Feliciano Lopez vs Jiri Novak — Basel Round of 16

Basel · ATP · Round of 16
ESP
Feliciano Lopez
44 yrs · 188 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLLLLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 20 October 2003
hard
CZE
Jiri Novak
51 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWWWLWW
Lopez F.
3-6 7-5 6-4
Novak J.
Lopez F.
3762
Novak J.
6541

Feliciano Lopez defeated Jiri Novak 3-6 7-5 6-4 in the Basel round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Jiri Novak came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Feliciano Lopez narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-05-17DusseldorfRRclayJiri Novak7-6(3) 6-1
2003-10-06ViennaR32hardFeliciano Lopez6-4 7-6(3)
1998-04-13BarcelonaR64clayJiri Novak6-0 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Lopez F.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Novak J.

Novak J.serving89% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Lopez F.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

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
Lopez F.Novak J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
57%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
78%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
50%
Service points won·Even
66%
62%
Return points won·Slight edge
32%
40%
Break points saved·Slight edge
65%
59%
Aces / match·Dominant
11.7
4.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.2
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 195). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Coria G.
Nalbandian D.
W/O
Semi-finals
Coria G.
Ljubicic I.
6-46-4
Nalbandian D.
Roddick A.
7-57-5
Quarter-finals
Coria G.
Lopez F.
6-16-2
Nalbandian D.
Henman T.
6-26-4
Ljubicic I.
Lapentti N.
2-66-26-3
Roddick A.
Rochus O.
6-46-4
R16
Nalbandian D.
Clement A.
4-1
Rochus O.
Robredo T.
7-56-1
Ljubicic I.
Federer R.
7-656-756-4
Lapentti N.
Behrend T.
7-626-1
Coria G.
Llodra M.
6-26-757-64
Lopez F.
Novak J.
3-67-56-4
Henman T.
Zib T.
6-36-4
Roddick A.
Elseneer G.
6-37-65
R32
Zib T.
Wawrinka S.
7-607-65
Roddick A.
Scherrer J.
6-37-64
Elseneer G.
Lee H.
6-26-0
Rochus O.
Mantilla F.
6-746-27-610
Robredo T.
Kratochvil M.
6-46-4
Nalbandian D.
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
6-46-0
Clement A.
Mathieu P.
6-47-64
Henman T.
Verkerk M.
6-26-3
Novak J.
Parmar A.
3-66-36-0
Lopez F.
Nadal R.
3-66-37-64
Llodra M.
Ulihrach B.
6-36-4
Coria G.
Santoro F.
5-76-36-0
Lapentti N.
Heuberger I.
6-34-67-5
Behrend T.
Blake J.
1-66-36-4
Federer R.
Rosset M.
6-16-3
Ljubicic I.
Volandri F.
6-33-66-2