Head to head
0
Hard
1
1
Clay
2
0
Grass
2
0
Carpet
3
Karel Novacek's wins on the left · Boris Becker'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.