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Karel Novacek #26 def. Michael Stich #15

6-3 2-6 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	May 12, 1991*
Tournament	Hamburg Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Karel Novacek
Score	6-3 2-6 7-6(5)
Loser	Michael Stich
Duration	2h 20m

Stat	Karel Novacek	Michael Stich
Aces	4	5
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	44	37
First serve points won %	69	78
Second serve points won %	54	53
Break points saved %	58	33
Break points converted %	67	42
Service points won %	60	62
Return points won %	38	40
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karel Novacek	Michael Stich
Country	CZE	GER
Birth date	Mar 30, 1965	Oct 18, 1968
Age	26	22
Height	190	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	26	15
Ranking points (entering)	983	1,168
Elo (entering)	1,842	1,950
Career W-L	287–231	350–162
Career earnings	$3,729,540	$12,595,128

Pre-match H2H

Karel Novacek 0 – 1 Michael Stich

Path

Karel Novacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1991	QF	Mark Koevermans	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 1991	R16	Pete Sampras	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1991	R32	Omar Camporese	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1991	R64	Carl Uwe Steeb	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Karel Novacek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1991	F	Magnus Gustafsson	6-3 6-3 5-7 0-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Stich's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1991	QF	Stefan Edberg	6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 1991	R16	Francisco Clavet	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1991	R32	Paul Haarhuis	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1991	R64	Tomas Carbonell	1-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data