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Karel Novacek #11 def. Thomas Muster #59

6-1 2-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 10, 1991*
Tournament	Prague
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Karel Novacek
Score	6-1 2-6 7-5
Loser	Thomas Muster
Duration	2h 10m

Stat	Karel Novacek	Thomas Muster
Aces	3	0
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	63	78
First serve points won %	70	57
Second serve points won %	40	57
Break points saved %	62	75
Break points converted %	25	38
Service points won %	59	57
Return points won %	43	41
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karel Novacek	Thomas Muster
Country	CZE	AUT
Birth date	Mar 30, 1965	Oct 2, 1967
Age	26	23
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	11	59
Ranking points (entering)	1,381	562
Elo (entering)	1,963	1,827
Career W-L	287–231	590–267
Career earnings	$3,729,540	$12,266,977

Pre-match H2H

Karel Novacek 1 – 0 Thomas Muster

Path

Karel Novacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1991	QF	Horacio de la Pena	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1991	R16	Renzo Furlan	4-6 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1991	R32	Veli Paloheimo	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Karel Novacek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 1991	F	Magnus Gustafsson	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1991	QF	Magnus Larsson	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1991	R16	Jordi Arrese	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1991	R32	Diego Nargiso	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data