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Jiri Novak #33 def. Gaston Gaudio #42

7-5 6-7(5) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jul 21, 2001*
Tournament	Stuttgart
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Jiri Novak
Score	7-5 6-7(5) 7-5
Loser	Gaston Gaudio
Duration	2h 40m

Stat	Jiri Novak	Gaston Gaudio
Aces	7	2
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	60	64
First serve points won %	70	67
Second serve points won %	60	50
Break points saved %	86	50
Break points converted %	50	14
Service points won %	66	61
Return points won %	39	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jiri Novak	Gaston Gaudio
Country	CZE	ARG
Birth date	Mar 22, 1975	Dec 9, 1978
Age	26	22
Height	190	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	33	42
Ranking points (entering)	1,041	810
Elo (entering)	1,843	1,699
Career W-L	318–250	253–188
Career earnings	$7,618,613	$6,066,156

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Novak 0 – 1 Gaston Gaudio

Path

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 2001	R16	Julien Boutter	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 2001	R32	Galo Blanco	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 2001	SF	Gustavo Kuerten	6-4 6-7(5) 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Gaston Gaudio's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 2001	R16	Dominik Hrbaty	1-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 2001	R32	Marc Rosset	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data