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Jiri Novak #24 def. Dominik Hrbaty #44

6-4 6-2 5-7 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 23, 2002*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jiri Novak
Score	6-4 6-2 5-7 6-2
Loser	Dominik Hrbaty
Duration	2h 11m

Stat	Jiri Novak	Dominik Hrbaty
Aces	9	7
Double faults	3	7
First serve %	72	58
First serve points won %	73	69
Second serve points won %	48	36
Break points saved %	20	43
Break points converted %	57	80
Service points won %	66	55
Return points won %	45	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jiri Novak	Dominik Hrbaty
Country	CZE	SVK
Birth date	Mar 22, 1975	Jan 4, 1978
Age	26	24
Height	190	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	24	44
Ranking points (entering)	1,196	866
Elo (entering)	1,904	1,724
Career W-L	318–250	326–296
Career earnings	$7,618,613	$7,070,095

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Novak 1 – 3 Dominik Hrbaty

Path

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2002	R32	Francisco Clavet	6-3 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2002	R64	Andrea Gaudenzi	2-6 5-7 6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2002	R128	Nicolas Kiefer	6-1 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2002	QF	Stefan Koubek	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Dominik Hrbaty's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2002	R32	Jerome Golmard	6-3 6-1 6-7(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2002	R64	Albert Portas	6-1 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2002	R128	Lars Burgsmuller	3-6 2-6 6-3 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data