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Roger Federer #5 def. Jiri Novak #10

6-1 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Mar 2, 2003*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-1 7-6(2)
Loser	Jiri Novak
Duration	1h 16m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Jiri Novak
Country	SUI	CZE
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Mar 22, 1975
Age	21	27
Height	185	190
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	1,877
Career W-L	1,206–267	318–250
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$7,618,613

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 3 – 3 Jiri Novak

Path

Roger Federer's path

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

Roger Federer's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jiri Novak's path

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