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
Aces65
Double faults51
First serve %51.0%70.0%
First serve points won %71.0%59.0%
Second serve points won %42.0%52.0%
Break points saved %50.0%40.0%
Break points converted %60.0%50.0%
Service points won %57.0%57.0%
Return points won %43.0%43.0%
Total points won %51.0%49.0%

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