SF Dubai Tennis Championships 2003

Jiri Novak #10 def. Tommy Robredo #34

6-4 6-1

Jiri Novak defeated Tommy Robredo 6-4 6-1 in the 2003 Dubai Tennis Championships semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 1, 2003*
Tournament: Dubai Tennis Championships
Edition: 2003
Category: ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 6m

Match Statistics

Stat	Jiri Novak	Tommy Robredo
Aces	2	2
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	62.0%	66.0%
First serve points won %	70.0%	59.0%
Second serve points won %	45.0%	19.0%
Break points saved %	78.0%	40.0%
Break points converted %	60.0%	22.0%
Service points won %	60.0%	45.0%
Return points won %	55.0%	40.0%
Total points won %	57.0%	43.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Jiri Novak	Tommy Robredo
Country	CZE	ESP
Birth date	Mar 22, 1975	May 1, 1982
Age	27	20
Height	190 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	34
Ranking points (entering)	1,921	1,020
Elo (entering)	1,870	1,780
Current career W-L	319–253	525–353
Current career earnings	$7,618,613	$13,467,681

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Novak #10 2 – 0 Tommy Robredo #34

Path

Jiri Novak's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sjeng Schalken #15	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 1, 2003	QF
Andrei Stoliarov #138	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 28, 2003	R16
Dominik Hrbaty #51	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 27, 2003	R32

Jiri Novak's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roger Federer #5	1-6 6-7(2)	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 2, 2003	F

Tommy Robredo's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Feliciano Lopez #64	6-7(4) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 1, 2003	QF
Marat Safin #7	7-5 4-6 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 28, 2003	R16
Jonas Bjorkman #71	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 27, 2003	R32