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Jiri Novak vs Jan-Michael Gambill H2H: 2-4

Jan-Michael Gambill holds a 4–2 lead over Jiri Novak in their ATP head-to-head. Across 6 main-draw meetings, Jan-Michael Gambill leads 4–2 on hard courts. Most recently, Jan-Michael Gambill won the 2005 Memphis round of 32 6-0 6-4.

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Jiri Novak
CZE Age 51 Right-Handed 190 cm / 6'3"
H2H
2 – 4
6 main-draw meetings
Jan-Michael Gambill
USA Age 49 Right-Handed 190 cm / 6'3"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Jan-Michael Gambill #114 6-0 6-4 Jiri Novak #26 Match data Feb 17, 2005* R32 Memphis ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500 Hard
Jiri Novak #28 6-3 6-3 Jan-Michael Gambill #74 Match data Oct 2, 2004* QF Shanghai Masters International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Hard
Jiri Novak #10 6-4 6-4 6-4 Jan-Michael Gambill #50 Match data Aug 29, 2003* R64 US Open Grand Slam Hard
Jan-Michael Gambill #27 6-3 6-2 Jiri Novak #15 Match data Mar 14, 2002* R32 Indian Wells Open Masters 1000 Hard
Jan-Michael Gambill #22 7-6(2) 6-2 Jiri Novak #42 Match data Aug 9, 2001* R32 Cincinnati Open Masters 1000 Hard
Jan-Michael Gambill #31 6-2 7-6(3) Jiri Novak #66 Match data Mar 10, 1999* R64 Indian Wells Open Masters 1000 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Jiri Novak #930 #5 2,355 1,940 319 253 55.8% 0 0 0 1 6 7
Jan-Michael Gambill #1,352 #14 1,655 1,949 201 191 51.3% 0 0 0 0 3 3

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Jiri Novak Jan-Michael Gambill
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
18 1993 1–1 50.0% #286 1,516 0 0 1995 0–1 0.0% — 1,487 0 0
19 1994 0–1 0.0% #205 1,515 0 0 — — — — — — —
20 1995 5–9 35.7% #53 1,541 0 0 1997 3–5 37.5% #186 1,520 0 0
21 1996 30–24 55.6% #52 1,693 0 1 1998 31–23 57.4% #38 1,754 0 0
22 1997 20–19 51.3% #48 1,692 0 1 1999 25–25 50.0% #58 1,762 0 1
23 1998 20–21 48.8% #75 1,709 0 2 2000 33–26 55.9% #33 1,818 0 1
24 1999 28–26 51.9% #40 1,768 0 2 2001 35–22 61.4% #21 1,759 0 2
25 2000 24–26 48.0% #53 1,698 0 2 2002 28–26 51.9% #42 1,756 0 2
26 2001 28–17 62.2% #29 1,860 0 4 2003 22–25 46.8% #51 1,643 0 3
27 2002 50–27 64.9% #7 1,907 0 4 2004 18–25 41.9% #95 1,595 0 3
28 2003 41–25 62.1% #13 1,829 0 5 2005 5–10 33.3% #191 1,558 0 3
29 2004 38–21 64.4% #24 1,908 0 7 2006 1–1 50.0% #687 1,568 0 3
30 2005 22–23 48.9% #48 1,677 0 7 2007 0–2 0.0% #1107 1,504 0 3
31 2006 12–13 48.0% #129 1,717 0 7 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Jiri Novak Jan-Michael Gambill
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
18 1993 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — 1995 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1994 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1995 0 1 1 0.0% 4 7 11 36.4% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% 1997 3 4 7 42.9% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
21 1996 13 9 22 59.1% 13 10 23 56.5% 1 1 2 50.0% 3 4 7 42.9% 1998 23 13 36 63.9% 3 4 7 42.9% 2 3 5 40.0% 3 3 6 50.0%
