Head to head
0
Hard
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1
Clay
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Marcelo Rios's wins on the left · Jiri Novak's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (5)
| 2002 | US Open | Hard | R32 | Jiri Novak | 6-3 6-3 RET |
| 1999 | Stuttgart Outdoor | Clay | QF | Jiri Novak | 6-2 6-2 |
| 1996 | Gstaad | Clay | R32 | Jiri Novak | 7-6(3) 3-6 6-2 |
| 1996 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R32 | Marcelo Rios | 6-3 2-6 6-2 |
| 1995 | Montevideo | Clay | R32 | Jiri Novak | 6-4 4-6 6-2 |
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.