Jiri Novak vs Mikhail Youzhny — Moscow Round of 32

Moscow · ATP · Round of 32
CZE
Jiri Novak
51 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWWWLWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 30 September 2002
hard
RUS
Mikhail Youzhny
44 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWWLLL
Novak J.
6-4 3-6 6-3
Youzhny M.
Novak J.
6362
Youzhny M.
4631

Jiri Novak defeated Mikhail Youzhny 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the Moscow round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Mikhail Youzhny came in leading the head-to-head 6–3, defending last year's round of 32, but Jiri Novak had been the form player, winning 4 of their last 8 on hard. Jiri Novak narrowed the head-to-head to 6–4.

Key context

  • Match story: Jiri Novak closed it out in three sets, 6–4 3–6 6–3.

Head to head

3–6
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-11-01Paris MastersR32hardMikhail Youzhny6-3 7-5
2004-08-16Athens OlympicsR32hardMikhail Youzhny6-4 6-3
2004-07-12StuttgartR16grassJiri Novak7-6(4) 4-6 6-1
2004-04-26MunichR32clayJiri Novak6-4 6-2
2003-07-14StuttgartR16grassMikhail Youzhny7-6(1) 6-4
2003-06-09HalleQFgrassMikhail Youzhny6-4 6-4
2003-05-12Hamburg MastersR64clayMikhail Youzhny6-1 6-4
2003-01-13Australian OpenR32hardMikhail Youzhny6-1 3-6 6-3 6-2
2002-05-27Roland GarrosR128clayJiri Novak6-3 6-4 7-6(5)

Serve vs return

This season
Novak J.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Youzhny M.

Youzhny M.serving76% hold

wins 61% 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.Youzhny M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
52%
Service points won·Even
62%
62%
Return points won·Even
40%
38%
Break points saved·Even
59%
61%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.3
3.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.0
3.2

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Mathieu P.
Schalken S.
4-66-26-0
Semi-finals
Schalken S.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-26-4
Mathieu P.
Safin M.
7-636-4
Quarter-finals
Mathieu P.
Schuettler R.
4-66-26-3
Kafelnikov Y.
Saulnier C.
6-37-5
Safin M.
Federer R.
7-56-4
Schalken S.
Escude N.
6-46-746-3
R16
Kafelnikov Y.
Kiefer N.
6-46-2
Saulnier C.
Ulihrach B.
6-36-2
Escude N.
Ljubicic I.
7-656-4
Schuettler R.
Bjorkman J.
6-16-3
Mathieu P.
Novak J.
4-66-36-4
Federer R.
Nieminen J.
6-16-4
Safin M.
Sa A.
7-634-67-5
Schalken S.
Ferreira W.
7-56-0
R32
Ulihrach B.
Johansson T.
7-657-62
Novak J.
Youzhny M.
6-43-66-3
Nieminen J.
Rios M.
7-653-67-64
Safin M.
Meligeni F.
6-47-64
Federer R.
Golovanov D.
6-06-1
Mathieu P.
Robredo T.
6-747-56-2
Bjorkman J.
Mirnyi M.
4-67-56-2
Schuettler R.
Nalbandian D.
7-666-4
Schalken S.
Rosset M.
3-66-36-4
Ferreira W.
Vicente F.
7-686-4
Ljubicic I.
El Aynaoui Y.
6-46-3
Escude N.
Costa A.
7-53-66-1
Saulnier C.
Sanguinetti D.
6-46-1
Kiefer N.
Stoliarov A.
6-16-4
Kafelnikov Y.
Voltchkov V.
4-66-37-64
Sa A.
Kratochvil M.
3-67-56-4