H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Karel Novacek vs Michael Stich H2H: 3-4

Michael Stich holds a 4–3 lead over Karel Novacek in their ATP head-to-head. Across 7 main-draw meetings, Karel Novacek leads 2–1 on clay, while Michael Stich leads 2–1 on hard courts. Most recently, Karel Novacek won the 1995 Australian Open round of 32 7-5 6-2 6-4.

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Karel Novacek
CZE Age 61 Right-Handed 190 cm / 6'3"
H2H
3 – 4
7 main draw meetings
Michael Stich
GER Age 57 Right-Handed 193 cm / 6'4"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Karel Novacek #28 7-5 6-2 6-4 Michael Stich #9 Match data Jan 22, 1995* R32 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Michael Stich #4 7-5 6-3 7-6(4) Karel Novacek #56 Match data Sep 11, 1994* SF US Open Grand Slam Hard
Michael Stich #12 6-4 7-6(4) Karel Novacek #14 Match data May 1, 1993* QF Munich Open ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Clay
Michael Stich #14 4-6 7-6(6) 6-0 Karel Novacek #19 Match data Feb 11, 1993* R32 Milan ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500 Carpet
Karel Novacek #16 6-3 6-4 Michael Stich #4 Match data Jul 13, 1991* QF Swiss Open Gstaad ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Clay
Karel Novacek #26 6-3 2-6 7-6(5) Michael Stich #15 Match data May 12, 1991* SF Hamburg Open Masters 1000 Clay
Michael Stich #65 6-2 6-3 Karel Novacek #27 Match data Sep 28, 1990* R16 Swiss Indoors ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 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
Karel Novacek #1,345 #8 1,754 1,997 287 231 55.4% 0 1 0 0 12 13
Michael Stich #116 #2 3,445 2,120 351 163 68.3% 1 2 2 3 10 18

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 Michael Stich
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
19 1984 6–6 50.0% #138 1,553 0 0 — — — — — — —
20 1985 4–4 50.0% #159 1,558 0 0 1989 11–12 47.8% #100 1,585 0 0
21 1986 16–14 53.3% #33 1,693 0 1 1990 29–23 55.8% #42 1,784 0 1
22 1987 17–22 43.6% #76 1,643 0 1 1991 68–23 74.7% #4 1,991 1 5
23 1988 13–13 50.0% #127 1,637 0 1 1992 43–20 68.3% #15 2,005 1 7
24 1989 16–13 55.2% #74 1,685 0 2 1993 67–19 77.9% #2 2,083 1 13
25 1990 31–29 51.7% #34 1,706 0 3 1994 54–21 72.0% #9 1,932 1 16
26 1991 56–29 65.9% #8 1,844 0 7 1995 39–18 68.4% #12 1,896 1 17
27 1992 37–23 61.7% #23 1,822 0 10 1996 25–15 62.5% #16 1,833 1 18
28 1993 41–22 65.1% #17 1,761 0 12 1997 15–12 55.6% #64 1,844 1 18
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 Michael Stich
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 1984 0 2 2 0.0% 6 4 10 60.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1985 0 1 1 0.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — — — — — 1989 0 2 2 0.0% 3 4 7 42.9% 5 3 8 62.5% 3 3 6 50.0%
21 1986 8 5 13 61.5% 7 7 14 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 1990 20 10 30 66.7% 3 6 9 33.3% 3 2 5 60.0% 3 5 8 37.5%
22 1987 1 6 7 14.3% 14 11 25 56.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 1991 31 10 41 75.6% 16 5 21 76.2% 10 1 11 90.9% 11 7 18 61.1%
23 1988 0 1 1 0.0% 12 8 20 60.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 1992 13 8 21 61.9% 12 7 19 63.2% 9 1 10 90.0% 9 4 13 69.2%
24 1989 — — — — 15 11 26 57.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1993 17 7 24 70.8% 17 5 22 77.3% 9 1 10 90.0% 24 6 30 80.0%
25 1990 8 10 18 44.4% 18 11 29 62.1% 2 2 4 50.0% 3 6 9 33.3% 1994 15 7 22 68.2% 16 5 21 76.2% 6 2 8 75.0% 17 7 24 70.8%
26 1991 9 5 14 64.3% 33 10 43 76.7% 3 1 4 75.0% 11 13 24 45.8% 1995 19 8 27 70.4% 8 5 13 61.5% 4 2 6 66.7% 8 3 11 72.7%
27 1992 2 5 7 28.6% 27 10 37 73.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 8 7 15 53.3% 1996 2 4 6 33.3% 7 2 9 77.8% 5 2 7 71.4% 11 7 18 61.1%
28 1993 10 2 12 83.3% 21 13 34 61.8% 0 1 1 0.0% 10 6 16 62.5% 1997 1 4 5 20.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 7 2 9 77.8% 5 3 8 62.5%
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% — 118 60 178 66.3% 84 42 126 66.7% 58 16 74 78.4% 91 45 136 66.9%

