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Wayne Ferreira #10 def. Jiri Novak #57

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 19, 1997*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Wayne Ferreira
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Jiri Novak
Duration	1h 1m

Stat	Wayne Ferreira	Jiri Novak
Aces	7	0
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	44	60
First serve points won %	79	67
Second serve points won %	50	36
Break points saved %	67	43
Break points converted %	57	33
Service points won %	62	55
Return points won %	45	38
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Wayne Ferreira	Jiri Novak
Country	RSA	CZE
Birth date	Sep 15, 1971	Mar 22, 1975
Age	25	21
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	57
Ranking points (entering)	1,940	802
Elo (entering)	1,783	1,747
Career W-L	483–314	318–250
Career earnings	$9,969,617	$7,618,613

Pre-match H2H

Wayne Ferreira 1 – 0 Jiri Novak

Path

Wayne Ferreira's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Wayne Ferreira's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1997	R32	Mark Philippoussis	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 1997	R128	Juan Albert Viloca Puig	6-0 6-3	W	—	Match data