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Petr Korda #7 def. Jonas Bjorkman #4

3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 30, 1998*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Petr Korda
Score	3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-2
Loser	Jonas Bjorkman
Duration	3h 4m

Stat	Petr Korda	Jonas Bjorkman
Aces	5	5
Double faults	6	4
First serve %	51	58
First serve points won %	75	61
Second serve points won %	46	55
Break points saved %	64	46
Break points converted %	54	36
Service points won %	60	58
Return points won %	42	40
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Petr Korda	Jonas Bjorkman
Country	CZE	SWE
Birth date	Jan 23, 1968	Mar 23, 1972
Age	30	25
Height	190	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	4
Ranking points (entering)	2,495	2,870
Elo (entering)	2,046	2,001
Career W-L	378–238	395–341
Career earnings	$10,448,900	$14,610,671

Pre-match H2H

Petr Korda 1 – 1 Jonas Bjorkman

Path

Petr Korda's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1998	R16	Cedric Pioline	6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1998	R32	Vincent Spadea	6-2 7-6(8) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1998	R64	Scott Draper	7-6(3) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Albert Portas	6-3 4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Petr Korda's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1998	SF	Karol Kucera	6-1 6-4 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jonas Bjorkman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1998	R16	Byron Black	6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1998	R32	Fabrice Santoro	7-5 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1998	R64	Wayne Ferreira	6-7(3) 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Allen Belobrajdic	2-6 6-1 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data