22 1997 16 12 28 57.1% 0 3 3 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 4 3 7 57.1% 1999 20 15 35 57.1% 1 5 6 16.7% 3 3 6 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
23 1998 2 6 8 25.0% 15 11 26 57.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 3 3 6 50.0% 2000 20 17 37 54.1% 3 4 7 42.9% 8 3 11 72.7% 2 2 4 50.0%
24 1999 15 12 27 55.6% 10 9 19 52.6% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 2001 29 13 42 69.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
25 2000 15 16 31 48.4% 8 7 15 53.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 2002 24 16 40 60.0% 1 5 6 16.7% 3 2 5 60.0% 0 3 3 0.0%
26 2001 7 10 17 41.2% 15 4 19 78.9% 1 1 2 50.0% 5 2 7 71.4% 2003 20 17 37 54.1% 0 5 5 0.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
27 2002 33 15 48 68.8% 15 7 22 68.2% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 3 4 25.0% 2004 15 18 33 45.5% 0 3 3 0.0% 3 4 7 42.9% — — — —
28 2003 19 13 32 59.4% 12 6 18 66.7% 6 3 9 66.7% 4 3 7 57.1% 2005 5 10 15 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — —
29 2004 19 10 29 65.5% 11 8 19 57.9% 3 2 5 60.0% 5 1 6 83.3% 2006 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2005 9 10 19 47.4% 10 9 19 52.6% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 2007 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
31 2006 5 2 7 71.4% 5 7 12 41.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 153 116 269 56.9% 119 90 209 56.9% 17 18 35 48.6% 30 29 59 50.8% — 160 126 286 55.9% 10 32 42 23.8% 23 21 44 52.3% 8 12 20 40.0%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 503/572 of Jiri Novak's and 105/109 of Jan-Michael Gambill's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Jiri Novak Jan-Michael Gambill
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
18 1993 2/2 1.5 5.0 63.3% 58.9% 36.4% 48.5% 20.6% 50.4% 39.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 1994 1/1 1.0 0.0 55.1% 60.5% 40.0% 22.2% 28.6% 51.3% 37.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 1995 13/14 2.7 1.8 66.4% 61.6% 45.2% 55.0% 41.9% 56.6% 42.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 1996 51/54 3.4 2.5 65.5% 66.4% 48.9% 56.3% 52.3% 60.2% 40.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
22 1997 35/39 3.0 2.3 67.9% 70.2% 49.2% 60.7% 44.1% 63.0% 39.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
23 1998 34/41 4.8 2.6 64.0% 67.7% 53.0% 54.3% 40.5% 61.9% 41.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
24 1999 41/54 4.1 2.4 62.7% 68.1% 51.5% 60.6% 46.1% 62.0% 41.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
25 2000 38/50 3.6 2.0 65.1% 68.5% 50.2% 57.4% 36.4% 62.1% 39.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
26 2001 37/45 4.1 2.5 64.2% 71.3% 53.1% 54.8% 46.2% 64.9% 41.6% 2003 43/47 10.1 3.1 56.5% 75.0% 47.9% 60.7% 48.3% 63.4% 36.0%
27 2002 64/77 3.8 1.8 65.9% 70.8% 53.7% 59.4% 45.4% 64.9% 42.4% 2004 43/43 11.7 3.1 59.1% 76.0% 47.7% 57.9% 38.7% 64.3% 34.3%
28 2003 63/66 3.9 2.2 65.5% 70.8% 52.2% 57.9% 45.1% 64.2% 40.5% 2005 15/15 12.3 3.9 56.6% 76.7% 45.9% 58.6% 27.7% 63.3% 32.1%
29 2004 56/59 4.5 1.8 64.5% 71.6% 50.9% 59.8% 46.1% 63.9% 40.3% 2006 2/2 11.5 7.0 47.8% 73.2% 44.1% 59.7% 35.0% 57.0% 39.4%
