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Jiri Novak vs Xavier Malisse Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Jiri Novak seasons:20062005200420032002
Xavier Malisse seasons:20132012201120102009
🇨🇿 Jiri Novak
🇧🇪 Xavier Malisse
Age: 51y 88d (1975-03-22)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1980-07-19) Age: 45y 334d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
5 - 2
Wins: 71.4% - 28.6%
Hard 4–1Clay 1–0Grass 0–1
500 1–0250 2–1Masters 1000 1–0Slam 1–1
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🇨🇿Jiri Novak and 🇧🇪Xavier Malisse have met 7 times. Jiri Novak currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 5–2.

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%).

🇧🇪Xavier Malisse, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 294–273 from 567 matches (51.85% win rate). His hard-court record is 165–168 (49.55%), on clay he stands at 58–59 (49.57%), and on grass he has gone 50–30 (62.50%) , with a carpet record of 21–16 (56.76%). He has accumulated 3 titles in total (3 hard). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 16–41 (28.07%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 5 times, with Jiri Novak leading 4–1 (80.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Jiri Novak) across 1 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Xavier Malisse).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2006-08-28US OpenHardR32179🇨🇿Jiri Novak33🇧🇪Xavier Malisse6-7(6) 6-3 6-4 6-451486166.7%76.2%57.1%1/3
2005-01-31Delray BeachHardF46🇧🇪Xavier Malisse (3)28🇨🇿Jiri Novak (2)7-6(6) 6-238510265.7%81.8%34.8%5/6
2004-06-21WimbledonGrassR12851🇧🇪Xavier Malisse16🇨🇿Jiri Novak (16)6-3 6-4 6-45907253.8%86.0%64.9%1/2
2004-01-12AucklandHardR3214🇨🇿Jiri Novak (2)53🇧🇪Xavier Malisse7-6(7) 6-7(4) 6-331334363.9%69.6%53.8%2/6
2002-07-29Canada MastersHardR6413🇨🇿Jiri Novak (14)24🇧🇪Xavier Malisse6-3 6-33632551.7%73.3%39.3%1/3
1998-10-26Mexico CityClayF98🇨🇿Jiri Novak361🇧🇪Xavier Malisse (Q)6-3 6-33693064.6%71.4%65.2%3/3
1998-08-17IndianapolisHardR6476🇨🇿Jiri Novak414🇧🇪Xavier Malisse (WC)6-3 7-53814250.9%66.7%61.5%2/5

Wins

Jiri Novak
Xavier Malisse
5–2Overall
1–1Grand Slam
1–0Masters 1000
1–0ATP 500
2–1ATP 250
4–1Hard
1–0Clay
0–1Grass

Sets Format

80.0%4
20.0%1
Bo3
50.0%1
50.0%1
Bo5
75.0%3
25.0%1
2 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
3 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Jiri Novak
Xavier Malisse

Deciding

100.0%1
0.0%0
Decider Set
66.7%2
33.3%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Jiri Novak
Xavier Malisse

Sets

61.1%11
38.9%7
All
42.9%3
57.1%4
Grand Slam
100.0%2
0.0%0
Masters 1000
69.2%9
30.8%4
Hard
0.0%0
100.0%3
Grass
100.0%2
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Jiri Novak
Xavier Malisse

Games

53.8%99
46.2%85
All
49.3%35
50.7%36
Grand Slam
66.7%12
33.3%6
Masters 1000
55.5%76
44.5%61
Hard
37.9%11
62.1%18
Grass
66.7%12
33.3%6
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Jiri Novak
Xavier Malisse

Overview

By Surface

Jiri Novak
Xavier Malisse

By Tournament Level

Jiri Novak
Xavier Malisse

By Round

Jiri Novak
Xavier Malisse

By Opponent Ranking

Jiri NovakXavier Malisse
12.5%1-7
vs Top 1
0%0-5
31.4%11-24
vs Top 5
19.2%5-21
30.4%21-48
vs Top 10
28.1%16-41
33.3%40-80
vs Top 20
32%41-87
52.7%252-226
vs Top 100
47%202-228
70.9%83-34
vs +100
67.2%92-45
42%92-127
vs Higher
42.2%127-174
64.6%243-133
vs Lower
62.8%167-99

Opponent Breakdown

Jiri NovakXavier Malisse
55.1%188-153
Vs Younger
48.9%135-141
58.2%149-107
Vs Older
54.6%159-132
55.4%284-229
Vs Right-Handed
50.2%252-250
62.7%52-31
Vs Left-Handed
64.6%42-23
51.4%114-108
Vs 2H Backhand
45.1%146-178
57.2%95-71
Vs 1H Backhand
52%78-72
56.8%268-204
Vs Shorter
55.7%136-108
55%33-27
Vs Taller
48.4%106-113

Pressure Situations