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Karel Novacek #26 def. Javier Sanchez #73

6-7(4) 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 1, 1991*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Karel Novacek
Score	6-7(4) 6-3 6-3
Loser	Javier Sanchez
Duration	2h 8m

Stat	Karel Novacek	Javier Sanchez
Aces	6	5
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	53	63
First serve points won %	79	69
Second serve points won %	56	47
Break points saved %	50	55
Break points converted %	45	50
Service points won %	68	61
Return points won %	39	32
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karel Novacek	Javier Sanchez
Country	CZE	ESP
Birth date	Mar 30, 1965	Feb 1, 1968
Age	25	23
Height	190	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	26	73
Ranking points (entering)	911	475
Elo (entering)	1,764	1,662
Career W-L	287–231	321–328
Career earnings	$3,729,540	$4,427,811

Pre-match H2H

Karel Novacek 0 – 2 Javier Sanchez

Path

Karel Novacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1991	R32	Ronald Agenor	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Karel Novacek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1991	QF	Omar Camporese	4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Javier Sanchez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1991	R32	Todd Woodbridge	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data