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Jiri Novak vs Yevgeny Kafelnikov Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Jiri Novak seasons:20062005200420032002
Yevgeny Kafelnikov seasons:20032002200120001999
🇨🇿 Jiri Novak
🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Age: 50y 363d (1975-03-22)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1974-02-18) Age: 52y 30d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
2 - 4
Wins: 33.3% - 66.7%
Hard 1–2Clay 1–1Grass 0–0
500 11250 01Masters 1000 02Davis Cup 10
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🇨🇿Jiri Novak and 🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov have met 6 times. Yevgeny Kafelnikov currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 42.

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%).

🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 609306 from 915 matches (66.56% win rate). His hard-court record is 256123 (67.55%), on clay he stands at 141103 (57.79%), and on grass he has gone 4620 (69.70%) , with a carpet record of 16660 (73.45%). He has accumulated 26 titles in total (9 hard, 3 clay, 3 grass, 11 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 4667 (40.71%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 3 times, with Yevgeny Kafelnikov leading 21 (66.67%). The clay record between them sits at 11 (50.00% each) across 2 matches.

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2003-02-07Davis Cup WG R1: CZE vs RUSClayRR10🇨🇿Jiri Novak25🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov6-2 6-3 7-6(5)5------0/0
2002-02-25DubaiHardQF17🇨🇿Jiri Novak (8)4🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov (2)6-1 6-13514057.4%74.1%65.0%2/2
2001-10-29Paris MastersCarpetQF6🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov (4)40🇨🇿Jiri Novak6-3 6-33704146.4%80.8%56.7%2/3
2001-10-15Stuttgart MastersHardR166🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov (5)41🇨🇿Jiri Novak6-3 6-43607161.5%85.0%48.0%0/0
1998-04-27PragueClayR326🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov (2)87🇨🇿Jiri Novak4-6 6-3 6-33980656.2%62.0%51.3%5/9
1998-02-16AntwerpHardR326🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov (4)78🇨🇿Jiri Novak7-5 5-7 6-331166748.3%78.6%50.0%6/9

Wins

Jiri Novak
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
24Overall
02Masters 1000
11ATP 500
01ATP 250
10Davis Cup
12Hard
11Clay
01Indoor Hard

Sets Format

20.0%1
80.0%4
Bo3
100.0%1
0.0%0
Bo5
33.3%1
66.7%2
2 Sets
33.3%1
66.7%2
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Jiri Novak
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Deciding

0.0%0
100.0%2
Decider Set
100.0%1
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Jiri Novak
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Sets

46.7%7
53.3%8
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
100.0%4
Masters 1000
42.9%3
57.1%4
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
66.7%4
33.3%2
Clay
0.0%0
100.0%2
Carpet
Jiri Novak
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Games

50.0%71
50.0%71
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
35.1%13
64.9%24
Masters 1000
51.5%34
48.5%32
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
53.4%31
46.6%27
Clay
33.3%6
66.7%12
Carpet
Jiri Novak
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Overview

By Surface

Jiri Novak
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

By Tournament Level

Jiri Novak
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

By Round

Jiri Novak
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

By Opponent Ranking

Jiri NovakYevgeny Kafelnikov
12.5%1-7
vs Top 1
22.7%5-17
31.4%11-24
vs Top 5
37.3%25-42
30.4%21-48
vs Top 10
40.7%46-67
33.3%40-80
vs Top 20
46.6%104-119
52.7%252-226
vs Top 100
62.9%472-278
70.9%83-34
vs +100
82.8%135-28
42%92-127
vs Higher
43.6%51-66
64.6%243-133
vs Lower
69.8%556-240

Opponent Breakdown

Jiri NovakYevgeny Kafelnikov
55.1%188-153
Vs Younger
61.3%247-156
58.2%149-107
Vs Older
70.7%362-150
55.4%284-229
Vs Right-Handed
66.3%513-261
62.7%52-31
Vs Left-Handed
67.9%95-45
51.4%114-108
Vs 2H Backhand
57.6%155-114
57.2%95-71
Vs 1H Backhand
59.7%123-83
56.8%268-204
Vs Shorter
67.1%433-212
55%33-27
Vs Taller
59.2%90-62

Pressure Situations