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Jonas Bjorkman vs Karel Novacek H2H: 2-0

Jonas Bjorkman holds a 2–0 lead over Karel Novacek in their ATP head-to-head. Across 2 main-draw meetings, Jonas Bjorkman leads 1–0 on carpet and 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Jonas Bjorkman won the 1995 Ostrava round of 16 6-4 4-6 7-5.

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Jonas Bjorkman
SWE Age 54 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"
H2H
2 – 0
2 main-draw meetings
Karel Novacek
CZE Age 61 Right-Handed 190 cm / 6'3"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Jonas Bjorkman #32 6-4 4-6 7-5 Karel Novacek #90 Match data Oct 13, 1995* R16 Ostrava ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Carpet
Jonas Bjorkman #44 7-5 6-2 Karel Novacek #26 Match data Mar 8, 1995* 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
Jonas Bjorkman #685 #4 3,022 2,037 395 344 53.5% 0 0 0 1 5 6
Karel Novacek #1,345 #8 1,754 1,997 287 231 55.4% 0 1 0 0 12 13

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 Jonas Bjorkman Karel Novacek
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
19 1991 0–1 0.0% #700 1,495 0 0 1984 6–6 50.0% #138 1,553 0 0
20 1992 0–1 0.0% #333 1,489 0 0 1985 4–4 50.0% #159 1,558 0 0
21 1993 6–8 42.9% #96 1,558 0 0 1986 16–14 53.3% #33 1,693 0 1
22 1994 31–26 54.4% #50 1,751 0 0 1987 17–22 43.6% #76 1,643 0 1
23 1995 34–27 55.7% #30 1,726 0 0 1988 13–13 50.0% #127 1,637 0 1
24 1996 23–25 47.9% #69 1,706 0 0 1989 16–13 55.2% #74 1,685 0 2
25 1997 66–25 72.5% #4 2,007 0 3 1990 31–29 51.7% #34 1,706 0 3
26 1998 34–24 58.6% #24 1,874 0 4 1991 56–29 65.9% #8 1,844 0 7
27 1999 22–23 48.9% #73 1,746 0 4 1992 37–23 61.7% #23 1,822 0 10
28 2000 30–25 54.5% #44 1,777 0 4 1993 41–22 65.1% #17 1,761 0 12
29 2001 23–24 48.9% #60 1,735 0 4 1994 36–29 55.4% #28 1,790 0 13
30 2002 21–21 50.0% #48 1,748 0 5 1995 13–24 35.1% #121 1,597 0 13
31 2003 30–19 61.2% #30 1,833 0 5 1996 1–3 25.0% #409 1,581 0 13
32 2004 19–25 43.2% #70 1,680 0 5 — — — — — — —
33 2005 19–20 48.7% #62 1,743 0 6 — — — — — — —
34 2006 13–18 41.9% #54 1,677 0 6 — — — — — — —
35 2007 17–19 47.2% #59 1,657 0 6 — — — — — — —
36 2008 7–13 35.0% #172 1,645 0 6 — — — — — — —

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 Jonas Bjorkman Karel Novacek
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 %
19 1991 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 1984 0 2 2 0.0% 6 4 10 60.0% — — — — — — — —
20 1992 — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1985 0 1 1 0.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — — — — —
21 1993 3 2 5 60.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 3 4 7 42.9% 1986 8 5 13 61.5% 7 7 14 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
22 1994 17 14 31 54.8% 3 2 5 60.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 6 7 13 46.2% 1987 1 6 7 14.3% 14 11 25 56.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 4 6 33.3%
23 1995 23 14 37 62.2% 4 5 9 44.4% 2 3 5 40.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 1988 0 1 1 0.0% 12 8 20 60.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0%
24 1996 13 16 29 44.8% 6 4 10 60.0% 3 3 6 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 1989 — — — — 15 11 26 57.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
25 1997 45 13 58 77.6% 6 5 11 54.5% 6 3 9 66.7% 9 4 13 69.2% 1990 8 10 18 44.4% 18 11 29 62.1% 2 2 4 50.0% 3 6 9 33.3%
26 1998 22 15 37 59.5% 2 4 6 33.3% 8 2 10 80.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 1991 9 5 14 64.3% 33 10 43 76.7% 3 1 4 75.0% 11 13 24 45.8%
27 1999 18 16 34 52.9% 0 3 3 0.0% 4 3 7 57.1% 0 1 1 0.0% 1992 2 5 7 28.6% 27 10 37 73.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 8 7 15 53.3%
28 2000 19 18 37 51.4% 1 3 4 25.0% 8 3 11 72.7% 2 1 3 66.7% 1993 10 2 12 83.3% 21 13 34 61.8% 0 1 1 0.0% 10 6 16 62.5%
29 2001 15 16 31 48.4% 1 4 5 20.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 2 1 3 66.7% 1994 11 8 19 57.9% 18 13 31 58.1% 3 2 5 60.0% 4 6 10 40.0%
30 2002 13 12 25 52.0% 0 5 5 0.0% 5 2 7 71.4% 3 2 5 60.0% 1995 4 7 11 36.4% 7 11 18 38.9% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 5 7 28.6%
31 2003 14 10 24 58.3% 3 3 6 50.0% 8 3 11 72.7% 5 3 8 62.5% 1996 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
32 2004 10 14 24 41.7% 2 5 7 28.6% 4 3 7 57.1% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2005 10 13 23 43.5% 0 2 2 0.0% 4 3 7 57.1% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 2006 4 12 16 25.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 9 3 12 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2007 6 10 16 37.5% 4 5 9 44.4% 7 3 10 70.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2008 5 8 13 38.5% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 237 203 440 53.9% 33 56 89 37.1% 79 44 123 64.2% 46 41 87 52.9% — 54 54 108 50.0% 182 113 295 61.7% 10 12 22 45.5% 41 52 93 44.1%

