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Karol Kucera #10 def. Thomas Muster #25

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 10, 1998*
Tournament	Hamburg Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Karol Kucera
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Thomas Muster
Duration	1h 8m

Stat	Karol Kucera	Thomas Muster
Aces	4	0
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	65	72
First serve points won %	79	50
Second serve points won %	43	54
Break points saved %	80	20
Break points converted %	80	20
Service points won %	67	51
Return points won %	49	33
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karol Kucera	Thomas Muster
Country	SVK	AUT
Birth date	Mar 4, 1974	Oct 2, 1967
Age	24	30
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	10	25
Ranking points (entering)	2,141	1,395
Elo (entering)	1,902	1,870
Career W-L	259–230	590–267
Career earnings	$5,061,125	$12,266,977

Pre-match H2H

Karol Kucera 1 – 1 Thomas Muster

Path

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1998	R16	Francisco Clavet	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1998	R32	Richard Fromberg	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 1998	SF	Albert Costa	0-3 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1998	R16	Jens Knippschild	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1998	R32	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1998	R64	Albert Portas	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data