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Karol Kucera #20 def. Richard Fromberg #56

6-2 3-6 6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 1998*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Karol Kucera
Score	6-2 3-6 6-2 7-5
Loser	Richard Fromberg
Duration	2h 24m

Stat	Karol Kucera	Richard Fromberg
Aces	6	7
Double faults	7	3
First serve %	55	63
First serve points won %	78	62
Second serve points won %	46	49
Break points saved %	56	56
Break points converted %	44	44
Service points won %	64	57
Return points won %	43	36
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karol Kucera	Richard Fromberg
Country	SVK	AUS
Birth date	Mar 4, 1974	Apr 28, 1970
Age	23	27
Height	188	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	20	56
Ranking points (entering)	1,569	777
Elo (entering)	1,927	1,777
Career W-L	259–230	247–282
Career earnings	$5,061,125	$2,605,740

Pre-match H2H

Karol Kucera 0 – 0 Richard Fromberg

Path

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1998	R32	Daniel Nestor	6-2 7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1998	R64	Daniel Vacek	7-6(4) 6-7(5) 2-6 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Sergi Bruguera	3-6 7-5 6-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1998	QF	Pete Sampras	6-4 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Fromberg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1998	R32	Sebastien Lareau	6-0 6-2 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1998	R64	Carlos Moya	4-6 6-4 7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Todd Larkham	2-6 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data