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Nicklas Kulti #51 def. Michael Stich #42

6-3 1-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 6, 1991*
Tournament	Adelaide
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Nicklas Kulti
Score	6-3 1-6 6-2
Loser	Michael Stich
Duration	1h 29m

Stat	Nicklas Kulti	Michael Stich
Aces	1	12
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	68	57
First serve points won %	70	66
Second serve points won %	57	42
Break points saved %	40	43
Break points converted %	57	60
Service points won %	66	55
Return points won %	45	34
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicklas Kulti	Michael Stich
Country	SWE	GER
Birth date	Apr 22, 1971	Oct 18, 1968
Age	19	22
Height	190	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	51	42
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,802	1,835
Career W-L	150–179	350–162
Career earnings	$3,186,946	$12,595,128

Pre-match H2H

Nicklas Kulti 0 – 0 Michael Stich

Path

Nicklas Kulti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 1991	SF	Magnus Larsson	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 1991	QF	Fabrice Santoro	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1991	R16	Magnus Gustafsson	4-6 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 1991	R32	Aki Rahunen	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Nicklas Kulti's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Michael Stich's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 1991	SF	Jim Courier	6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 1991	QF	Jimmy Arias	3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1991	R16	Gilad Bloom	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 1991	R32	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data