R16 Dubai Tennis Championships 2002

Jiri Novak #17 def. Axel Pretzsch #136

7-5 6-0

Jiri Novak defeated Axel Pretzsch 7-5 6-0 in the 2002 Dubai Tennis Championships round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 1, 2002*
Tournament: Dubai Tennis Championships
Edition: 2002
Category: ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: R16
Duration: 1h 8m

Match Statistics

Stat	Jiri Novak	Axel Pretzsch
Aces	4	1
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	51.0%	57.0%
First serve points won %	71.0%	45.0%
Second serve points won %	57.0%	47.0%
Break points saved %	50.0%	54.0%
Break points converted %	46.0%	50.0%
Service points won %	64.0%	46.0%
Return points won %	54.0%	36.0%
Total points won %	58.0%	42.0%
Match Serve+	+1.5	-16.6
Match Return+	+16.6	-1.5

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2002 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Jiri Novak	Axel Pretzsch
Country	CZE	GER
Birth date	Mar 22, 1975	Jun 16, 1976
Age	26	25
Height	190 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	17	136
Ranking points (entering)	1,661	301
Elo (entering)	1,856	1,537
Current career W-L	319–253	11–25
Current career earnings	$7,618,613	$336,815

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Novak #17 1 – 0 Axel Pretzsch #136

Path

Jiri Novak's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Dominik Hrbaty #50	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 28, 2002	R32

Jiri Novak's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #4	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 2, 2002	QF

Axel Pretzsch's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Julien Boutter #63	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 28, 2002	R32