30 2005 43/45 4.6 2.1 65.3% 66.8% 49.9% 60.4% 40.3% 61.0% 39.7% 2007 2/2 9.5 5.5 58.7% 79.4% 39.2% 37.5% 20.8% 62.8% 26.7%
31 2006 25/25 5.7 1.9 64.8% 69.2% 49.7% 54.0% 36.5% 62.2% 37.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 503/572 4.0 2.2 65.1% 69.1% 51.0% 57.9% 44.0% 62.7% 40.6% — 105/392 11.1 3.4 57.5% 75.7% 47.3% 58.8% 40.7% 63.6% 34.6%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Jiri Novak Jan-Michael Gambill
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
18 1993 1517 109.9 +2.28 +0.87 0.799 44.3% — — — 40.0% -2.20 1–0 2–0 — -0.14 1995 1487 99.7 — — — — — — — 0.0% -3.00 — — — +0.04
19 1994 1515 112.8 +4.42 +2.29 0.770 43.7% — — — 33.3% -3.00 0–1 1–0 — -0.30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1995 1541 124.9 -1.61 +1.61 0.985 49.3% -3 +37 — 34.4% -0.44 2–0 1–3 (25%) — +0.13 1997 1520 116.3 — — — — +18 — — 33.3% -1.17 1–0 3–1 (75%) — -0.59
21 1996 1693 141.1 -1.19 +2.05 1.024 50.5% -5 -39 — 52.9% +0.16 13–9 (59%) 10–8 (56%) 107.2 +0.91 1998 1755 144.7 — — — — +27 -222 -139 53.4% +0.32 13–4 (76%) 11–12 (48%) 111.1 +0.72
22 1997 1693 141.4 +0.90 +1.84 1.072 51.2% +32 -54 — 51.0% +0.38 7–7 (50%) 5–11 (31%) 94.5 +0.10 1999 1763 145.0 — — — — +37 -263 -154 51.2% +0.26 8–11 (42%) 10–9 (53%) 102.4 -2.53
23 1998 1710 138.8 -0.13 +2.19 1.090 51.3% -48 +49 — 47.2% +0.06 11–9 (55%) 6–15 (29%) 97.0 -0.98 2000 1819 143.8 — — — — -27 -296 -44 56.3% +0.60 10–10 (50%) 10–17 (37%) 96.8 -1.79
24 1999 1769 144.0 +0.38 +2.95 1.078 51.4% -34 +17 -167 49.3% +0.21 13–7 (65%) 9–18 (33%) 100.1 -1.88 2001 1759 150.9 — — — — +67 -256 -39 61.9% +0.81 8–6 (57%) 11–10 (52%) 99.4 +0.99
25 2000 1698 135.5 +0.88 +1.43 1.030 50.2% -24 +91 — 46.3% -0.30 9–6 (60%) 9–7 (56%) 106.4 -0.98 2002 1756 148.6 — — — — +48 -275 -49 51.9% +0.44 11–10 (52%) 11–14 (44%) 92.3 -0.54
26 2001 1861 155.0 +2.25 +3.70 1.185 52.9% -87 +108 — 59.1% +0.73 8–5 (62%) 8–9 (47%) 103.0 -2.12 2003 1644 133.1 +0.95 -1.36 0.983 50.0% +72 -213 +27 48.2% +0.07 5–6 (45%) 9–9 (50%) 96.5 +1.55
27 2002 1907 151.6 +2.81 +4.54 1.206 53.4% -4 +6 -360 61.1% +0.94 12–6 (67%) 7–11 (39%) 98.8 +1.43 2004 1596 125.6 +0.40 -1.44 0.961 49.5% +33 -178 +70 44.1% -0.30 3–7 (30%) 13–11 (54%) 98.0 +1.48
28 2003 1830 140.9 +1.53 +2.70 1.131 52.0% 0 +90 -190 58.4% +0.62 13–9 (59%) 10–12 (45%) 97.4 +1.97 2005 1559 116.9 -1.32 -3.12 0.876 47.9% +9 — — 33.3% -0.92 2–2 (50%) 4–3 (57%) 101.5 +0.61
29 2004 1908 146.7 +1.37 +3.15 1.115 52.0% +30 -71 -246 59.0% +0.75 11–3 (79%) 7–5 (58%) 107.8 -0.35 2006 1569 105.0 -1.55 +1.41 0.916 48.6% — — — 40.0% -0.60 1–0 — — +0.02
30 2005 1677 131.0 -1.54 +1.71 1.018 50.2% +80 +90 +18 50.9% +0.14 5–7 (42%) 7–7 (50%) 95.1 +2.73 2007 1505 103.5 -0.27 -2.33 0.719 44.4% — — — 0.0% -1.75 — 0–1 — +0.01
31 2006 1717 130.7 +0.78 -0.28 0.984 49.7% +72 -5 -79 47.5% -0.21 3–4 (43%) 6–5 (55%) 99.7 -1.36 2008 1506 100.9 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 1508 103.1 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1940 148.5 +0.78 +2.55 1.087 51.4% -1 +31 -173 53.4% +0.35 108–73 (60%) 88–111 (44%) 101.4 -0.15 — 1949 145.6 +0.33 -1.61 0.952 49.4% +35 -250 -44 51.3% +0.24 62–56 (53%) 82–87 (49%) 100.1 -0.01

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.