R16 Mexican Open 1998

Jiri Novak #98 def. Leonardo Lavalle #587

6-3 7-6(1)

Jiri Novak defeated Leonardo Lavalle 6-3 7-6(1) in the 1998 Mexican Open round of 16 on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 30, 1998*
Tournament: Mexican Open
Edition: 1998
Category: ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: R16
Duration: 1h 19m

Match Statistics

Stat	Jiri Novak	Leonardo Lavalle
Aces	3	0
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	70.0%	67.0%
First serve points won %	63.0%	64.0%
Second serve points won %	71.0%	35.0%
Break points saved %	67.0%	62.0%
Break points converted %	38.0%	33.0%
Service points won %	66.0%	54.0%
Return points won %	46.0%	34.0%
Total points won %	56.0%	44.0%
Match Serve+	+3.8	-7.7
Match Return+	+7.7	-3.8

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 1998 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Jiri Novak	Leonardo Lavalle
Country	CZE	MEX
Birth date	Mar 22, 1975	Jul 14, 1967
Age	23	31
Height	190 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	98	587
Ranking points (entering)	522	32
Elo (entering)	1,632	1,583
Current career W-L	319–253	64–98
Current career earnings	$7,618,613	$903,200

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Novak #98 0 – 0 Leonardo Lavalle #587

Path

Jiri Novak's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ramon Delgado #65	6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 29, 1998	R32

Jiri Novak's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jordi Burillo #113	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 31, 1998	QF

Leonardo Lavalle's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Alberto Berasategui #22	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 29, 1998	R32