Fabrice Santoro vs Jiri Novak, Madrid Masters 2002, Semifinal

Masters 1000 · Semifinal · Hard

Final

Fabrice Santoro

LostRank #1422.2541%

Novak won in 2 sets · 1h 7m

0–2

Set 12–6

Set 24–6

Jiri Novak

WinnerRank #9301.5759%

Venue

Madrid Arena

Madrid, ESP· Hard

Court speed

What is court speed?

How much the court helps the server, judged from aces and serve points won and adjusted for who played. 100 is the average ATP tournament court that season.

Very slow< 92Monte Carlo, Rome
Slow92–97Roland Garros, Indian Wells
Average97–103US Open, Dubai
Fast103–108Wimbledon, Shanghai
Very fast108+Basel

Challenger and ITF courts usually read lower: partly the venues, partly the balls and conditions at those levels.

How court speed works

Fast

Altitude

634 m

Above sea level

Indoor venue, weather not factored

Moderate

Match stats

1h 7m

3Aces2

2Double faults1

28Service points won34

9Service games played9

5Service games won8

9Return games played9

4/850%Break points saved0%0/1

1/1100%Break points converted50%4/8

Head to head

1Santoro

3Novak

4 meetings

Hard 1–1Grass 0–1Carpet 0–1

Madrid MastersSemifinal · 2002HardThis match
Jiri Novak
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 0Set 1: 2Set 2: 4
WimbledonRound of 64 · 23 Jun 2005Grass
Jiri Novak
Sets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 4Set 3: 7⁷Set 4: 6
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 1Set 1: 1Set 2: 6Set 3: 6⁴Set 4: 3
Paris MastersRound of 32 · 29 Oct 2003Carpet
Jiri Novak
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 4Set 3: 6
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 1Set 1: 4Set 2: 6Set 3: 0
DubaiSemifinal · 2002Hard
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 2Set 1: 5Set 2: 6Set 3: 7⁷
Jiri Novak
Sets won: 1Set 1: 7Set 2: 3Set 3: 6⁴

Form and path

Fabrice Santoro1–5

Australian OpenHard

LRound of 128
Marin Cilic
Sets won: 3Set 1: 7Set 2: 7Set 3: 6
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 0Set 1: 5Set 2: 5Set 3: 3

Paris MastersHard

LRound of 64
James Blake
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 3

LyonHard

LRound of 32
Albert Montanes
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 4

MoscowHard

TokyoHard

LRound of 16
Lleyton Hewitt
Sets won: 2Set 1: 3Set 2: 6Set 3: 6
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6Set 2: 3Set 3: 1

Jiri Novak1–5

HeraklionHard

PragueHard

LQualifying R1
Federico Arnaboldi
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Jiri Novak
Sets won: 0Set 1: 2Set 2: 4

OpavaClay

LQualifying R1
Gibril Diarra
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Jiri Novak
Sets won: 0Set 1: 1Set 2: 2

LiberecCarpet

LQualifying R1
Dominik Nazaruk
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 7⁷
Jiri Novak
Sets won: 0Set 1: 2Set 2: 6²

OlomoucCarpet

LQualifying R1
Linus Frost
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 7
Jiri Novak
Sets won: 0Set 1: 1Set 2: 5

Match research

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Record by opponent rankingHow each player does against the top 10, top 50 or any ranking range.
Similar conditionsResults in comparable heat, humidity, wind and altitude before scheduled matches.

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Fabrice Santoro vs Jiri Novak, Madrid Masters 2002, Semifinal

Final score

Venue and conditions

Match stats

Head to head

Form and path

Match research