SF Madrid Open 2002

Jiri Novak #9 def. Fabrice Santoro #50

6-2 6-4

Jiri Novak defeated Fabrice Santoro 6-2 6-4 in the 2002 Madrid Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 20, 2002*
Tournament: Madrid Open
Edition: 2002
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 7m

Match Statistics

Stat	Jiri Novak	Fabrice Santoro
Aces	2	3
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	60.0%	61.0%
First serve points won %	70.0%	59.0%
Second serve points won %	65.0%	36.0%
Break points saved %	0.0%	50.0%
Break points converted %	50.0%	100.0%
Service points won %	68.0%	50.0%
Return points won %	50.0%	32.0%
Total points won %	58.0%	42.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Jiri Novak	Fabrice Santoro
Country	CZE	FRA
Birth date	Mar 22, 1975	Dec 9, 1972
Age	27	29
Height	190 cm	178 cm
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)	1,931	1,752
Current career W-L	319–253	462–435
Current career earnings	$7,618,613	$10,013,832

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Novak #9 2 – 1 Fabrice Santoro #50

Path

Jiri Novak's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Paradorn Srichaphan #28	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 20, 2002	QF
Carlos Moya #11	6-7(2) 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 19, 2002	R16
Tommy Robredo #38	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 17, 2002	R32

Jiri Novak's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andre Agassi #2	(w/o)	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 21, 2002	F

Fabrice Santoro's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roger Federer #7	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 20, 2002	QF
David Nalbandian #18	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 19, 2002	R16
Tommy Haas #3	7-6(7) 4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 17, 2002	R32
Julien Boutter #51	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 16, 2002	R64