Jiri Novak vs Nicolas Kiefer — Canada Masters Round of 32

Canada Masters · ATP · Round of 32
CZE
Jiri Novak
51 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWWWLWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 31 July 2000
hard
GER
Nicolas Kiefer
49 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLLWL
Novak J.
6-2 7-5
Kiefer N.
Novak J.
672
Kiefer N.
25–

Jiri Novak defeated Nicolas Kiefer 6-2 7-5 in the Canada Masters round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Nicolas Kiefer came in leading the head-to-head 4–2, defending last year's semi-final. Jiri Novak narrowed the head-to-head to 4–3.

Key context

  • Match story: Jiri Novak closed it out in two sets, 6–2 7–5.

Head to head

2–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-01-14Australian OpenR128hardJiri Novak6-1 6-0 6-4
2001-02-19RotterdamR32hardNicolas Kiefer6-2 6-4
2000-02-14RotterdamR16hardNicolas Kiefer5-7 6-2 7-6(3)
1999-10-04BaselR16hardNicolas Kiefer6-3 6-7(2) 6-1
1998-10-19OstravaR32carpetJiri Novak7-6(5) 0-6 7-6(2)
1998-02-09DubaiR32hardNicolas Kiefer6-1 1-6 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Novak J.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Kiefer N.

Kiefer N.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Novak J.

Even serve battle

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.Kiefer N.
1st serve in·Clear edge
65%
53%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
69%
76%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
50%
Service points won·Even
62%
64%
Return points won·Even
40%
39%
Break points saved·Even
59%
60%
Aces / match·Dominant
4.3
7.5
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.0
3.3

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
24°COvercast
Wind 10 km/hHumidity 85%

Draw

Final
Safin M.
Levy H.
6-26-3
Semi-finals
Safin M.
Ferreira W.
6-25-76-4
Levy H.
Novak J.
6-31-66-4
Quarter-finals
Levy H.
Golmard J.
6-46-4
Safin M.
Sampras P.
6-43-67-68
Ferreira W.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-37-61
Novak J.
Rafter P.
3-67-616-2
R16
Novak J.
Enqvist T.
6-21-63-1
Safin M.
Escude N.
3-2
Sampras P.
Sargsian S.
6-16-2
Rafter P.
Lareau S.
6-46-2
Ferreira W.
Krajicek R.
7-57-64
Levy H.
Grosjean S.
6-33-66-3
Golmard J.
Rios M.
2-67-57-5
Kafelnikov Y.
Ferrero J.
6-14-66-4
R32
Rios M.
Clement A.
6-47-65
Golmard J.
Srichaphan P.
6-36-2
Lareau S.
Kuerten G.
7-646-4
Grosjean S.
Hewitt L.
6-37-65
Sampras P.
Alami K.
7-636-2
Sargsian S.
Larose S.
6-36-2
Escude N.
Saulnier C.
7-656-786-2
Safin M.
Pavel A.
6-756-36-0
Krajicek R.
Chang M.
6-27-5
Ferreira W.
Johansson T.
6-46-3
Levy H.
Koubek S.
6-16-3
Ferrero J.
Gaudio G.
6-746-36-3
Kafelnikov Y.
Mirnyi M.
6-46-4
Enqvist T.
Ilie A.
6-36-2
Novak J.
Kiefer N.
6-27-5
Rafter P.
Kucera K.
6-37-5
R64
Golmard J.
Agassi A.
7-647-66
Larose S.
Wheaton D.
7-637-63
Chang M.
Arazi H.
6-36-3
Mirnyi M.
Niemeyer F.
6-746-36-3
Gaudio G.
Tarango J.
7-637-5
Ferrero J.
Nestor D.
6-757-56-4
Ferreira W.
Squillari F.
7-666-4
Johansson T.
Vinciguerra A.
7-686-4
Alami K.
Tramacchi P.
6-26-4
Krajicek R.
Norman M.
7-57-67
Safin M.
Bjorkman J.
6-41-66-3
Pavel A.
Chela J.
6-26-2
Kafelnikov Y.
Vicente F.
7-53-67-60
Ilie A.
Rosset M.
7-636-4
Srichaphan P.
Woodruff C.
6-36-4
Clement A.
Puerta M.
6-36-3
Hewitt L.
Federer R.
3-66-36-2
Novak J.
Dosedel S.
7-646-3
Kuerten G.
Di Pasquale A.
6-46-4
Lareau S.
Santoro F.
6-46-1
Kucera K.
Sekulov J.
6-46-4
Kiefer N.
Martin T.
6-17-5
Rafter P.
Parmar A.
6-14-66-3
Grosjean S.
Mamiit C.
6-27-65
Levy H.
Damm Sr M.
7-654-66-3
Enqvist T.
Schalken S.
7-56-4
Koubek S.
Lapentti N.
6-46-3
Rios M.
Henman T.
6-43-66-3
Saulnier C.
Benfele Alvarez E.
6-26-3
Escude N.
Zabaleta M.
6-33-66-1
Sargsian S.
Philippoussis M.
6-47-66
Sampras P.
Llodra M.
5-76-27-64