kucera
Country	THA	SVK
Birth date	Jun 14, 1979	Mar 4, 1974
Age	23	28
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	83
Ranking points (entering)	1,646	483
Elo (entering)	1,979	1,810
Career W-L	219–182	259–230
Career earnings	$3,459,655	$5,061,125

Pre-match H2H

Paradorn Srichaphan 1 – 0 Karol Kucera

Path

Paradorn Srichaphan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2003	SF	Jean-Rene Lisnard	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2003	QF	Sargis Sargsian	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 2003	R16	John Van Lottum	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jan 2, 2003	R32	Jan Vacek	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Paradorn Srichaphan's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2003	SF	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2003	QF	Guillermo Canas	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 2003	R16	Cecil Mamiit	7-6(6) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 2003	R32	Justin Gimelstob	3-6 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data