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J. Connors #174 def. Karel Novacek #11

6-1 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 1, 1991*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-1 6-4 6-3
Loser	Karel Novacek
Duration	1h 44m

Stat	J. Connors	Karel Novacek
Aces	4	6
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	65	51
First serve points won %	83	71
Second serve points won %	74	39
Break points saved %	—	69
Break points converted %	31	—
Service points won %	80	55
Return points won %	45	20
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	Karel Novacek
Country	USA	CZE
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Mar 30, 1965
Age	38	26
Height	177	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	174	11
Ranking points (entering)	193	1,517
Elo (entering)	1,862	1,997
Career W-L	1,262–294	287–231
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$3,729,540

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 0 – 0 Karel Novacek

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1991	R64	Michiel Schapers	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1991	R128	Patrick McEnroe	4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1991	R16	Aaron Krickstein	3-6 7-6(8) 1-6 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Karel Novacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1991	R64	N. Marques	6-7(1) 7-6(5) 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1991	R128	Scott Davis	6-3 5-7 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data