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Karel Novacek #23 def. Thomas Muster #18

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 6, 1993*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Karel Novacek
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Thomas Muster
Duration	1h 21m

Stat	Karel Novacek	Thomas Muster
Aces	5	6
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	58	47
First serve points won %	78	72
Second serve points won %	61	44
Break points saved %	33	64
Break points converted %	36	67
Service points won %	71	57
Return points won %	43	29
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karel Novacek	Thomas Muster
Country	CZE	AUT
Birth date	Mar 30, 1965	Oct 2, 1967
Age	27	25
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	23	18
Ranking points (entering)	1,092	1,307
Elo (entering)	1,842	1,829
Career W-L	287–231	590–267
Career earnings	$3,729,540	$12,266,977

Pre-match H2H

Karel Novacek 2 – 0 Thomas Muster

Path

Karel Novacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 7, 1993	F	Fabrice Santoro	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 6, 1993	QF	Slava Dosedel	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 1993	R16	Marcos Aurelio Gorriz	4-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 4, 1993	R32	Nicolas Pereira	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data