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Karel Novacek #23 def. Fabrice Santoro #39

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Feb 7, 1993*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Karel Novacek
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	Fabrice Santoro
Duration	1h 28m

Stat	Karel Novacek	Fabrice Santoro
Aces	3	0
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	53	67
First serve points won %	72	57
Second serve points won %	50	48
Break points saved %	25	29
Break points converted %	71	75
Service points won %	62	54
Return points won %	46	38
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karel Novacek	Fabrice Santoro
Country	CZE	FRA
Birth date	Mar 30, 1965	Dec 9, 1972
Age	27	20
Height	190	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	23	39
Ranking points (entering)	1,092	805
Elo (entering)	1,857	1,767
Career W-L	287–231	456–432
Career earnings	$3,729,540	$10,013,832

Pre-match H2H

Karel Novacek 1 – 1 Fabrice Santoro

Path

Karel Novacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 6, 1993	SF	Thomas Muster	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 6, 1993	QF	Andrei Cherkasov	6-2 5-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 1993	R16	Lars Anders Wahlgren	6-2 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 4, 1993	R32	Daniel Vacek	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Karel Novacek's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 6, 1993	SF	Jeremy Bates	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 6, 1993	QF	Alexander Volkov	2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 1993	R16	Karsten Braasch	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 4, 1993	R32	Francisco Montana	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data