Head to head
0
Hard
4
2
Clay
0
1
Grass
1
1
Carpet
0
Jiri Novak's wins on the left · Roger Federer's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (9)
| 2004 | Halle | Grass | SF | Roger Federer | 6-3 6-4 |
| 2003 | Gstaad | Clay | F | Jiri Novak | 5-7 6-3 6-3 1-6 6-3 |
| 2003 | Dubai | Hard | F | Roger Federer | 6-1 7-6(2) |
| 2002 | Masters Cup | Hard | RR | Roger Federer | 6-0 4-6 6-2 |
| 2002 | Vienna | Hard | F | Roger Federer | 6-4 6-1 3-6 6-4 |
| 2001 | Paris Masters | Carpet | R32 | Jiri Novak | 6-4 6-7(4) 7-6(2) |
| 2000 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R64 | Jiri Novak | 6-1 2-6 7-5 |
| 1999 | Vienna | Hard | R16 | Roger Federer | 7-6(8) 6-1 |
| 1999 | Wimbledon | Grass | R128 | Jiri Novak | 6-3 3-6 4-6 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.