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Jiri Novak #38 def. Fernando Meligeni #86

4-6 7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 9, 1996*
Tournament	Mexico City
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Jiri Novak
Score	4-6 7-5 6-4
Loser	Fernando Meligeni
Duration	1h 48m

Stat	Jiri Novak	Fernando Meligeni
Aces	2	3
Double faults	5	12
First serve %	53	54
First serve points won %	72	68
Second serve points won %	46	40
Break points saved %	33	44
Break points converted %	56	67
Service points won %	60	55
Return points won %	45	40
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jiri Novak	Fernando Meligeni
Country	CZE	BRA
Birth date	Mar 22, 1975	Apr 12, 1971
Age	20	24
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	38	86
Ranking points (entering)	895	533
Elo (entering)	1,683	1,662
Career W-L	318–250	185–199
Career earnings	$7,618,613	$2,555,367

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Novak 0 – 0 Fernando Meligeni

Path

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1996	QF	Javier Sanchez	6-3 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1996	R16	Frederic Fontang	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1996	R32	Francisco Montana	6-7(4) 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 1996	F	Thomas Muster	6-7(3) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Fernando Meligeni's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1996	QF	Andrea Gaudenzi	7-6(3) 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1996	R16	Bryan Shelton	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1996	R32	Mario Rincon	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data