Head to head
Rivalry summary
Jiri Novak and Albert Costa met 6 times on the ATP tour between 1998 and 2004. Albert Costa leads the head-to-head 5–1 against Jiri Novak. By surface, they are level 1–1 on hard; Costa leads 4–0 on clay.
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Hard
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Clay
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Jiri Novak's wins on the left · Albert Costa's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (6)
| 2004 | Rome Masters | Clay | QF | Albert Costa | 6-4 6-2 |
| 2000 | Stuttgart Masters | Hard | R64 | Albert Costa | 7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(3) |
| 2000 | Gstaad | Clay | QF | Albert Costa | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1999 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | R32 | Jiri Novak | 7-6(3) 7-6(6) |
| 1999 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R16 | Albert Costa | 4-6 6-2 6-4 |
| 1998 | Estoril | Clay | R16 | Albert Costa | 6-3 6-4 |
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.