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Karel Novacek #22 def. C. Steeb #91

3-6 7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 19, 1991*
Tournament	Nice
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Karel Novacek
Score	3-6 7-5 6-4
Loser	C. Steeb
Duration	2h 23m

Stat	Karel Novacek	C. Steeb
Aces	5	0
Double faults	5	0
First serve %	44	64
First serve points won %	71	69
Second serve points won %	50	50
Break points saved %	60	64
Break points converted %	36	40
Service points won %	59	62
Return points won %	38	41
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karel Novacek	C. Steeb
Country	CZE	GER
Birth date	Mar 30, 1965	Sep 1, 1967
Age	26	23
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	22	91
Ranking points (entering)	1,050	397
Elo (entering)	1,774	1,680
Career W-L	287–231	189–190
Career earnings	$3,729,540	$2,320,082

Pre-match H2H

Karel Novacek 0 – 3 C. Steeb

Path

Karel Novacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1991	R32	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Karel Novacek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1991	QF	Alberto Mancini	6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

C. Steeb's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1991	R32	F. Fontang	7-5 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data