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Karol Kucera #45 def. Albert Portas #52

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 19, 1997*
Tournament	Stuttgart Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Karol Kucera
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Albert Portas
Duration	1h 8m

Stat	Karol Kucera	Albert Portas
Aces	9	0
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	65	70
First serve points won %	80	57
Second serve points won %	63	50
Break points saved %	67	62
Break points converted %	38	33
Service points won %	74	55
Return points won %	45	26
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karol Kucera	Albert Portas
Country	SVK	ESP
Birth date	Mar 4, 1974	Nov 15, 1973
Age	23	23
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	45	52
Ranking points (entering)	901	816
Elo (entering)	1,752	1,752
Career W-L	259–230	142–198
Career earnings	$5,061,125	$2,972,633

Pre-match H2H

Karol Kucera 0 – 1 Albert Portas

Path

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1997	QF	Sergi Bruguera	6-3 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1997	R16	Marcelo Rios	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1997	R32	Andrei Medvedev	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1997	R64	Nicolas Kiefer	1-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 1997	F	Alex Corretja	2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Albert Portas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1997	QF	Felix Mantilla	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1997	R16	Hernan Gumy	3-6 6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1997	R32	Thomas Muster	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1997	R64	Christian Ruud	5-7 6-0 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data