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 365/439 of Michael Stich'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 Michael Stich
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%
22 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1991 78/91 6.5 3.2 57.9% 76.6% 57.1% 66.4% 46.1% 68.2% 39.0%
23 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1992 52/63 7.3 3.4 58.9% 76.8% 57.1% 64.9% 46.6% 68.3% 37.6%
24 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1993 63/86 9.0 5.1 54.1% 79.2% 52.8% 63.0% 46.0% 67.1% 38.4%
25 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1994 67/75 8.3 3.8 56.5% 80.3% 52.6% 64.5% 43.9% 68.1% 39.1%
26 1991 78/85 5.3 2.6 56.5% 73.8% 52.0% 60.4% 45.8% 64.6% 39.7% 1995 48/57 8.1 3.4 56.3% 78.2% 52.5% 68.3% 43.8% 67.1% 39.8%
27 1992 57/60 4.7 1.9 54.9% 72.2% 49.8% 62.9% 42.5% 62.1% 41.6% 1996 31/40 11.6 5.1 54.9% 80.1% 49.7% 65.1% 42.5% 66.2% 39.0%
28 1993 54/63 6.6 2.2 55.4% 75.3% 51.7% 58.5% 37.1% 64.6% 38.9% 1997 26/27 9.0 5.9 53.5% 75.8% 50.4% 65.7% 40.1% 64.0% 37.3%
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% — 365/514 8.2 4.1 56.3% 78.2% 53.8% 65.3% 44.7% 67.4% 38.7%

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 Karel Novacek Michael Stich
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 1984 1554 120.6 — — — — — +73 — 47.1% +0.03 3–2 (60%) 2–3 (40%) — +1.14 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1985 1559 111.3 — — — — — +51 — 45.5% -0.14 3–1 (75%) 1–0 — +0.91 1989 1586 127.2 — — — — -41 -34 +24 51.7% +0.15 3–5 (38%) 2–2 (50%) — +0.27
21 1986 1693 138.0 — — — — -50 -14 — 50.6% -0.09 7–4 (64%) 8–6 (57%) — -0.16 1990 1785 147.1 — — — — -4 -221 -110 57.4% +0.43 5–11 (31%) 17–10 (63%) — -2.47
22 1987 1644 137.9 — — — — -102 +98 — 46.7% +0.06 6–10 (38%) 6–7 (46%) — +1.36 1991 1991 162.6 +7.11 +1.14 1.226 53.3% -46 -130 -46 69.4% +1.15 12–7 (63%) 28–17 (62%) — -3.59
23 1988 1638 121.5 — — — — -155 +57 — 51.6% +0.30 2–4 (33%) 4–7 (36%) — +1.33 1992 2006 155.8 +6.32 +0.24 1.184 52.7% -29 -142 +14 65.1% +0.82 6–7 (46%) 19–13 (59%) — -1.90
24 1989 1686 137.1 — — — — — +65 — 56.0% +0.36 4–6 (40%) 5–4 (56%) — +0.04 1993 2084 165.9 +5.83 +1.02 1.168 52.6% +6 -105 +36 68.4% +0.97 23–10 (70%) 37–17 (69%) — -2.80
25 1990 1706 145.2 — — — — -134 +115 -67 52.5% +0.39 10–11 (48%) 9–16 (36%) — -1.44 1994 1933 155.0 +5.80 +0.79 1.225 53.3% +27 +70 +175 66.5% +1.00 16–6 (73%) 18–18 (50%) — +0.70
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%) — -0.67 1995 1897 154.8 +4.74 +2.25 1.210 53.3% +35 +61 +83 65.5% +0.98 10–6 (63%) 13–14 (48%) — -0.41
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%) — +2.36 1996 1834 149.9 +3.10 +2.21 1.154 52.8% +5 +182 +187 62.6% +0.77 2–6 (25%) 15–7 (68%) — -1.26
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%) — +0.47 1997 1844 128.8 +1.60 +0.14 1.038 50.8% -74 +115 +189 56.0% +0.08 5–4 (56%) 8–7 (53%) — -0.51
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%) — -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%) — -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 — 2120 160.0 +5.49 +1.09 1.187 52.9% -7 -44 +61 64.7% +0.84 82–62 (57%) 157–105 (60%) 105.6 -2.34

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.