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Karel Novacek #23 def. Fabrice Santoro #45

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 25, 1992*
Tournament	Hilversum
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Karel Novacek
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Fabrice Santoro
Duration	1h 21m

Stat	Karel Novacek	Fabrice Santoro
Aces	1	3
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	53	58
First serve points won %	78	50
Second serve points won %	58	52
Break points saved %	100	69
Break points converted %	31	0
Service points won %	69	51
Return points won %	49	31
Total points won %	57	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karel Novacek	Fabrice Santoro
Country	CZE	FRA
Birth date	Mar 30, 1965	Dec 9, 1972
Age	27	19
Height	190	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	23	45
Ranking points (entering)	1,124	751
Elo (entering)	1,779	1,760
Career W-L	287–231	456–432
Career earnings	$3,729,540	$10,013,832

Pre-match H2H

Karel Novacek 0 – 1 Fabrice Santoro

Path

Karel Novacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1992	QF	Jacco Eltingh	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 1992	R16	Renzo Furlan	6-2 0-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 1992	R32	Eduardo Masso	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Karel Novacek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 1992	F	Jordi Arrese	6-2 6-3 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1992	QF	Jan Siemerink	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 1992	R16	Tom Nijssen	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 1992	R32	Rodolphe Gilbert	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data