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Karel Novacek #26 def. Javier Sanchez #87

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 6, 1991*
Tournament	Estoril
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Karel Novacek
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Javier Sanchez
Duration	1h 24m

Stat	Karel Novacek	Javier Sanchez
Aces	2	1
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	55	56
First serve points won %	68	68
Second serve points won %	48	28
Break points saved %	50	57
Break points converted %	43	50
Service points won %	59	50
Return points won %	50	41
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karel Novacek	Javier Sanchez
Country	CZE	ESP
Birth date	Mar 30, 1965	Feb 1, 1968
Age	26	23
Height	190	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	26	87
Ranking points (entering)	955	421
Elo (entering)	1,775	1,680
Career W-L	287–231	321–328
Career earnings	$3,729,540	$4,427,811

Pre-match H2H

Karel Novacek 1 – 2 Javier Sanchez

Path

Karel Novacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 1991	R16	Goran Prpic	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 1991	R32	Omar Camporese	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Karel Novacek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 1991	SF	Marian Vajda	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Javier Sanchez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 1991	R16	Ronald Agenor	5-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 1991	R32	Christer Allgardh	4-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data