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C. Steeb #73 def. Karel Novacek #32

4-6 7-6(1) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 8, 1991*
Tournament	Milan
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	C. Steeb
Score	4-6 7-6(1) 6-4
Loser	Karel Novacek
Duration	2h 8m

Stat	C. Steeb	Karel Novacek
Aces	3	13
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	66	61
First serve points won %	76	78
Second serve points won %	54	53
Break points saved %	86	67
Break points converted %	33	14
Service points won %	69	68
Return points won %	32	31
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	C. Steeb	Karel Novacek
Country	GER	CZE
Birth date	Sep 1, 1967	Mar 30, 1965
Age	23	25
Height	180	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	73	32
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,702	1,756
Career W-L	189–190	287–231
Career earnings	$2,320,082	$3,729,540

Pre-match H2H

C. Steeb 2 – 0 Karel Novacek

Path

C. Steeb's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 7, 1991	R32	Michael Chang	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

C. Steeb's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 9, 1991	QF	Aaron Krickstein	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Karel Novacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 7, 1991	R32	Ronald Agenor	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data