H2H data updated: 2026-09-11 00:00 UTC

Karel Novacek vs Claudio Mezzadri H2H: 1-2

Claudio Mezzadri holds a 2–1 lead over Karel Novacek in their ATP head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, Claudio Mezzadri leads 1–0 on carpet, while Karel Novacek leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Claudio Mezzadri won the 1992 Swiss Indoors round of 32 6-3 6-2.

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Karel Novacek
CZE Age 61 Right-Handed 190 cm / 6'3"
H2H
1 – 2
3 main-draw meetings
Claudio Mezzadri
SUI Age 61 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Claudio Mezzadri #117 6-3 6-2 Karel Novacek #21 Match data Oct 1, 1992* R32 Swiss Indoors ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Hard
Karel Novacek #16 6-3 6-2 Claudio Mezzadri #223 Match data Jul 12, 1991* R16 Swiss Open Gstaad ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Clay
Claudio Mezzadri #30 6-1 6-2 Karel Novacek #80 Match data Feb 11, 1988* R32 ABN AMRO Open ATP 250 Carpet

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
Karel Novacek #1,345 #8 1,754 1,997 287 231 55.4% 0 1 0 0 12 13
Claudio Mezzadri #1,238 #26 539 1,801 105 131 44.5% 0 0 0 0 1 1

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 Karel Novacek Claudio Mezzadri
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
18 — — — — — — — 1983 1–3 25.0% #831 1,482 0 0
19 1984 6–6 50.0% #138 1,553 0 0 1984 7–11 38.9% #151 1,515 0 0
20 1985 4–4 50.0% #159 1,558 0 0 1985 5–8 38.5% #135 1,520 0 0
21 1986 16–14 53.3% #33 1,693 0 1 1986 12–16 42.9% #138 1,587 0 0
22 1987 17–22 43.6% #76 1,643 0 1 1987 25–16 61.0% #28 1,772 0 1
23 1988 13–13 50.0% #127 1,637 0 1 1988 13–15 46.4% #105 1,660 0 1
24 1989 16–13 55.2% #74 1,685 0 2 1989 10–14 41.7% #230 1,581 0 1
25 1990 31–29 51.7% #34 1,706 0 3 1990 2–3 40.0% #305 1,585 0 1
26 1991 56–29 65.9% #8 1,844 0 7 1991 5–7 41.7% #127 1,590 0 1
27 1992 37–23 61.7% #23 1,822 0 10 1992 13–16 44.8% #97 1,596 0 1
28 1993 41–22 65.1% #17 1,761 0 12 1993 12–22 35.3% #134 1,518 0 1
29 1994 36–29 55.4% #28 1,790 0 13 — — — — — — —
30 1995 13–24 35.1% #121 1,597 0 13 — — — — — — —
31 1996 1–3 25.0% #409 1,581 0 13 — — — — — — —

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 Karel Novacek Claudio Mezzadri
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1983 1 1 2 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
19 1984 0 2 2 0.0% 6 4 10 60.0% — — — — — — — — 1984 0 1 1 0.0% 7 9 16 43.8% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
20 1985 0 1 1 0.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — — — — — 1985 — — — — 5 8 13 38.5% — — — — — — — —
21 1986 8 5 13 61.5% 7 7 14 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 1986 1 3 4 25.0% 10 12 22 45.5% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
22 1987 1 6 7 14.3% 14 11 25 56.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 1987 6 4 10 60.0% 17 8 25 68.0% — — — — 2 4 6 33.3%
23 1988 0 1 1 0.0% 12 8 20 60.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 1988 2 4 6 33.3% 9 9 18 50.0% — — — — 2 2 4 50.0%
24 1989 — — — — 15 11 26 57.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1989 2 3 5 40.0% 7 9 16 43.8% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3%
25 1990 8 10 18 44.4% 18 11 29 62.1% 2 2 4 50.0% 3 6 9 33.3% 1990 — — — — 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — —
26 1991 9 5 14 64.3% 33 10 43 76.7% 3 1 4 75.0% 11 13 24 45.8% 1991 0 1 1 0.0% 5 5 10 50.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
27 1992 2 5 7 28.6% 27 10 37 73.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 8 7 15 53.3% 1992 2 2 4 50.0% 10 11 21 47.6% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
28 1993 10 2 12 83.3% 21 13 34 61.8% 0 1 1 0.0% 10 6 16 62.5% 1993 3 7 10 30.0% 9 13 22 40.9% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0%
29 1994 11 8 19 57.9% 18 13 31 58.1% 3 2 5 60.0% 4 6 10 40.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 1995 4 7 11 36.4% 7 11 18 38.9% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 5 7 28.6% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 1996 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 54 54 108 50.0% 182 113 295 61.7% 10 12 22 45.5% 41 52 93 44.1% — 17 26 43 39.5% 81 89 170 47.6% 1 3 4 25.0% 6 13 19 31.6%

