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Petr Korda #21 def. David Wheaton #232

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 19, 1997*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Petr Korda
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	David Wheaton
Duration	1h 20m

Stat	Petr Korda	David Wheaton
Aces	5	2
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	62	72
First serve points won %	78	57
Second serve points won %	52	42
Break points saved %	100	75
Break points converted %	25	0
Service points won %	68	53
Return points won %	47	32
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Petr Korda	David Wheaton
Country	CZE	USA
Birth date	Jan 23, 1968	Jun 2, 1969
Age	29	28
Height	190	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	21	232
Ranking points (entering)	1,538	170
Elo (entering)	1,883	1,753
Career W-L	378–238	231–190
Career earnings	$10,448,900	$5,238,401

Pre-match H2H

Petr Korda 0 – 2 David Wheaton

Path

Petr Korda's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1997	QF	Tommy Haas	6-7(2) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1997	R16	Fernon Wibier	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1997	R32	David Nainkin	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Petr Korda's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 1997	F	Michael Chang	7-5 2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

David Wheaton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1997	QF	Vincent Spadea	6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1997	R16	Jason Stoltenberg	3-6 7-6(2) 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1997	R32	Marzio Martelli	7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1997	R64	Roberto Jabali	2-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data