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Jiri Novak #18 def. Hicham Arazi #64

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Nov 2, 2003*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Jiri Novak
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Hicham Arazi
Duration	1h 2m

Stat	Jiri Novak	Hicham Arazi
Aces	5	1
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	59	51
First serve points won %	78	57
Second serve points won %	52	35
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	67	46
Return points won %	54	33
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jiri Novak	Hicham Arazi
Country	CZE	MAR
Birth date	Mar 22, 1975	Oct 19, 1973
Age	28	30
Height	190	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	18	64
Ranking points (entering)	1,390	563
Elo (entering)	1,835	1,729
Career W-L	318–250	202–213
Career earnings	$7,618,613	$3,602,644

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Novak 3 – 2 Hicham Arazi

Path

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 2003	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 2003	R32	Fabrice Santoro	6-4 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 2003	SF	Andrei Pavel	2-6 6-4 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Hicham Arazi's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 2003	R16	Paradorn Srichaphan	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 2003	R32	Younes El Aynaoui	4-6 6-3 1-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2003	R64	Paul-Henri Mathieu	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data