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Karel Novacek #17 def. A. Cherkasov #36

7-6(2) 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Nov 4, 1993*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	Karel Novacek
Score	7-6(2) 7-6(5)
Loser	A. Cherkasov
Duration	2h 4m

Stat	Karel Novacek	A. Cherkasov
Aces	7	4
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	49	53
First serve points won %	82	75
Second serve points won %	51	47
Break points saved %	67	67
Break points converted %	33	33
Service points won %	66	61
Return points won %	39	34
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karel Novacek	A. Cherkasov
Country	CZE	RUS
Birth date	Mar 30, 1965	Jul 4, 1970
Age	28	23
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	17	36
Ranking points (entering)	1,395	892
Elo (entering)	1,776	1,788
Career W-L	287–231	170–198
Career earnings	$3,729,540	$2,260,281

Pre-match H2H

Karel Novacek 4 – 2 A. Cherkasov

Path

Karel Novacek's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Karel Novacek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 1993	R16	Boris Becker	6-7(9) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

A. Cherkasov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 1993	R64	Henrik Holm	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data