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Jiří Novák

This article is about the Czech tennis player. For other people, see Jiří Novák (disambiguation).

Jiří Novák (pronounced [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈnovaːk] ⓘ; born 22 March 1975) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco.[1]

Jiří Novák
Country (sports) Czech Republic
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1975-03-22) 22 March 1975 (age 49)
Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia
(now Zlín, Czech Republic)
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1993
Retired2007
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$7,618,613
Singles
Career record337–260
Career titles7
Highest rankingNo. 5 (21 October 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenSF (2002)
French Open4R (2003)
Wimbledon3R (2003, 2005)
US Open4R (1999, 2002, 2006)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (2002)
Olympic Games2R (2004)
Doubles
Career record311–211
Career titles18
Highest rankingNo. 6 (9 July 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2000)
French OpenQF (2000)
WimbledonF (2001)
US OpenF (2002)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (1999)
Olympic GamesQF (1996)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R (2002)
Wimbledon3R (2001)
US Open2R (2000)
Last updated on: 17 January 2022.

Career edit

Novák turned professional in 1993 and won seven singles and 18 doubles titles during his career, winning $7,614,063 in prize money. For six years, he was the highest-ranked male Czech tennis player in the ATP rankings. On October 21, 2002, Novák reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 5. He retired in 2007.

Novák was the first player to face Roger Federer at Wimbledon. In this first-round match at the 1999 tournament, Novák defeated Federer in five sets.

Novák created a tennis school in the Czech Republic and one of his students was the fourteen year old Preet Chandi before she went on to be an adventurer.[2]

Significant finals edit

Grand Slam tournaments edit

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2001 Wimbledon Grass   David Rikl   Donald Johnson
  Jared Palmer		 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 2002 US Open Hard   Radek Štěpánek   Mahesh Bhupathi
  Max Mirnyi		 3–6, 6–3, 6–4

Masters Series edit

Singles: 1 (1 runner-ups) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2002 Madrid Hard (i)   Andre Agassi walkover

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-ups) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1999 Monte-Carlo Clay   David Rikl   Olivier Delaître
  Tim Henman		 2–6, 3–6
Win 2000 Stuttgart Hard (i)   David Rikl   Donald Johnson
  Piet Norval		 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 2001 Miami Hard   David Rikl   Jonas Björkman
  Todd Woodbridge		 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Win 2001 Montreal Hard   David Rikl   Donald Johnson
  Jared Palmer		 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Performance timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles edit

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 2R A 3R 2R A SF 3R 3R A A 0 / 7 13–7 65%
French Open A 2R A 1R 2R 1R 3R 3R 4R 2R 2R 1R 0 / 10 11–10 52%
Wimbledon A 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R 3R 1R 3R 1R 0 / 11 8–11 42%
US Open 1R 2R 2R 1R 4R 3R 3R 4R 3R 3R 2R 4R 0 / 12 20–12 63%
Win–loss 0–1 3–4 2–3 0–3 7–4 3–4 5–3 11–4 9–4 5–4 4–3 3–3 0 / 40 52–40 0%
Year-End Championships
Tennis Masters Cup did not qualify RR did not qualify 0 / 1 1–2 33%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NH 1R Not Held 1R Not Held 2R NH 0 / 3 1–3 25%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A 1R 2R A 1R 1R Q1 2R 2R 3R 3R A 0 / 8 5–8 38%
Miami A A 2R 1R 1R 3R 1R 3R 2R 3R 4R A 0 / 9 7–9 44%
Monte Carlo A 2R A A 3R 2R 1R 3R 2R 1R 2R A 0 / 8 8–8 50%
Hamburg A A A A 3R 1R A 3R 1R 1R 3R 1R 0 / 7 6–7 46%
Rome A A A A A 2R A SF 3R QF 1R 1R 0 / 6 10–6 63%
Canada A 2R A A 3R SF 1R SF 3R 2R 2R A 0 / 8 15–8 65%
Cincinnati A A 3R A 3R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 8 6–8 43%
Stuttgart A A A A 3R 1R 3R Not Held 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Madrid Not Held F 3R 2R 1R A 0 / 4 5–3 63%
Paris A A A A 1R 1R QF 2R SF 2R 1R A 0 / 7 6–7 46%
Win–loss 0–0 2–3 4–3 0–1 10–8 9–9 6–6 18–9 10–9 6–9 7–9 0–2 0 / 68 72–68 51%
Year-end ranking 53 52 48 75 40 53 29 7 13 24 48 129

