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Paul Haarhuis #56 def. Karel Novacek #24

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 17, 1991*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Paul Haarhuis
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Karel Novacek
Duration	1h 16m

Stat	Paul Haarhuis	Karel Novacek
Aces	2	3
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	62	49
First serve points won %	77	85
Second serve points won %	58	50
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	70	67
Return points won %	33	30
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Paul Haarhuis	Karel Novacek
Country	NED	CZE
Birth date	Feb 19, 1966	Mar 30, 1965
Age	25	25
Height	188	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	56	24
Ranking points (entering)	579	955
Elo (entering)	1,756	1,753
Career W-L	250–245	287–231
Career earnings	$7,751,962	$3,729,540

Pre-match H2H

Paul Haarhuis 0 – 1 Karel Novacek

Path

Paul Haarhuis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 1991	R128	Mark Kratzmann	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Paul Haarhuis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 1991	R32	Jim Courier	5-7 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Karel Novacek's path

No prior matches in this tournament.