Head to head
Rivalry summary
Boris Becker and Karel Novacek met 9 times on the ATP tour between 1984 and 1994. Boris Becker leads the head-to-head 8–1 against Karel Novacek. By surface, Becker leads 2–1 on clay; Becker leads 2–0 on grass; Becker leads 3–0 on carpet.
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Boris Becker's wins on the left · Karel Novacek's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (9)
| 1994 | Rome Masters | Clay | R64 | Boris Becker | 6-1 1-6 6-1 |
| 1993 | Paris Masters | Carpet | R16 | Boris Becker | 7-6(9) 6-2 |
| 1992 | Hamburg Masters | Clay | QF | Boris Becker | 6-1 7-6(6) |
| 1990 | Kitzbuhel | Clay | QF | Karel Novacek | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1990 | Brussels | Carpet | R32 | Boris Becker | 7-6 6-2 |
| 1989 | Davis Cup WG QF: TCH vs FRG | Carpet | RR | Boris Becker | 7-6(5) 6-4 6-4 |
| 1988 | Wimbledon | Grass | R64 | Boris Becker | 6-3 6-4 6-4 |
| 1987 | Wimbledon | Grass | R128 | Boris Becker | 6-4 6-2 6-4 |
| 1984 | Vienna | Hard | R32 | Boris Becker | 6-4 6-7 6-1 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.