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Kenneth Carlsen #72 def. Jiri Novak #50

7-6(5) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 11, 1997*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Kenneth Carlsen
Score	7-6(5) 6-4
Loser	Jiri Novak
Duration	1h 29m

Stat	Kenneth Carlsen	Jiri Novak
Aces	5	1
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	53	71
First serve points won %	74	59
Second serve points won %	50	64
Break points saved %	71	67
Break points converted %	33	29
Service points won %	63	61
Return points won %	39	37
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kenneth Carlsen	Jiri Novak
Country	DEN	CZE
Birth date	Apr 17, 1973	Mar 22, 1975
Age	23	21
Height	190	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	72	50
Ranking points (entering)	636	829
Elo (entering)	1,665	1,732
Career W-L	239–273	318–250
Career earnings	$2,990,980	$7,618,613

Pre-match H2H

Kenneth Carlsen 0 – 0 Jiri Novak

Path

Kenneth Carlsen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 1997	QF	Hernan Gumy	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 1997	R16	Alberto Berasategui	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1997	R32	Alistair Hunt	4-6 6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data

Kenneth Carlsen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 1997	F	Jonas Bjorkman	6-7(0) 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 1997	QF	Alex Radulescu	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 1997	R16	Cecil Mamiit	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1997	R32	Scott Draper	3-6 7-6(1) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data