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

Greg Rusedski #6 def. Karim Alami #55

6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 9, 1998*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Greg Rusedski
Score	6-2 7-5
Loser	Karim Alami
Duration	1h 6m

Stat	Greg Rusedski	Karim Alami
Aces	3	2
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	57	56
First serve points won %	75	65
Second serve points won %	71	41
Break points saved %	75	33
Break points converted %	67	25
Service points won %	73	54
Return points won %	46	27
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Greg Rusedski	Karim Alami
Country	GBR	MAR
Birth date	Sep 6, 1973	May 24, 1973
Age	24	24
Height	193	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	55
Ranking points (entering)	2,617	748
Elo (entering)	1,954	1,629
Career W-L	415–276	140–177
Career earnings	$8,944,841	$2,087,596

Pre-match H2H

Greg Rusedski 0 – 0 Karim Alami

Path

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 1998	R32	Juan Albert Viloca Puig	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data

Greg Rusedski's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 1998	QF	Fabrice Santoro	2-6 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Karim Alami's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 1998	R32	Sultan Khalfan	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data