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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: 50y 362d (1975-03-22)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1980-07-19) Age: 45y 243d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
5 - 2
Wins: 71.4% - 28.6%
Hard 4–1Clay 1–0Grass 0–1
500 10250 21Masters 1000 10Slam 11
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🇨🇿Jiri Novak and 🇧🇪Xavier Malisse have met 7 times. Jiri Novak currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 52.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇨🇿Jiri Novak has compiled an overall career record of 337260 across 597 matches, translating to a win rate of 56.45%. On hard courts his record stands at 155112 (58.05%), while on clay he holds a 12899 (56.39%) mark. On grass the numbers read 1717 (50.00%) , and on carpet 3732 (53.62%). Throughout his career he has won 7 titles (2 hard, 4 clay, 1 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 2148 (30.43%).

🇧🇪Xavier Malisse, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 294273 from 567 matches (51.85% win rate). His hard-court record is 165168 (49.55%), on clay he stands at 5859 (49.57%), and on grass he has gone 5030 (62.50%) , with a carpet record of 2116 (56.76%). He has accumulated 3 titles in total (3 hard). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 1641 (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 41 (80.00%). The clay record between them sits at 10 (100.00% for Jiri Novak) across 1 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 10 (100.00% for Xavier Malisse).

Date
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
52Overall
11Grand Slam
10Masters 1000
10ATP 500
21ATP 250
41Hard
10Clay
01Grass

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