Fabrice Santoro #26 def. Jiri Novak #17

5-7 6-3 7-6(4)

Fabrice Santoro defeated Jiri Novak 5-7 6-3 7-6(4) in the 2002 Dubai Tennis Championships semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatFabrice SantoroJiri Novak
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
65
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
51
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
50.9%70.1%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
71.2%58.8%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
42.1%51.7%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
50.0%40.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
56.9%56.7%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
60.0%50.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
43.3%43.1%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
50.7%49.3%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
-5.4-5.6
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+5.6+5.4

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2002 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldFabrice SantoroJiri Novak
Country FRA CZE
Birth dateDec 9, 1972Mar 22, 1975
Age2926
Height178 cm190 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)2617
Ranking points (entering)1,1801,661
Elo (entering)1,7701,879
Current career W-L462–435319–253
Current career earnings$10,013,832$7,618,613
Pre-match H2H
Fabrice Santoro #26 0 – 2 Jiri Novak #17

Path

Fabrice Santoro's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Ivan Ljubicic #336-4 7-6(5)WH2HMatch dataMar 2, 2002QF
Sebastien Grosjean #96-2 7-5WH2HMatch dataMar 1, 2002R16
Michael Kohlmann #1207-6(0) 3-6 6-4WH2HMatch dataFeb 28, 2002R32

Fabrice Santoro's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Younes El Aynaoui #216-4 3-6 6-3WH2HMatch dataMar 3, 2002F

Jiri Novak's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #46-1 6-1WH2HMatch dataMar 2, 2002QF
Axel Pretzsch #1367-5 6-0WH2HMatch dataMar 1, 2002R16
Dominik Hrbaty #506-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataFeb 28, 2002R32