Petr Korda #21 def. David Wheaton #232

6-2 6-3

Petr Korda defeated David Wheaton 6-2 6-3 in the 1997 Washington Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 19, 1997*
Tournament: Washington Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 20m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Petr Korda	David Wheaton
Country	CZE	USA
Birth date	Jan 23, 1968	Jun 2, 1969
Age	29	28
Height	190 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	21	232
Ranking points (entering)	1,538	170
Elo (entering)	1,876	1,753
Current career W-L	378–238	231–190
Current career earnings	$10,448,900	$5,238,401

Pre-match H2H

Petr Korda #21 0 – 2 David Wheaton #232

Path

Petr Korda's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tommy Haas #79	6-7(2) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 19, 1997	QF
Fernon Wibier #131	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 18, 1997	R16
David Nainkin #212	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 17, 1997	R32

Petr Korda's next match

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

David Wheaton's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Vincent Spadea #106	6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 19, 1997	QF
Jason Stoltenberg #58	3-6 7-6(2) 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 18, 1997	R16
Marzio Martelli #102	7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 17, 1997	R32
Roberto Jabali #227	2-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 16, 1997	R64