Karol Kucera #20 def. Nicolas Kiefer #12

6-4 6-3

Karol Kucera defeated Nicolas Kiefer 6-4 6-3 in the 1999 Swiss Indoors semifinal on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 9, 1999*
Tournament: Swiss Indoors
Edition: 1999
Category: ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 20m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Karol Kucera	Nicolas Kiefer
Country	SVK	GER
Birth date	Mar 4, 1974	Jul 5, 1977
Age	25	22
Height	188 cm	183 cm
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	1,948
Current career W-L	261–233	347–255
Current career earnings	$5,061,125	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Karol Kucera #20 3 – 1 Nicolas Kiefer #12

Path

Karol Kucera's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andre Agassi #1	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 1999	QF
Hicham Arazi #40	6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 1999	R16
Thomas Johansson #24	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 1999	R32

Karol Kucera's next match

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

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Greg Rusedski #8	2-6 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 1999	QF
Jiri Novak #35	6-3 6-7(2) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 1999	R16
Magnus Larsson #123	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 1999	R32