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Karel Novacek#35 def. G. Connell#93

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 11, 1991*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Karel Novacek
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	G. Connell
Duration	1h 17m

Stat	Karel Novacek	G. Connell
Aces	7	7
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	65	57
First serve points won %	85	68
Second serve points won %	56	42
Break points saved %	80	50
Break points converted %	50	20
Service points won %	75	57
Return points won %	43	25
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karel Novacek	G. Connell
Country	CZE	CAN
Birth date	Mar 30, 1965	Nov 17, 1965
Age	25	25
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	35	93
Ranking points (entering)	759	376
Elo (entering)	1,693	1,681
Career W-L	287–231	66–96
Career earnings	$3,729,540	$2,911,097

Pre-match H2H

Karel Novacek 0 – 1 G. Connell

Path

Karel Novacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 1991	R32	A. Mronz	3-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Karel Novacek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 1991	QF	L. Jonsson	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data

G. Connell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 1991	R32	V. Paloheimo	7-5 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data