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 657/739 of Jonas Bjorkman's and 286/314 of Karel Novacek'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 Jonas Bjorkman Karel Novacek
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%
19 1991 1/1 0.0 1.0 45.3% 54.2% 37.9% 58.3% 100.0% 45.3% 26.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 1992 1/1 1.0 1.0 40.5% 64.7% 36.0% 33.3% 0.0% 47.6% 26.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 1993 12/14 3.3 5.7 53.3% 70.4% 44.2% 53.0% 46.1% 58.0% 41.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
22 1994 48/57 4.0 5.1 54.7% 72.4% 45.8% 57.0% 39.3% 60.2% 41.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
23 1995 53/61 3.9 3.7 53.5% 70.4% 48.2% 50.9% 40.9% 60.2% 41.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
24 1996 45/48 3.8 3.9 57.8% 69.7% 48.4% 55.4% 37.1% 60.6% 40.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
25 1997 71/91 4.4 3.2 54.3% 73.1% 52.2% 61.0% 45.1% 63.6% 43.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
26 1998 50/58 3.9 3.3 58.0% 68.9% 49.5% 57.2% 46.1% 60.7% 41.5% 1991 78/85 5.3 2.6 56.5% 73.8% 52.0% 60.4% 45.8% 64.6% 39.7%
27 1999 40/45 3.1 3.2 57.7% 67.0% 51.0% 59.8% 41.9% 60.4% 40.4% 1992 57/60 4.7 1.9 54.9% 72.2% 49.8% 62.9% 42.5% 62.1% 41.6%
28 2000 46/55 3.9 2.8 62.5% 70.9% 53.0% 57.5% 42.1% 64.3% 39.0% 1993 54/63 6.6 2.2 55.4% 75.3% 51.7% 58.5% 37.1% 64.6% 38.9%
29 2001 41/47 3.0 3.2 58.7% 67.8% 49.0% 60.0% 37.4% 60.2% 40.3% 1994 59/65 8.2 2.5 57.7% 74.0% 48.7% 61.7% 41.0% 63.3% 37.2%
30 2002 36/42 4.9 2.9 57.9% 71.7% 52.5% 60.1% 39.4% 63.5% 39.0% 1995 35/37 7.4 1.9 57.7% 71.3% 50.2% 60.4% 34.5% 62.4% 34.5%
31 2003 45/49 5.5 2.9 58.3% 74.8% 51.7% 69.0% 50.0% 65.1% 38.6% 1996 3/4 4.7 2.3 59.4% 74.5% 42.8% 68.1% 31.3% 62.7% 37.8%
32 2004 43/44 5.6 3.3 56.2% 70.6% 51.2% 56.5% 32.2% 62.3% 35.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
33 2005 39/39 4.4 3.7 54.6% 71.4% 51.7% 55.7% 42.0% 62.6% 40.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
34 2006 31/31 4.2 3.4 59.9% 70.2% 47.9% 47.9% 39.1% 61.1% 36.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
35 2007 36/36 4.4 3.1 61.3% 68.3% 48.4% 66.0% 42.1% 60.5% 38.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
36 2008 19/20 3.7 2.6 58.3% 70.5% 45.7% 49.7% 46.3% 60.6% 33.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 657/739 4.2 3.4 57.2% 70.6% 49.8% 57.9% 41.6% 61.7% 39.8% — 286/518 6.3 2.3 56.4% 73.5% 50.5% 60.9% 41.0% 63.6% 38.8%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. 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 Jonas Bjorkman Karel Novacek
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
19 1991 1496 104.2 -1.46 -0.66 0.490 37.2% — — — 0.0% -4.00 — — — -0.17 1984 1554 120.6 — — — — — +73 — 47.1% +0.03 3–2 (60%) 2–3 (40%) 101.9 +1.14
20 1992 1489 100.9 -1.75 +1.16 0.509 36.8% — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — -0.02 1985 1559 111.3 — — — — — +51 — 45.5% -0.14 3–1 (75%) 1–0 — +0.91
