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Nikolay Davydenko #6 def. Jiri Novak #127

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 27, 2006*
Tournament	Poertschach
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Nikolay Davydenko
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Jiri Novak
Duration	1h 6m

Stat	Nikolay Davydenko	Jiri Novak
Aces	3	0
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	69	60
First serve points won %	74	55
Second serve points won %	57	36
Break points saved %	67	58
Break points converted %	42	33
Service points won %	69	47
Return points won %	53	31
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nikolay Davydenko	Jiri Novak
Country	RUS	CZE
Birth date	Jun 2, 1981	Mar 22, 1975
Age	24	31
Height	178	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	127
Ranking points (entering)	2,295	345
Elo (entering)	1,887	1,688
Career W-L	467–324	318–250
Career earnings	$16,186,480	$7,618,613

Pre-match H2H

Nikolay Davydenko 0 – 0 Jiri Novak

Path

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2006	QF	Potito Starace	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2006	R16	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2006	R32	Tomas Zib	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2006	F	Andrei Pavel	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2006	QF	Jurgen Melzer	6-7(7) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2006	R16	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-1 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2006	R32	Bjorn Phau	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data