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Andre Agassi #9 def. Jiri Novak #15

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 12, 2002*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Andre Agassi
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Jiri Novak
Duration	1h 30m

Stat	Andre Agassi	Jiri Novak
Aces	4	5
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	64	63
First serve points won %	71	68
Second serve points won %	72	46
Break points saved %	100	67
Break points converted %	33	0
Service points won %	71	60
Return points won %	40	29
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andre Agassi	Jiri Novak
Country	USA	CZE
Birth date	Apr 29, 1970	Mar 22, 1975
Age	32	27
Height	180	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	15
Ranking points (entering)	2,265	1,691
Elo (entering)	2,061	1,867
Career W-L	836–268	318–250
Career earnings	$31,152,975	$7,618,613

Pre-match H2H

Andre Agassi 2 – 0 Jiri Novak

Path

Andre Agassi's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2002	QF	Albert Costa	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2002	R16	Agustin Calleri	7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2002	R32	Michel Kratochvil	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2002	R64	Nicolas Kiefer	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Andre Agassi's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2002	F	Tommy Haas	6-3 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2002	QF	James Blake	3-6 7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2002	R16	Ivan Ljubicic	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2002	R32	Mark Philippoussis	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2002	R64	Sjeng Schalken	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data