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Carl Uwe Steeb v Karel Novacek: stats compared | Lineball
Novacek wins on titles. Uwe Steeb’s case rests on double faults, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Uwe Steeb 404 matches, Novacek 525 matches.
Novacek has 13 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Uwe Steeb’s 3 titles (one every 50 matches).
Novacek averages 5.9 aces a match to Uwe Steeb’s 2.6 — 2.3 times as many.
Uwe Steeb averages 1.6 double faults a match to Novacek’s 2.2.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, aces, double faults): 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.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.03 total · best 1Titlesper game0.013 total · best 1
59.3First serve in %57.0
66.7First-serve points won %73.4
55.8Break points saved %60.0
38.1Return points won %38.7
2.6613 total · best 11Acesper game5.91,881 total · best 28
Head to head
58 matches since 19873
Clay · 6 matchesSteeb 3Novacek 3
Carpet · 2 matchesSteeb 2Novacek 0
Last meetings
17 May 1993 · World Team Cup · Round robin · ClaySteeb won 3-6 4-2
18 May 1992 · World Team Cup · Round robin · ClayNovacek won 7-6 3-6 6-3
4 Nov 1991 · Moscow · Round of 16 · CarpetSteeb won 6-3 7-5
6 May 1991 · ATP Masters 1000 Hamburg · Round of 64 · ClayNovacek won 6-4 7-6(4)
15 Apr 1991 · Nice · Round of 16 · ClayNovacek won 3-6 7-5 6-4
4 Feb 1991 · Milan · Round of 16 · CarpetSteeb won 4-6 7-6(1) 6-4
24 Apr 1989 · Monte Carlo · Round of 64 · ClaySteeb won 6-2 6-1
27 July 1987 · Hilversum · Round of 32 · ClaySteeb won 6-1 4-6 6-1
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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12.34,969 total · best 31
Games wonper game
12.86,721 total · best 29
44.0Break points converted %41.6
50.4Sets won %53.7
50.0Games won %51.4
0.010 total · best 1Finalsper game0.121 total · best 1
1.3521 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.4729 total · best 3
1.3513 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.2628 total · best 3
12.34,962 total · best 34Games lostper game · lower is better12.16,353 total · best 28
0.3121 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.4201 total · best 3
1.6382 total · best 6Double faultsper game · lower is better2.2697 total · best 11