Head to head
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Hard
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Clay
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Marat Safin's wins on the left · Jiri Novak's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (4)
| 2005 | Rome Masters | Clay | R64 | Marat Safin | 6-7(3) 6-1 6-1 |
| 2004 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | R64 | Marat Safin | 6-3 6-0 |
| 1999 | US Open | Hard | R64 | Jiri Novak | 6-2 5-7 6-4 3-6 6-2 |
| 1998 | Barcelona | Clay | R32 | Marat Safin | 4-6 6-3 7-6(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.