Potito Starace #87 def. Jiri Novak #25

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

Potito Starace defeated Jiri Novak 6-3 6-7(3) 7-5 in the 2005 Swiss Open Gstaad round of 32 on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 7, 2005*
Tournament: Swiss Open Gstaad
Edition: 2005
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: R32
Duration: 1h 52m

Match Statistics

Stat	Potito Starace	Jiri Novak
Aces	0	2
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	82	57
First serve points won %	61	62
Second serve points won %	47	45
Break points saved %	62	33
Break points converted %	67	38
Service points won %	59	54
Return points won %	46	41
Total points won %	52	48

Player Comparison

Field	Potito Starace	Jiri Novak
Country	ITA	CZE
Birth date	Jul 14, 1981	Mar 22, 1975
Age	23	30
Height	188 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	87	25
Ranking points (entering)	475	1,215
Elo (entering)	1,537	1,774
Current career W-L	147–189	319–253
Current career earnings	$3,796,316	$7,618,613

Pre-match H2H

Potito Starace #87 1 – 0 Jiri Novak #25

No prior-path match data is available for this tournament stage.