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Andrei Pavel #191 def. Jiri Novak #18

6-2 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Nov 2, 2003*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Andrei Pavel
Score	6-2 4-6 6-4
Loser	Jiri Novak
Duration	1h 56m

Stat	Andrei Pavel	Jiri Novak
Aces	5	2
Double faults	5	3
First serve %	56	59
First serve points won %	71	65
Second serve points won %	45	47
Break points saved %	67	44
Break points converted %	56	33
Service points won %	60	57
Return points won %	43	40
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andrei Pavel	Jiri Novak
Country	ROU	CZE
Birth date	Jan 27, 1974	Mar 22, 1975
Age	29	28
Height	183	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	191	18
Ranking points (entering)	195	1,390
Elo (entering)	1,772	1,846
Career W-L	249–248	318–250
Career earnings	$5,225,028	$7,618,613

Pre-match H2H

Andrei Pavel 2 – 1 Jiri Novak

Path

Andrei Pavel's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 2003	QF	Rainer Schuettler	2-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 2003	R16	Guillermo Coria	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 2003	R32	Felix Mantilla	7-5 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2003	R64	Karol Kucera	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Andrei Pavel's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 2003	F	Tim Henman	2-6 6-7(6) 6-7(2)	L	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 2003	QF	Hicham Arazi	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 2003	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 2003	R32	Fabrice Santoro	6-4 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data