Vajda v Novacek

Karel Novacek takes it, 13–2 on categories

Novacek wins on titles. Vajda’s case rests on return points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Vajda 271 matches, Novacek 525 matches.

• Novacek has 13 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Vajda’s 2 titles (one every 50 matches).
• Novacek has the better first-serve points won %: 73.4 to Vajda’s 61.5.
• Novacek averages 5.9 aces a match to Vajda’s 2.2 — 2.7 times as many.
• Winners’ edge: Novacek’s team won 55%, Vajda’s team won 44% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Novacek has 525 matches across 13 seasons, Vajda 271 in 11 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, aces, finals…): those averages use only the games that logged them.

Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.