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Boris Becker vs Karel Novacek Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Boris Becker seasons:19991998199719961995
Karel Novacek seasons:19961995199419931992
🇩🇪 Boris Becker
🇨🇿 Karel Novacek
Age: 58y 118d (1967-11-22)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1965-03-30) Age: 60y 355d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
8 - 1
Wins: 88.9% - 11.1%
Hard 1–0Clay 2–1Grass 2–0
Others 10Slam 20Davis Cup 10500 10250 01Masters 1000 30
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🇩🇪Boris Becker and 🇨🇿Karel Novacek have met 9 times. Boris Becker currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 81.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇩🇪Boris Becker has compiled an overall career record of 713214 across 927 matches, translating to a win rate of 76.91%. On hard courts his record stands at 21964 (77.39%), while on clay he holds a 12061 (66.30%) mark. On grass the numbers read 11625 (82.27%) , and on carpet 25864 (80.12%). Throughout his career he has won 49 titles (16 hard, 7 grass, 26 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 12165 (65.05%).

🇨🇿Karel Novacek, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 299246 from 545 matches (54.86% win rate). His hard-court record is 5457 (48.65%), on clay he stands at 187116 (61.72%), and on grass he has gone 1014 (41.67%) , with a carpet record of 4859 (44.86%). He has accumulated 13 titles in total (2 hard, 10 clay, 1 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 1336 (26.53%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 1 times, with Boris Becker leading 10 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 21 (66.67% for Boris Becker) across 3 matches. On grass, their 2 encounters have yielded a record of 20 (100.00% for Boris Becker).

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1994-05-09Rome MastersClayR6413🇩🇪Boris Becker (8)38🇨🇿Karel Novacek6-1 1-6 6-131078552.5%73.8%47.4%6/8
1993-11-01Paris MastersCarpetR164🇩🇪Boris Becker (3)17🇨🇿Karel Novacek (14)7-6(9) 6-239211352.5%96.9%55.2%2/3
1992-05-04Hamburg MastersClayQF4🇩🇪Boris Becker (2)14🇨🇿Karel Novacek (8)6-1 7-6(6)3-3363.2%67.6%51.2%14/14
1990-07-30KitzbuhelClayQF37🇨🇿Karel Novacek (7)3🇩🇪Boris Becker (1)6-3 6-33------0/0
1990-02-12BrusselsCarpetR322🇩🇪Boris Becker (1)56🇨🇿Karel Novacek7-6 6-23------0/0
1989-04-07Davis Cup WG QF: TCH vs FRGCarpetRR4🇩🇪Boris Becker73🇨🇿Karel Novacek7-6(5) 6-4 6-45------0/0
1988-06-20WimbledonGrassR648🇩🇪Boris Becker (6)158🇨🇿Karel Novacek6-3 6-4 6-45------0/0
1987-06-22WimbledonGrassR1282🇩🇪Boris Becker (1)30🇨🇿Karel Novacek6-4 6-2 6-45------0/0
1984-10-22ViennaHardR32139🇩🇪Boris Becker145🇨🇿Karel Novacek6-4 6-7 6-13------0/0

Wins

Boris Becker
Karel Novacek
81Overall
20Grand Slam
30Masters 1000
10ATP 500
01ATP 250
10Others
10Davis Cup
10Hard
21Clay
20Grass
30Indoor Hard

Sets Format

83.3%5
16.7%1
Bo3
100.0%3
0.0%0
Bo5
75.0%3
25.0%1
2 Sets
100.0%5
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Boris Becker
Karel Novacek

Deciding

100.0%2
0.0%0
Decider Set
100.0%5
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Boris Becker
Karel Novacek

Sets

82.6%19
17.4%4
All
100.0%6
0.0%0
Grand Slam
85.7%6
14.3%1
Masters 1000
66.7%2
33.3%1
Hard
100.0%6
0.0%0
Grass
57.1%4
42.9%3
Clay
100.0%7
0.0%0
Carpet
Boris Becker
Karel Novacek

Games

59.3%131
40.7%90
All
63.2%36
36.8%21
Grand Slam
62.9%39
37.1%23
Masters 1000
60.0%18
40.0%12
Hard
63.2%36
36.8%21
Grass
54.2%32
45.8%27
Clay
60.0%45
40.0%30
Carpet
Boris Becker
Karel Novacek

Overview

By Surface

Boris Becker
Karel Novacek

By Tournament Level

Boris Becker
Karel Novacek

By Round

Boris Becker
Karel Novacek

By Opponent Ranking

Boris BeckerKarel Novacek
52.8%19-17
vs Top 1
0%0-2
61.8%68-42
vs Top 5
11.5%3-23
65.1%121-65
vs Top 10
26.5%13-36
66.6%207-104
vs Top 20
24.4%22-68
74.4%563-194
vs Top 100
47.7%178-195
88.2%149-20
vs +100
70.6%120-50
58%94-68
vs Higher
35.8%63-113
80.9%618-146
vs Lower
64%235-132

Opponent Breakdown

Boris BeckerKarel Novacek
70%236-101
Vs Younger
52.9%211-188
80.8%475-113
Vs Older
60.3%88-58
76.2%578-181
Vs Right-Handed
53.7%239-206
80.4%135-33
Vs Left-Handed
60%60-40
64.2%79-44
Vs 2H Backhand
45.2%19-23
61.4%70-44
Vs 1H Backhand
44.7%17-21
77.2%547-162
Vs Shorter
56.4%242-187
73.4%91-33
Vs Taller
42.4%25-34

Pressure Situations