Roger Federer #5 def. Jiri Novak #10

6-1 7-6(2)

Roger Federer defeated Jiri Novak 6-1 7-6(2) in the 2003 Dubai Tennis Championships final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 2, 2003*
Tournament: Dubai Tennis Championships
Edition: 2003
Category: ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: F
Duration: 1h 16m

Match Statistics

Stat	Roger Federer	Jiri Novak
Aces	3	0
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	39	62
First serve points won %	70	49
Second serve points won %	58	54
Break points saved %	0	56
Break points converted %	44	100
Service points won %	63	51
Return points won %	49	37
Total points won %	56	44

Player Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Jiri Novak
Country	SUI	CZE
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Mar 22, 1975
Age	21	27
Height	185 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	10
Ranking points (entering)	2,580	1,921
Elo (entering)	1,960	1,882
Current career W-L	1,219–272	319–253
Current career earnings	$130,594,339	$7,618,613

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer #5 3 – 3 Jiri Novak #10

Path

Roger Federer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ivan Ljubicic #60	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 1, 2003	SF
Hicham Arazi #113	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 1, 2003	QF
Maximilian Abel #217	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 28, 2003	R16
Irakli Labadze #103	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 27, 2003	R32

Roger Federer's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jiri Novak's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tommy Robredo #34	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 1, 2003	SF
Sjeng Schalken #15	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 1, 2003	QF
Andrei Stoliarov #138	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 28, 2003	R16
Dominik Hrbaty #51	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 27, 2003	R32