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Michael Stich #4 def. Karel Novacek #56

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

Match Information

Date	Sep 11, 1994*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Michael Stich
Score	7-5 6-3 7-6(4)
Loser	Karel Novacek

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Michael Stich	Karel Novacek
Country	GER	CZE
Birth date	Oct 18, 1968	Mar 30, 1965
Age	25	29
Height	193	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	56
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,003	1,855
Career W-L	350–162	287–231
Career earnings	$12,595,128	$3,729,540

Pre-match H2H

Michael Stich 3 – 2 Karel Novacek

Path

Michael Stich's path

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

Michael Stich's next match

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

Karel Novacek's path

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