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Boris Becker #4 def. Karel Novacek #17

7-6(9) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Nov 6, 1993*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	7-6(9) 6-2
Loser	Karel Novacek
Duration	1h 32m

Stat	Boris Becker	Karel Novacek
Aces	11	7
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	52	51
First serve points won %	97	71
Second serve points won %	55	55
Break points saved %	67	57
Break points converted %	43	33
Service points won %	77	63
Return points won %	37	23
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Karel Novacek
Country	GER	CZE
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Mar 30, 1965
Age	25	28
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	17
Ranking points (entering)	2,608	1,395
Elo (entering)	1,901	1,793
Career W-L	670–219	287–231
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$3,729,540

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 5 – 1 Karel Novacek

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 1993	R32	Andrei Olhovskiy	6-7(6) 6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 1993	QF	Arnaud Boetsch	6-3 3-6 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data

Karel Novacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 1993	R32	Andrei Cherkasov	7-6(2) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data