21 1993 1559 126.9 -2.47 +3.06 0.990 49.7% +42 — — 45.2% -0.39 0–3 (0%) 1–0 — -0.04 1986 1693 138.0 — — — — -50 -14 — 50.6% -0.09 7–4 (64%) 8–6 (57%) 108.6 -0.16
22 1994 1752 141.1 -1.19 +3.27 1.037 50.4% -19 -167 -55 51.7% +0.25 12–7 (63%) 12–8 (60%) 107.1 +0.47 1987 1644 137.9 — — — — -102 +98 — 46.7% +0.06 6–10 (38%) 6–7 (46%) 95.7 +1.36
23 1995 1727 144.5 -1.62 +2.91 1.034 50.1% +48 -136 -62 54.8% +0.21 11–10 (52%) 9–12 (43%) 95.7 +0.57 1988 1638 121.5 — — — — -155 +57 — 51.6% +0.30 2–4 (33%) 4–7 (36%) 94.5 +1.33
24 1996 1706 138.7 -0.83 +2.45 1.021 50.2% -1 -32 -43 50.7% +0.09 9–13 (41%) 7–8 (47%) 96.0 -0.41 1989 1686 137.1 — — — — — +65 — 56.0% +0.36 4–6 (40%) 5–4 (56%) 99.7 +0.04
25 1997 2007 158.3 +1.45 +5.73 1.183 53.1% +37 -327 -297 67.1% +1.05 13–9 (59%) 14–8 (64%) 104.7 -0.40 1990 1706 145.2 — — — — -134 +115 -67 52.5% +0.39 10–11 (48%) 9–16 (36%) 97.5 -1.44
26 1998 1874 148.6 -0.77 +3.53 1.056 51.1% +16 -202 -75 57.2% +0.41 7–9 (44%) 9–9 (50%) 95.0 -0.24 1991 1844 151.2 +3.93 +0.54 1.121 52.1% -150 +204 -155 60.5% +0.61 20–10 (67%) 20–15 (57%) 109.9 -0.67
27 1999 1747 143.3 -0.90 +2.45 1.021 50.3% +59 -134 +15 49.6% +0.15 7–9 (44%) 4–8 (33%) 92.5 -0.35 1992 1823 144.1 +1.07 +1.67 1.099 51.8% -121 +168 — 59.7% +0.68 10–8 (56%) 9–10 (47%) 96.2 +2.36
28 2000 1777 137.7 +1.95 +1.81 1.092 51.6% -17 -188 +73 51.8% +0.35 11–7 (61%) 9–12 (43%) 101.1 +0.25 1993 1761 150.9 +3.30 +0.41 1.101 51.5% +58 +119 — 61.3% +0.58 13–9 (59%) 15–7 (68%) 104.9 +0.47
29 2001 1736 138.2 -1.27 +2.62 1.013 50.3% -6 -195 +85 51.8% -0.05 4–9 (31%) 11–5 (69%) 99.6 -1.20 1994 1790 137.5 +2.00 -1.28 1.013 50.0% -3 +61 -147 51.2% +0.10 17–8 (68%) 17–13 (57%) 103.5 -0.07
30 2002 1749 145.8 +1.10 +2.01 1.068 51.0% +17 -277 +105 50.0% +0.10 5–8 (38%) 8–7 (53%) 97.6 -2.63 1995 1597 135.5 +0.95 -2.95 0.917 48.7% +86 +123 — 41.8% -0.54 5–10 (33%) 7–6 (54%) 91.9 -0.66
31 2003 1834 142.2 +2.29 +1.49 1.106 51.9% -30 -284 +79 57.1% +0.58 6–3 (67%) 9–7 (56%) 105.0 -0.40 1996 1582 114.3 -0.91 +0.70 1.012 49.9% +98 — — 33.3% -0.67 0–1 0–1 — -0.27
32 2004 1681 133.1 -0.67 -0.20 0.932 48.8% +15 -142 +166 43.2% -0.35 9–6 (60%) 7–14 (33%) 96.7 -1.48 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2005 1744 132.0 -0.19 +2.61 1.076 51.0% -2 — +95 48.9% 0.00 3–7 (30%) 6–4 (60%) 96.8 +0.47 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 2006 1678 123.4 -1.15 -0.31 0.946 48.8% -99 — +317 44.7% -0.41 5–5 (50%) 6–4 (60%) 101.7 +1.04 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2007 1658 132.4 -2.28 +1.93 0.983 50.2% -111 -113 +323 48.6% +0.03 7–7 (50%) 7–8 (47%) 100.2 +1.58 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2008 1645 125.3 -0.81 -2.46 0.858 47.1% -25 -106 +251 34.7% -0.92 4–2 (67%) 4–6 (40%) 99.5 -0.13 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2037 147.3 -0.26 +2.40 1.039 50.6% +5 -178 +71 52.5% +0.20 113–114 (50%) 123–120 (51%) 97.3 -0.42 — 1997 147.3 +2.43 -0.06 1.064 51.1% -57 +111 -125 53.9% +0.29 100–84 (54%) 103–95 (52%) 101.9 +0.84

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.