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Karel Novacek #56 def. Javier Frana #101

6-3 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 7, 1994*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Karel Novacek
Score	6-3 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3
Loser	Javier Frana

Stat	Karel Novacek	Javier Frana
Aces	13	11
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	63	65
First serve points won %	87	79
Second serve points won %	63	53
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	78	70
Return points won %	30	22
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karel Novacek	Javier Frana
Country	CZE	ARG
Birth date	Mar 30, 1965	Dec 25, 1966
Age	29	27
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	56	101
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,807	1,781
Career W-L	287–231	154–148
Career earnings	$3,729,540	$1,691,848

Pre-match H2H

Karel Novacek 1 – 0 Javier Frana

Path

Karel Novacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1994	R32	Todd Woodbridge	1-6 5-7 7-6(6) 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1994	R64	Andrei Medvedev	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1994	R128	Alexander Volkov	6-2 3-6 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Karel Novacek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1994	QF	Jaime Yzaga	6-2 6-7(7) 6-1 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Javier Frana's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1994	R32	Marcos Ondruska	6-3 6-1 6-7(3) 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1994	R64	Vincent Spadea	6-4 6-1 0-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1994	R128	Mark Merklein	6-4 1-6 4-6 7-6(3) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data