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Alexander Volkov #24 def. Karel Novacek #9

6-1 6-7(9) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 28, 1991*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Alexander Volkov
Score	6-1 6-7(9) 6-3
Loser	Karel Novacek
Duration	1h 53m

Stat	Alexander Volkov	Karel Novacek
Aces	9	10
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	55	64
First serve points won %	80	66
Second serve points won %	62	50
Break points saved %	100	57
Break points converted %	43	0
Service points won %	72	60
Return points won %	40	28
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alexander Volkov	Karel Novacek
Country	RUS	CZE
Birth date	Mar 3, 1967	Mar 30, 1965
Age	24	26
Height	188	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	24	9
Ranking points (entering)	985	1,523
Elo (entering)	1,801	1,950
Career W-L	291–245	287–231
Career earnings	$3,362,840	$3,729,540

Pre-match H2H

Alexander Volkov 0 – 0 Karel Novacek

Path

Alexander Volkov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1991	R16	Tomas Carbonell	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1991	R32	Guillaume Raoux	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Alexander Volkov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1991	SF	Jakob Hlasek	6-7(3) 7-6(5) 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

Karel Novacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1991	R16	Nicklas Kulti	6-4 6-7(2) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1991	R32	Paul Haarhuis	6-2 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data