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 286/314 of Karel Novacek's and 66/75 of Claudio Mezzadri'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 Karel Novacek Claudio Mezzadri
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%
26 1991 78/85 5.3 2.6 56.5% 73.8% 52.0% 60.4% 45.8% 64.6% 39.7% 1991 10/12 2.9 3.3 59.5% 66.1% 40.4% 59.8% 53.4% 55.5% 43.6%
27 1992 57/60 4.7 1.9 54.9% 72.2% 49.8% 62.9% 42.5% 62.1% 41.6% 1992 25/29 3.4 3.0 52.9% 68.1% 53.0% 58.3% 37.7% 61.0% 36.3%
28 1993 54/63 6.6 2.2 55.4% 75.3% 51.7% 58.5% 37.1% 64.6% 38.9% 1993 31/34 2.2 3.5 55.5% 66.8% 49.6% 51.5% 39.4% 59.2% 38.6%
29 1994 59/65 8.2 2.5 57.7% 74.0% 48.7% 61.7% 41.0% 63.3% 37.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
30 1995 35/37 7.4 1.9 57.7% 71.3% 50.2% 60.4% 34.5% 62.4% 34.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
31 1996 3/4 4.7 2.3 59.4% 74.5% 42.8% 68.1% 31.3% 62.7% 37.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 286/518 6.3 2.3 56.4% 73.5% 50.5% 60.9% 41.0% 63.6% 38.8% — 66/236 2.8 3.3 55.1% 67.2% 49.5% 55.4% 40.9% 59.4% 38.5%

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 Karel Novacek Claudio Mezzadri
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1983 1482 97.1 — — — — — — — 30.0% -1.60 1–1 0–1 — +0.56
19 1984 1554 120.6 — — — — — +73 — 47.1% +0.03 3–2 (60%) 2–3 (40%) 101.9 +1.14 1984 1515 117.4 — — — — — +48 — 44.2% -0.44 2–3 (40%) 2–1 (67%) 101.1 +1.04
20 1985 1559 111.3 — — — — — +51 — 45.5% -0.14 3–1 (75%) 1–0 — +0.91 1985 1521 116.6 — — — — — +25 — 40.0% -1.03 2–2 (50%) 2–1 (67%) — +0.64
21 1986 1693 138.0 — — — — -50 -14 — 50.6% -0.09 7–4 (64%) 8–6 (57%) 108.6 -0.16 1986 1587 129.9 — — — — -71 +21 — 47.1% -0.04 2–6 (25%) 2–3 (40%) 96.0 +0.87
22 1987 1644 137.9 — — — — -102 +98 — 46.7% +0.06 6–10 (38%) 6–7 (46%) 95.7 +1.36 1987 1773 147.0 — — — — -147 +24 — 59.6% +0.78 9–6 (60%) 10–5 (67%) 108.3 -0.33
23 1988 1638 121.5 — — — — -155 +57 — 51.6% +0.30 2–4 (33%) 4–7 (36%) 94.5 +1.33 1988 1661 126.8 — — — — -73 +75 — 44.9% -0.16 5–2 (71%) 2–4 (33%) 102.3 -0.30
24 1989 1686 137.1 — — — — — +65 — 56.0% +0.36 4–6 (40%) 5–4 (56%) 99.7 +0.04 1989 1581 122.3 — — — — -12 +75 — 46.6% -0.19 1–5 (17%) 5–2 (71%) 97.5 +1.51
25 1990 1706 145.2 — — — — -134 +115 -67 52.5% +0.39 10–11 (48%) 9–16 (36%) 97.5 -1.44 1990 1585 114.2 — — — — — +81 — 45.5% -0.09 2–1 (67%) 0–3 (0%) 99.1 -0.20
26 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 1991 1590 126.5 -1.74 +1.94 0.981 49.4% — +105 — 50.0% -0.43 0–4 (0%) 3–1 (75%) 98.0 +0.10
27 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 1992 1596 123.3 +0.13 -1.64 0.931 48.8% -27 +52 — 45.5% -0.26 7–8 (47%) 4–5 (44%) 97.7 +0.10
28 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 1993 1519 120.8 -1.90 -1.17 0.947 48.7% -25 +105 — 38.5% -0.68 5–6 (45%) 4–6 (40%) 98.5 +1.06
29 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 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 1996 1582 114.3 -0.91 +0.70 1.012 49.9% +98 — — 33.3% -0.67 0–1 0–1 — -0.27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 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 — 1801 134.2 -1.11 -0.88 0.947 48.8% -69 +57 — 46.7% -0.18 36–44 (45%) 34–32 (52%) 99.6 +2.16

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.