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Karel Novacek vs Michael Stich Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Karel Novacek seasons:19961995199419931992
Michael Stich seasons:19971996199519941993
🇨🇿 Karel Novacek
🇩🇪 Michael Stich
Age: 61y 12d (1965-03-30)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1968-10-18) Age: 57y 175d
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
3 - 5
Wins: 37.5% - 62.5%
Hard 1–2Clay 2–1Grass 0–1
250 1–2Masters 1000 1–0500 0–1Davis Cup 0–1Slam 1–1
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🇨🇿Karel Novacek and 🇩🇪Michael Stich have met 8 times. Michael Stich currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 5–3.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇨🇿Karel Novacek has compiled an overall career record of 299–246 across 545 matches, translating to a win rate of 54.86%. On hard courts his record stands at 54–57 (48.65%), while on clay he holds a 187–116 (61.72%) mark. On grass the numbers read 10–14 (41.67%) , and on carpet 48–59 (44.86%). Throughout his career he has won 13 titles (2 hard, 10 clay, 1 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 13–36 (26.53%).

🇩🇪Michael Stich, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 385–176 from 561 matches (68.63% win rate). His hard-court record is 121–62 (66.12%), on clay he stands at 105–51 (67.31%), and on grass he has gone 61–17 (78.21%) , with a carpet record of 98–46 (68.06%). He has accumulated 18 titles in total (4 hard, 3 clay, 4 grass, 7 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 39–44 (46.99%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 3 times, with Michael Stich leading 2–1 (66.67%). The clay record between them sits at 2–1 (66.67% for Karel Novacek) across 3 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Michael Stich).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1995-01-16Australian OpenHardR3228🇨🇿Karel Novacek9🇩🇪Michael Stich (7)7-5 6-2 6-45995062.2%78.6%73.5%2/2
1994-08-29US OpenHardSF4🇩🇪Michael Stich (4)56🇨🇿Karel Novacek7-5 6-3 7-6(4)5-15364.0%82.2%61.0%6/8
1993-07-16Davis Cup WG QF: GER vs CZEGrassRR7🇩🇪Michael Stich13🇨🇿Karel Novacek6-3 7-5 3-6 6-7(4) 7-55------0/0
1993-04-26MunichClayQF12🇩🇪Michael Stich (3)14🇨🇿Karel Novacek (6)6-4 7-6(4)3899259.1%76.9%66.7%2/3
1993-02-08MilanCarpetR3214🇩🇪Michael Stich (8)19🇨🇿Karel Novacek4-6 7-6(6) 6-0310713255.2%75.0%56.4%3/6
1991-07-08GstaadClayQF16🇨🇿Karel Novacek (7)4🇩🇪Michael Stich (2)6-3 6-43621052.0%76.9%66.7%0/1
1991-05-06Hamburg MastersClaySF26🇨🇿Karel Novacek (13)15🇩🇪Michael Stich (9)6-3 2-6 7-6(5)31404343.8%69.0%53.7%7/12
1990-09-24BaselHardR1665🇩🇪Michael Stich27🇨🇿Karel Novacek (7)6-2 6-33------0/0

Wins

Karel Novacek
Michael Stich
3–5Overall
1–1Grand Slam
1–0Masters 1000
0–1ATP 500
1–2ATP 250
0–1Davis Cup
1–2Hard
2–1Clay
0–1Grass
0–1Indoor Hard

Sets Format

40.0%2
60.0%3
Bo3
33.3%1
66.7%2
Bo5
33.3%1
66.7%2
2 Sets
50.0%2
50.0%2
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
5 Sets
Karel Novacek
Michael Stich

Deciding

33.3%1
66.7%2
Decider Set
20.0%1
80.0%4
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Karel Novacek
Michael Stich

Sets

43.5%10
56.5%13
All
50.0%3
50.0%3
Grand Slam
66.7%2
33.3%1
Masters 1000
37.5%3
62.5%5
Hard
40.0%2
60.0%3
Grass
57.1%4
42.9%3
Clay
33.3%1
66.7%2
Carpet
Karel Novacek
Michael Stich

Games

47.7%113
52.3%124
All
51.6%33
48.4%31
Grand Slam
50.0%15
50.0%15
Masters 1000
46.9%38
53.1%43
Hard
47.3%26
52.7%29
Grass
51.4%37
48.6%35
Clay
41.4%12
58.6%17
Carpet
Karel Novacek
Michael Stich

Overview

By Surface

Karel Novacek
Michael Stich

By Tournament Level

Karel Novacek
Michael Stich

By Round

Karel Novacek
Michael Stich

By Opponent Ranking

Karel NovacekMichael Stich
0%0-2
vs Top 1
40%4-6
11.5%3-23
vs Top 5
50%22-22
26.5%13-36
vs Top 10
47%39-44
24.4%22-68
vs Top 20
53.8%84-72
47.7%178-195
vs Top 100
66.1%304-156
70.6%120-50
vs +100
80.2%81-20
35.8%63-113
vs Higher
49.2%59-61
64%235-132
vs Lower
73.9%326-115

Opponent Breakdown

Karel NovacekMichael Stich
52.9%211-188
Vs Younger
68.8%187-85
60.3%88-58
Vs Older
68.5%198-91
53.7%239-206
Vs Right-Handed
68%312-147
60%60-40
Vs Left-Handed
71.6%73-29
45.2%19-23
Vs 2H Backhand
62.1%54-33
44.7%17-21
Vs 1H Backhand
55.3%42-34
56.4%242-187
Vs Shorter
68%331-156
42.4%25-34
Vs Taller
65.7%23-12

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