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Karel Novacek #19 def. Kenneth Carlsen #54

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 27, 1993*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Karel Novacek
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Kenneth Carlsen
Duration	1h 28m

Stat	Karel Novacek	Kenneth Carlsen
Aces	11	9
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	56	47
First serve points won %	70	75
Second serve points won %	62	45
Break points saved %	75	57
Break points converted %	43	25
Service points won %	67	59
Return points won %	41	33
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karel Novacek	Kenneth Carlsen
Country	CZE	DEN
Birth date	Mar 30, 1965	Apr 17, 1973
Age	27	19
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	19	54
Ranking points (entering)	1,259	674
Elo (entering)	1,864	1,711
Career W-L	287–231	239–273
Career earnings	$3,729,540	$2,990,980

Pre-match H2H

Karel Novacek 0 – 0 Kenneth Carlsen

Path

Karel Novacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 1993	R16	Tom Nijssen	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 1993	R32	Andrei Medvedev	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Karel Novacek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1993	SF	Diego Nargiso	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Kenneth Carlsen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 1993	R16	Jan Siemerink	4-6 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 1993	R32	Christian Bergstrom	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data