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Karol Kucera #64 def. Tim Henman #20

6-4 2-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 21, 1997*
Tournament	Nottingham
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Karol Kucera
Score	6-4 2-6 6-4
Loser	Tim Henman
Duration	1h 49m

Stat	Karol Kucera	Tim Henman
Aces	2	11
Double faults	3	10
First serve %	61	45
First serve points won %	69	79
Second serve points won %	53	49
Break points saved %	62	73
Break points converted %	27	38
Service points won %	63	62
Return points won %	38	37
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karol Kucera	Tim Henman
Country	SVK	GBR
Birth date	Mar 4, 1974	Sep 6, 1974
Age	23	22
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	64	20
Ranking points (entering)	765	1,570
Elo (entering)	1,629	1,775
Career W-L	259–230	468–260
Career earnings	$5,061,125	$11,635,542

Pre-match H2H

Karol Kucera 0 – 1 Tim Henman

Path

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1997	QF	Scott Draper	4-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1997	R16	Byron Black	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 1997	R32	Martin Lee	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1997	F	Greg Rusedski	4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1997	QF	Grant Stafford	3-6 6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1997	R16	Richard Fromberg	6-4 6-7(7) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 1997	R32	Andrew Richardson	6-3 6-7(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data