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Karol Kucera #20 def. Nicolas Kiefer #12

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 9, 1999*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Karol Kucera
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Nicolas Kiefer
Duration	1h 20m

Stat	Karol Kucera	Nicolas Kiefer
Aces	8	4
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	64	57
First serve points won %	94	61
Second serve points won %	50	52
Break points saved %	100	57
Break points converted %	43	0
Service points won %	78	57
Return points won %	43	22
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karol Kucera	Nicolas Kiefer
Country	SVK	GER
Birth date	Mar 4, 1974	Jul 5, 1977
Age	25	22
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	20	12
Ranking points (entering)	1,496	2,039
Elo (entering)	1,862	1,947
Career W-L	259–230	343–252
Career earnings	$5,061,125	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Karol Kucera 4 – 1 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1999	QF	Andre Agassi	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1999	R16	Hicham Arazi	6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 1999	R32	Thomas Johansson	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1999	F	Tim Henman	6-4 7-6(10) 4-6 4-6 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1999	QF	Greg Rusedski	2-6 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1999	R16	Jiri Novak	6-3 6-7(2) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 1999	R32	Magnus Larsson	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data