Jiri Novak vs Daniel Vacek — Basel Round of 32

Basel · ATP · Round of 32
CZE
Jiri Novak
51 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWWWLWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 4 October 1999
hard
CZE
Daniel Vacek
55 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLWLL
Novak J.
6-4 6-4
Vacek D.
Novak J.
662
Vacek D.
44–

Jiri Novak defeated Daniel Vacek 6-4 6-4 in the Basel round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Daniel Vacek came in defending last year's round of 16, but Jiri Novak had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 7 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Jiri Novak edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Novak J.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Vacek D.

Vacek D.serving72% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Novak J.

Serve advantage — Novak J.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Novak J.Vacek D.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
47%
Service points won·Even
62%
60%
Return points won·Even
40%
36%
Break points saved·Even
59%
60%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.3
5.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.0
4.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 86). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Kucera K.
Henman T.
6-47-6104-64-67-62
Semi-finals
Henman T.
Ivanisevic G.
6-36-4
Kucera K.
Kiefer N.
6-46-3
Quarter-finals
Kiefer N.
Rusedski G.
2-67-646-3
Ivanisevic G.
Kafelnikov Y.
4-66-36-4
Henman T.
Federer R.
6-37-5
Kucera K.
Agassi A.
6-47-5
R16
Henman T.
Medvedev A.
5-76-46-1
Kafelnikov Y.
Roux L.
6-17-61
Ivanisevic G.
Woodruff C.
7-54-67-65
Federer R.
Popp A.
6-27-5
Kiefer N.
Novak J.
6-36-726-1
Rusedski G.
Hrbaty D.
6-26-2
Kucera K.
Arazi H.
6-17-65
Agassi A.
Escude N.
6-45-77-5
R32
Kafelnikov Y.
Spadea V.
6-37-5
Roux L.
Manta L.
7-53-67-62
Popp A.
Kornienko I.
7-56-4
Federer R.
Damm Sr M.
6-23-66-4
Rusedski G.
Santoro F.
7-636-2
Arazi H.
Lapentti N.
6-33-66-3
Kucera K.
Johansson T.
7-56-3
Escude N.
Schuettler R.
6-26-3
Woodruff C.
Koubek S.
3-66-26-2
Hrbaty D.
Pavel A.
6-26-0
Novak J.
Vacek D.
6-46-4
Ivanisevic G.
Enqvist T.
6-44-67-5
Kiefer N.
Larsson M.
6-16-4
Henman T.
Bastl G.
5-76-26-2
Medvedev A.
Safin M.
2-66-47-62
Agassi A.
Siemerink J.
6-36-4