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Thomas Johansson #18 def. Jiri Novak #24

7-6(5) 0-6 4-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2002*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Thomas Johansson
Score	7-6(5) 0-6 4-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Jiri Novak
Duration	2h 51m

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Johansson	Jiri Novak
Country	SWE	CZE
Birth date	Mar 24, 1975	Mar 22, 1975
Age	26	26
Height	180	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	18	24
Ranking points (entering)	1,375	1,196
Elo (entering)	1,915	1,930
Career W-L	336–277	318–250
Career earnings	$7,168,029	$7,618,613

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Johansson 1 – 1 Jiri Novak

Path

Thomas Johansson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2002	QF	Jonas Bjorkman	6-0 2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2002	R16	Adrian Voinea	6-7(8) 6-2 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2002	R32	Younes El Aynaoui	5-7 6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2002	R64	Markus Hipfl	6-4 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2002	R128	Jacobo Diaz	6-1 3-6 7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Johansson's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2002	F	Marat Safin	3-6 6-4 6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2002	QF	Stefan Koubek	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2002	R16	Dominik Hrbaty	6-4 6-2 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2002	R32	Francisco Clavet	6-3 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2002	R64	Andrea Gaudenzi	2-6 5-7 6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2002	R128	Nicolas Kiefer	6-1 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data