Karel Novacek #23 def. Fabrice Santoro #39

6-4 7-5

Karel Novacek defeated Fabrice Santoro 6-4 7-5 in the 1993 Dubai Tennis Championships final on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatKarel NovacekFabrice Santoro
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
30
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
05
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
53.3%66.7%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
71.9%57.1%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
50.0%47.6%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
25.0%28.6%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
61.7%54.0%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
71.4%75.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
46.0%38.3%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
53.7%46.3%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+0.3-7.4
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+7.4-0.3

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 1993 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldKarel NovacekFabrice Santoro
Country CZE FRA
Birth dateMar 30, 1965Dec 9, 1972
Age2720
Height190 cm178 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)2339
Ranking points (entering)1,092805
Elo (entering)1,8601,780
Current career W-L287–231462–435
Current career earnings$3,729,540$10,013,832
Pre-match H2H
Karel Novacek #23 1 1 Fabrice Santoro #39

Path

Karel Novacek's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Thomas Muster #187-5 6-4WH2HMatch dataFeb 6, 1993SF
Andrei Cherkasov #296-2 5-7 7-5WH2HMatch dataFeb 6, 1993QF
Lars Anders Wahlgren #2256-2 3-6 6-1WH2HMatch dataFeb 5, 1993R16
Daniel Vacek #1076-0 7-5WH2HMatch dataFeb 4, 1993R32

Karel Novacek's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Fabrice Santoro's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Jeremy Bates #1146-2 6-3WH2HMatch dataFeb 6, 1993SF
Alexander Volkov #172-6 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch dataFeb 6, 1993QF
Karsten Braasch #1346-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataFeb 5, 1993R16
Francisco Montana #1217-5 6-0WH2HMatch dataFeb 4, 1993R32