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Jiri Novak vs Rafael Nadal Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Jiri Novak seasons:20062005200420032002
Rafael Nadal seasons:20242023202220212020
🇨🇿 Jiri Novak
🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal
Age: 51y 65d (1975-03-22)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1986-06-03) Age: 39y 357d
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
1 - 2
Wins: 33.3% - 66.7%
Hard 0–2Clay 0–0Grass 0–0
250 0–1Davis Cup 1–0Slam 0–1
LWL
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🇨🇿Jiri Novak and 🇪🇸Rafael Nadal have met 3 times. Rafael Nadal currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 2–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇨🇿Jiri Novak has compiled an overall career record of 337–260 across 597 matches, translating to a win rate of 56.45%. On hard courts his record stands at 155–112 (58.05%), while on clay he holds a 128–99 (56.39%) mark. On grass the numbers read 17–17 (50.00%) , and on carpet 37–32 (53.62%). Throughout his career he has won 7 titles (2 hard, 4 clay, 1 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 21–48 (30.43%).

🇪🇸Rafael Nadal, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 1080–228 from 1308 matches (82.57% win rate). His hard-court record is 518–151 (77.43%), on clay he stands at 484–51 (90.47%), and on grass he has gone 76–20 (79.17%) , with a carpet record of 2–6 (25.00%). He has accumulated 92 titles in total (25 hard, 63 clay, 4 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 186–105 (63.92%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 2 times, with Rafael Nadal leading 2–0 (100.00%).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2006-08-28US OpenHardR162🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)179🇨🇿Jiri Novak6-1 7-6(3) 6-451296160.0%79.6%61.1%1/2
2004-02-06Davis Cup WG R1: CZE vs ESPCarpetRR16🇨🇿Jiri Novak40🇪🇸Rafael Nadal7-6(2) 6-3 7-6(3)5------0/0
2004-01-12AucklandHardSF48🇪🇸Rafael Nadal14🇨🇿Jiri Novak (2)6-1 6-33641066.0%77.4%68.8%1/1

Wins

Jiri Novak
Rafael Nadal
1–2Overall
0–1Grand Slam
0–1ATP 250
1–0Davis Cup
0–2Hard
1–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

0.0%0
100.0%1
Bo3
50.0%1
50.0%1
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%1
2 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Jiri Novak
Rafael Nadal

Deciding

0.0%0
0.0%0
Decider Set
50.0%1
50.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Jiri Novak
Rafael Nadal

Sets

37.5%3
62.5%5
All
0.0%0
100.0%3
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
100.0%5
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
100.0%3
0.0%0
Carpet
Jiri Novak
Rafael Nadal

Games

43.2%35
56.8%46
All
36.7%11
63.3%19
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
32.6%15
67.4%31
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
57.1%20
42.9%15
Carpet
Jiri Novak
Rafael Nadal

Overview

By Surface

Jiri Novak
Rafael Nadal

By Tournament Level

Jiri Novak
Rafael Nadal

By Round

Jiri Novak
Rafael Nadal

By Opponent Ranking

Jiri NovakRafael Nadal
12.5%1-7
vs Top 1
54.8%23-19
31.4%11-24
vs Top 5
59.6%93-63
30.4%21-48
vs Top 10
63.9%186-105
33.3%40-80
vs Top 20
70.4%335-141
52.7%252-226
vs Top 100
81.4%927-212
70.9%83-34
vs +100
90.5%153-16
42%92-127
vs Higher
55%71-58
64.6%243-133
vs Lower
85.6%1009-170

Opponent Breakdown

Jiri NovakRafael Nadal
55.1%188-153
Vs Younger
81.9%470-104
58.2%149-107
Vs Older
83.1%610-124
55.4%284-229
Vs Right-Handed
82%963-211
62.7%52-31
Vs Left-Handed
87.3%117-17
51.4%114-108
Vs 2H Backhand
82.5%765-162
57.2%95-71
Vs 1H Backhand
82.7%315-66
56.8%268-204
Vs Shorter
86.5%447-70
55%33-27
Vs Taller
80.5%498-121

Pressure Situations