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Jiri Novak #9 def. Fabrice Santoro #50

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 20, 2002*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jiri Novak
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Fabrice Santoro
Duration	1h 7m

Stat	Jiri Novak	Fabrice Santoro
Aces	2	3
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	60	61
First serve points won %	70	59
Second serve points won %	65	36
Break points saved %	0	50
Break points converted %	50	100
Service points won %	68	50
Return points won %	50	32
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jiri Novak	Fabrice Santoro
Country	CZE	FRA
Birth date	Mar 22, 1975	Dec 9, 1972
Age	27	29
Height	190	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	50
Ranking points (entering)	2,080	725
Elo (entering)	1,932	1,751
Career W-L	318–250	456–432
Career earnings	$7,618,613	$10,013,832

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Novak 2 – 1 Fabrice Santoro

Path

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 2002	QF	Paradorn Srichaphan	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 2002	R16	Carlos Moya	6-7(2) 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2002	R32	Tommy Robredo	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 21, 2002	F	Andre Agassi	(w/o)	L	H2H	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 2002	QF	Roger Federer	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 2002	R16	David Nalbandian	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2002	R32	Tommy Haas	7-6(7) 4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 2002	R64	Julien Boutter	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data