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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6 def. Jiri Novak #40

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Nov 4, 2001*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Jiri Novak
Duration	1h 10m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jiri Novak
Aces	4	5
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	46	61
First serve points won %	81	67
Second serve points won %	57	36
Break points saved %	67	67
Break points converted %	33	33
Service points won %	68	55
Return points won %	45	32
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jiri Novak
Country	RUS	CZE
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Mar 22, 1975
Age	27	26
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	40
Ranking points (entering)	2,785	971
Elo (entering)	1,975	1,871
Career W-L	568–281	318–250
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$7,618,613

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3 – 0 Jiri Novak

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 2001	R16	Albert Costa	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 2001	R32	Mark Philippoussis	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 2001	SF	Andreas Vinciguerra	6-1 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 2001	R16	Julien Boutter	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 2001	R32	Roger Federer	6-4 6-7(4) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 2001	R64	Alberto Martin	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data