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Jiri Novak #72 def. Davide Sanguinetti #50

7-5 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Nov 7, 1998*
Tournament	Bogota
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Jiri Novak
Score	7-5 4-6 6-4
Loser	Davide Sanguinetti
Duration	1h 47m

Stat	Jiri Novak	Davide Sanguinetti
Aces	15	8
Double faults	6	4
First serve %	63	60
First serve points won %	72	72
Second serve points won %	40	29
Break points saved %	55	68
Break points converted %	32	45
Service points won %	60	55
Return points won %	45	40
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jiri Novak	Davide Sanguinetti
Country	CZE	ITA
Birth date	Mar 22, 1975	Aug 25, 1972
Age	23	26
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	72	50
Ranking points (entering)	636	825
Elo (entering)	1,713	1,690
Career W-L	318–250	157–233
Career earnings	$7,618,613	$2,935,584

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Novak 1 – 0 Davide Sanguinetti

Path

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 1998	R16	Luis Adrian Morejon	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 1998	R32	Alberto Berasategui	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 1998	SF	Mariano Zabaleta	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Davide Sanguinetti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 1998	R16	Juan Antonio Marin	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 1998	R32	Franco Squillari	7-6(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data