Mancini v Novacek

Karel Novacek takes it, 11–3 on categories

Novacek wins on first-serve points won %. Mancini’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Mancini 258 matches, Novacek 525 matches.

• Novacek averages 5.9 aces a match to Mancini’s 2.7 — 2.2 times as many.
• Mancini has the better first serve in %: 63.4 to Novacek’s 57.
• Novacek has the better first-serve points won %: 73.4 to Mancini’s 66.9.
• Longevity: Novacek has 525 matches across 13 seasons, Mancini 258 in 8 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• 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.