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Jiri Novak #12 def. Wayne Arthurs #118

6-7(7) 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 27, 2003*
Tournament	Shanghai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jiri Novak
Score	6-7(7) 6-3 6-2
Loser	Wayne Arthurs
Duration	1h 43m

Stat	Jiri Novak	Wayne Arthurs
Aces	9	11
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	72	68
First serve points won %	77	72
Second serve points won %	57	56
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	72	67
Return points won %	33	28
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jiri Novak	Wayne Arthurs
Country	CZE	AUS
Birth date	Mar 22, 1975	Mar 18, 1971
Age	28	32
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	12	118
Ranking points (entering)	1,720	315
Elo (entering)	1,853	1,641
Career W-L	318–250	122–152
Career earnings	$7,618,613	$3,687,809

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Novak 2 – 1 Wayne Arthurs

Path

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2003	QF	Magnus Norman	2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2003	R16	Robert Kendrick	6-7(3) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 2003	R32	Dennis van Scheppingen	6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2003	F	Mark Philippoussis	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Wayne Arthurs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2003	QF	Ivo Karlovic	6-4 3-6 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2003	R16	Takao Suzuki	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 2003	R32	Peter Luczak	5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data