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Karel Novacek #23 def. A. Cherkasov #29

6-2 5-7 7-5

Match Information

Date	Feb 6, 1993*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Karel Novacek
Score	6-2 5-7 7-5
Loser	A. Cherkasov
Duration	2h 27m

Stat	Karel Novacek	A. Cherkasov
Aces	10	1
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	63	60
First serve points won %	76	63
Second serve points won %	42	54
Break points saved %	62	50
Break points converted %	50	38
Service points won %	64	59
Return points won %	41	36
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karel Novacek	A. Cherkasov
Country	CZE	RUS
Birth date	Mar 30, 1965	Jul 4, 1970
Age	27	22
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	23	29
Ranking points (entering)	1,092	925
Elo (entering)	1,831	1,720
Career W-L	287–231	170–198
Career earnings	$3,729,540	$2,260,281

Pre-match H2H

Karel Novacek 3 – 1 A. Cherkasov

Path

Karel Novacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 1993	R16	L. Wahlgren	6-2 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 4, 1993	R32	Daniel Vacek	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Karel Novacek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 6, 1993	SF	Thomas Muster	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

A. Cherkasov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 1993	R16	Tomas Carbonell	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 4, 1993	R32	Michiel Schapers	4-6 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data