Jiri Novak #12 def. Andrei Pavel #32

7-6(2) 7-6(2)

Jiri Novak defeated Andrei Pavel 7-6(2) 7-6(2) in the 2002 Vienna Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 12, 2002*
Tournament: Vienna Open
Edition: 2002
Category: ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 44m

Match Statistics

Stat	Jiri Novak	Andrei Pavel
Aces	3	5
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	70	58
First serve points won %	78	70
Second serve points won %	71	48
Break points saved %	50	86
Break points converted %	14	50
Service points won %	76	60
Return points won %	40	24
Total points won %	55	45

Player Comparison

Field	Jiri Novak	Andrei Pavel
Country	CZE	ROU
Birth date	Mar 22, 1975	Jan 27, 1974
Age	27	28
Height	190 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	12	32
Ranking points (entering)	1,961	1,080
Elo (entering)	1,904	1,802
Current career W-L	319–253	249–252
Current career earnings	$7,618,613	$5,225,028

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Novak #12 0 – 1 Andrei Pavel #32

Path

Jiri Novak's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jurgen Melzer #95	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 2002	QF
Guillermo Coria #53	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 2002	R16
Alberto Martin #65	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 2002	R32

Jiri Novak's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roger Federer #13	4-6 1-6 6-3 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 13, 2002	F

Andrei Pavel's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nikolay Davydenko #80	6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 2002	QF
Rainer Schuettler #31	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 2002	R16
Albert Costa #7	7-6(6) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 2002	R32