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Xavier Malisse #46 def. Jiri Novak #28

7-6(6) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 6, 2005*
Tournament	Delray Beach
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Xavier Malisse
Score	7-6(6) 6-2
Loser	Jiri Novak
Duration	1h 25m

Stat	Xavier Malisse	Jiri Novak
Aces	10	2
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	66	57
First serve points won %	82	63
Second serve points won %	35	47
Break points saved %	83	67
Break points converted %	33	17
Service points won %	66	56
Return points won %	44	34
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Xavier Malisse	Jiri Novak
Country	BEL	CZE
Birth date	Jul 19, 1980	Mar 22, 1975
Age	24	29
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	46	28
Ranking points (entering)	808	1,105
Elo (entering)	1,748	1,935
Career W-L	282–265	318–250
Career earnings	$5,702,871	$7,618,613

Pre-match H2H

Xavier Malisse 1 – 4 Jiri Novak

Path

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 2005	SF	Vincent Spadea	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 2005	QF	Ramon Delgado	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 4, 2005	R16	Juan-Pablo Guzman	6-4 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 2005	R32	Jeff Morrison	6-2 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Xavier Malisse's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 2005	SF	Wesley Moodie	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 2005	QF	Kenneth Carlsen	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 4, 2005	R16	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 2005	R32	Amer Delic	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data