Jiri Novak #28 def. Taylor Dent #55

5-7 6-1 6-3

Jiri Novak defeated Taylor Dent 5-7 6-1 6-3 in the 2004 Japan Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 10, 2004*
Tournament: Japan Open
Edition: 2004
Category: International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: F
Duration: 1h 45m

Match Statistics

Stat	Jiri Novak	Taylor Dent
Aces	1	4
Double faults	0	7
First serve %	67	59
First serve points won %	61	62
Second serve points won %	72	39
Break points saved %	25	54
Break points converted %	46	75
Service points won %	64	52
Return points won %	48	36
Total points won %	55	45

Player Comparison

Field	Jiri Novak	Taylor Dent
Country	CZE	USA
Birth date	Mar 22, 1975	Apr 24, 1981
Age	29	23
Height	190 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	28	55
Ranking points (entering)	1,085	685
Elo (entering)	1,861	1,768
Current career W-L	319–253	152–140
Current career earnings	$7,618,613	$2,563,378

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Novak #28 1 – 2 Taylor Dent #55

Path

Jiri Novak's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lleyton Hewitt #3	6-4 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 2004	SF
Paradorn Srichaphan #21	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 2004	QF
Ricardo Mello #60	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2004	R16
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez #128	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 2004	R32

Jiri Novak's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Taylor Dent's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Bohdan Ulihrach #140	4-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 2004	SF
Gilles Muller #78	6-4 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 2004	QF
Hyung-Taik Lee #69	7-6(4) 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2004	R16
Tomas Zib #129	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 2004	R32