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Jiri Novak #98 def. Xavier Malisse #361

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Nov 1, 1998*
Tournament	Mexico City
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Jiri Novak
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Xavier Malisse
Duration	1h 9m

Stat	Jiri Novak	Xavier Malisse
Aces	3	3
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	65	54
First serve points won %	71	70
Second serve points won %	65	38
Break points saved %	100	67
Break points converted %	33	0
Service points won %	69	55
Return points won %	45	31
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jiri Novak	Xavier Malisse
Country	CZE	BEL
Birth date	Mar 22, 1975	Jul 19, 1980
Age	23	18
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	98	361
Ranking points (entering)	522	92
Elo (entering)	1,677	1,611
Career W-L	318–250	282–265
Career earnings	$7,618,613	$5,702,871

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Novak 1 – 0 Xavier Malisse

Path

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1998	SF	Mariano Puerta	6-3 6-7(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1998	QF	Jordi Burillo	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1998	R16	Leonardo Lavalle	6-3 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1998	R32	Ramon Delgado	6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1998	SF	Francisco Clavet	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1998	QF	Juan Antonio Marin	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1998	R16	Felix Mantilla	7-6(4) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1998	R32	Alex Calatrava	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data