Michael Stich #4 def. Karel Novacek #56

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

Michael Stich defeated Karel Novacek 7-5 6-3 7-6(4) in the 1994 US Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 11, 1994*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1994
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Stat	Michael Stich	Karel Novacek
Aces	15	8
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	64	59
First serve points won %	82	75
Second serve points won %	61	46
Break points saved %	75	69
Break points converted %	31	25
Service points won %	75	63
Return points won %	37	25
Total points won %	56	44

Player Comparison

Field	Michael Stich	Karel Novacek
Country	GER	CZE
Birth date	Oct 18, 1968	Mar 30, 1965
Age	25	29
Height	193 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	4	56
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,013	1,857
Current career W-L	351–163	287–231
Current career earnings	$12,595,128	$3,729,540

Pre-match H2H

Michael Stich #4 3 – 2 Karel Novacek #56

Path

Michael Stich's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jonas Bjorkman #71	6-4 6-4 6-7(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 9, 1994	QF
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #11	7-6(8) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 1994	R16
Byron Black #80	7-6(5) 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 1994	R32
Steve Bryan #122	6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1994	R64
Olivier Delaitre #58	7-6(3) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1994	R128

Michael Stich's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andre Agassi #9	1-6 6-7(5) 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 12, 1994	F

Karel Novacek's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jaime Yzaga #23	6-2 6-7(7) 6-1 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 9, 1994	QF
Javier Frana #101	6-3 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 1994	R16
Todd Woodbridge #136	1-6 5-7 7-6(6) 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 1994	R32
Andrei Medvedev #8	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1994	R64
Alexander Volkov #26	6-2 3-6 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1994	R128