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Fabrice Santoro #26 def. Jiri Novak #17

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

Match Information

Date	Mar 2, 2002*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Fabrice Santoro
Score	5-7 6-3 7-6(4)
Loser	Jiri Novak
Duration	2h 15m

Stat	Fabrice Santoro	Jiri Novak
Aces	6	5
Double faults	5	1
First serve %	51	70
First serve points won %	71	59
Second serve points won %	42	52
Break points saved %	50	40
Break points converted %	60	50
Service points won %	57	57
Return points won %	43	43
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fabrice Santoro	Jiri Novak
Country	FRA	CZE
Birth date	Dec 9, 1972	Mar 22, 1975
Age	29	26
Height	178	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	26	17
Ranking points (entering)	1,180	1,661
Elo (entering)	1,770	1,879
Career W-L	456–432	318–250
Career earnings	$10,013,832	$7,618,613

Pre-match H2H

Fabrice Santoro 0 – 2 Jiri Novak

Path

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2002	QF	Ivan Ljubicic	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2002	R16	Sebastien Grosjean	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2002	R32	Michael Kohlmann	7-6(0) 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2002	F	Younes El Aynaoui	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2002	QF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2002	R16	Axel Pretzsch	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2002	R32	Dominik Hrbaty	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data