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Petr Korda beat Michael Stich 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(5), 2-6, 11-9 in the Grand Slam Cup final, 1993 on carpet in Munich, Germany It was unseeded Korda’s only title at the event and he’d beaten top seed Pete Sampras, among others en route to the title. Stich was the defending champion and had recently...

Andrei Chesnokov beat Petr Korda 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the Canada final, 1991 on hard court in Montreal This would be Chesnokov’s only hard court Masters title and he beat top seed Ivan Lendl among others en route to the final. Korda was unseeded and beat second seed Jim Courier and third seed Andre...

Petr Korda beat Richard Krajicek 7-6(6), 6-2, 6-4 in the Stuttgart Indoor final, 1999 on carpet It would be Korda’s only Masters title and he would win the next Slam at Australian Open early the following year. Krajicek would win the title the following year. Among others, he beat Pete Sampras...

Pete Sampras beat Petr Korda 6-4, 6-3, 6-7(10), 6-7(1), 6-4 in the Wimbledon fourth round, 1997 on grass Sampras would go onto to win the title, beating Cedric Pioline in the final. It’d be his fourth title at the event and he would go onto win the next 3 also. The two would meet again at the...

Petr Korda beat Pete Sampras 3-6, 7-6(3), 3-6, 7-6(10), 13-11 in the Grand Slam Cup semi-final, 1993 on carpet in Munich, Germany The unseeded Korda would go onto win the title, beating Michael Stich in the final. Top seed Sampras had recently lost the final of the Year End Championship to...

Jim Courier beat Petr Korda 7-5, 6-2, 6-1 in the French Open final, 1992 on clay Courier was the defending champion and would lose in the final the following year. This was Korda’s first Slam final Courier won 101 points, Korda 71 Serve Stats Courier... - 1st serve percentage (56/81) 69% -...

Petr Korda beat Marcelo Rios 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 in the Australian Open final, 1998 on hard court It would turn out be be Korda’s only Slam title. Previously, he’d lost the French Open final to Jim Courier in 1992. It would be Rios’ only Slam final but he would win Indian Wells and Miami shortly...

Pete Sampras beat Petr Korda 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the Indian Wells final, 1994 on hard court Sampras had recently won the Australian Open and would go onto win Miami shortly after. Korda was seeded 10th Sampras won 157 points, Korda 139 Sampras serve-volleyed off all first...