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Jiri Novak #24 def. Stefan Koubek #65

6-2 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2002*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Jiri Novak
Score	6-2 6-3 6-2
Loser	Stefan Koubek
Duration	1h 25m

Stat	Jiri Novak	Stefan Koubek
Aces	2	1
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	71	60
First serve points won %	67	44
Second serve points won %	41	34
Break points saved %	25	10
Break points converted %	90	75
Service points won %	60	40
Return points won %	60	40
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jiri Novak	Stefan Koubek
Country	CZE	AUT
Birth date	Mar 22, 1975	Jan 2, 1977
Age	26	25
Height	190	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	24	65
Ranking points (entering)	1,196	563
Elo (entering)	1,916	1,758
Career W-L	318–250	195–235
Career earnings	$7,618,613	$3,365,024

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Novak 0 – 0 Stefan Koubek

Path

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

Jiri Novak's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2002	SF	Thomas Johansson	6-7(5) 6-0 6-4 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Stefan Koubek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2002	R16	Fernando Gonzalez	7-5 6-1 6-7(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2002	R32	Kristian Pless	7-6(4) 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2002	R64	James Blake	4-6 2-6 6-4 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2002	R128	Cyril Saulnier	0-6 1-6 7-6(6) 6-4 8-6	W	H2H	Match data