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Jiri Novak #98 def. Mariano Puerta #42

6-3 6-7(1) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 31, 1998*
Tournament	Mexico City
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Jiri Novak
Score	6-3 6-7(1) 6-3
Loser	Mariano Puerta
Duration	1h 43m

Stat	Jiri Novak	Mariano Puerta
Aces	18	2
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	75	68
First serve points won %	83	67
Second serve points won %	62	50
Break points saved %	50	62
Break points converted %	38	50
Service points won %	77	62
Return points won %	38	23
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jiri Novak	Mariano Puerta
Country	CZE	ARG
Birth date	Mar 22, 1975	Sep 19, 1978
Age	23	20
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	98	42
Ranking points (entering)	522	937
Elo (entering)	1,658	1,733
Career W-L	318–250	121–116
Career earnings	$7,618,613	$1,781,372

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Novak 0 – 0 Mariano Puerta

Path

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1998	QF	Jordi Burillo	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1998	R16	Leonardo Lavalle	6-3 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1998	R32	Ramon Delgado	6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 1998	F	Xavier Malisse	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Puerta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1998	QF	Alejandro Hernandez	5-7 6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data
Oct 30, 1998	R16	Lucas Arnold Ker	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1998	R32	Karim Alami	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data