Novak v Federer
ATP Tour career
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Roger Federer takes it, 11–3 on categories
Federer wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Novak 575 matches, Federer 1,472 matches.
- Federer has 103 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Novak’s 7 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
- Federer averages 7.7 aces a match to Novak’s 3.9 — 2 times as many.
- Federer averages a sets lost every 1.6 matches to Novak’s 1.2.
- Winners’ edge: Federer’s team won 82%, Novak’s team won 56% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Federer has 1,472 matches across 24 seasons, Novak 575 in 14 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles): 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.
- 0.07 total · best 1Titlesper game0.1103 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.020 total · best 1
- 65.2First serve in %62.2
- 68.6First-serve points won %77.3
- 59.8Break points saved %67.2
- 40.2Return points won %39.7
- 3.92,228 total · best 18
Head to head
49 matches
since 19995
since 19995
- Hard · 4 matchesNovak 0Federer 4
- Grass · 2 matchesNovak 1Federer 1
- Clay · 2 matchesNovak 2Federer 0
- Carpet · 1 matchNovak 1Federer 0
- Grand Slams · 1 matchNovak 1Federer 0
- Finals · 3 matchesNovak 1Federer 2
Last meetings
- 7 June 2004 · Halle · Semifinal · GrassFederer won 6-3 6-4
- 7 July 2003 · Gstaad · Final · ClayNovak won 5-7 6-3 6-3 1-6 6-3
- 24 Feb 2003 · Dubai · Final · HardFederer won 6-1 7-6(2)
- 11 Nov 2002 · Tennis Masters Cup · Round robin · HardFederer won 6-0 4-6 6-2
- 7 Oct 2002 · Vienna · Final · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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