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Jiri Novak #20 def. David Nalbandian #10

5-7 6-3 6-4 1-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 31, 2004*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Jiri Novak
Score	5-7 6-3 6-4 1-6 6-2
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	3h 2m

Stat	Jiri Novak	David Nalbandian
Aces	7	7
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	66	70
First serve points won %	69	67
Second serve points won %	42	40
Break points saved %	50	54
Break points converted %	46	50
Service points won %	60	59
Return points won %	41	40
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jiri Novak	David Nalbandian
Country	CZE	ARG
Birth date	Mar 22, 1975	Jan 1, 1982
Age	29	22
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	20	10
Ranking points (entering)	1,225	1,875
Elo (entering)	1,912	1,931
Career W-L	318–250	356–185
Career earnings	$7,618,613	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Novak 0 – 0 David Nalbandian

Path

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 2004	SF	Stefan Koubek	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 2004	QF	Tim Henman	7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2004	R16	Tommy Robredo	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2004	R32	Florian Mayer	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 2004	SF	Nicolas Massu	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 2004	QF	Rainer Schuettler	4-6 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2004	R16	Vincent Spadea	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2004	R32	Mario Ancic	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data