Doubles edit

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R A 2R QF A 2R A 3R A A 0 / 5 8–5 62%
French Open A 1R A 2R 3R QF 3R 1R A 2R 1R 1R 0 / 9 9–9 50%
Wimbledon A 2R 2R 1R A 3R F 2R 2R 3R 1R 1R 0 / 10 13–10 57%
US Open 2R 1R QF 2R 3R 1R 3R F 2R 1R 1R A 0 / 11 15–11 58%
Win–loss 1–1 1–3 5–3 2–3 5–3 8–4 9–3 7–4 2–2 5–4 0–3 0–2 0 / 35 45–35 56%
Year-End Championships
Tennis Masters Cup did not qualify RR did not qualify 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NH QF Not Held 2R Not Held 1R NH 0 / 3 2–3 25%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A 1R A QF 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 8 3–8 27%
Miami A A 3R 3R 2R QF W 2R 1R 1R 1R A 1 / 9 10–8 56%
Monte Carlo A 2R A A F QF QF 2R 2R 1R 2R A 0 / 8 12–8 60%
Hamburg A A A A QF QF 1R SF 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 7 7–7 50%
Rome A A A A 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R QF A 0 / 7 3–7 30%
Canada A 1R A A 1R 1R W 2R 1R 1R 1R A 1 / 8 6–7 46%
Cincinnati A A A A 1R SF QF SF A 1R 1R A 0 / 6 8–6 57%
Stuttgart A A A A 2R W SF Not Held 1 / 3 7–2 78%
Madrid Not Held 2R 2R A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Paris A A A A 1R 2R 2R A A 2R A A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Win–loss 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 9–9 13–8 17–7 9–8 2–7 1–8 3–7 0–0 3 / 62 58–59 50%
Year-end ranking 69 50 61 32 32 10 8 21 52 37 80 96

ATP career finals edit

Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups) edit

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–1)
ATP Championship Series (1–2)
ATP World Series (6–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–5)
Clay (4–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (6–4)
Indoors (1–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jan 1996 Auckland, New Zealand World Series Hard   Brett Steven 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Mar 1996 Mexico City, Mexico World Series Clay   Thomas Muster 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Win 2–1 Nov 1998 Mexico City, Mexico International Series Clay   Xavier Malisse 6–3, 6–3
Win 3–1 May 2001 Munich, Germany International Series Clay   Antony Dupuis 6–4, 7–5
Win 4–1 Jul 2001 Gstaad, Switzerland International Series Clay   Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
Loss 4–2 Oct 2002 Vienna, Austria Championship Series Hard (i)   Roger Federer 4–6, 1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 4–3 Oct 2002 Madrid, Spain Masters Series Hard (i)   Andre Agassi walkover
Loss 4–4 Feb 2003 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Championship Series Hard   Roger Federer 1–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 5–4 Jul 2003 Gstaad, Switzerland International Series Clay   Roger Federer 5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Loss 5–5 Sep 2003 Shanghai, China International Series Hard   Mark Philippoussis 2–6, 1–6
Win 6–5 Oct 2004 Tokyo, Japan Championship Series Hard   Taylor Dent 5–7, 6–1, 6–3
Win 7–5 Nov 2004 Basel, Switzerland International Series Carpet (i)   David Nalbandian 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2
Loss 7–6 Feb 2005 Delray Beach, United States International Series Hard   Xavier Malisse 6–76, 2–6

Doubles: 40 (18 titles, 22 runner-ups) edit

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–2)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (3–1)
ATP Championship Series (3–4)
ATP International Series (12–15)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–11)
Clay (11–7)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (2–3)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (15–14)
Indoors (3–8)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1995 Prague, Czech Republic World Series Clay   David Rikl   Libor Pimek
  Byron Talbot 		5–7, 6–1, 6–7
Win 1–1 Sep 1995 Bogotá, Colombia World Series Clay   David Rikl   Steve Campbell
  MaliVai Washington 		7–6, 6–2
Win 2–1 Oct 1995 Santiago, Chile World Series Clay   David Rikl   Shelby Cannon
  Francisco Montana 		6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Loss 2–2 Nov 1995 Montevideo, Uruguay World Series Clay   David Rikl   Emilio Sánchez
  Sergio Casal 		6–2, 6–7, 6–7
Loss 2–3 Nov 1995 Buenos Aires, Argentina World Series Clay   David Rikl   Vince Spadea
  Christo van Rensburg 		3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Feb 1996 Dubai, United Arab Emirates World Series Hard   Karel Nováček   Byron Black
  Grant Connell 		0–6, 1–6
Win 3–4 Mar 1996 Casablanca, Morocco World Series Clay   David Rikl   Tomás Carbonell
  Francisco Roig 		7–6, 6–3
Win 4–4 Jul 1996 Gstaad, Switzerland World Series Clay   Pavel Vízner   Trevor Kronemann
  David Macpherson 		4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss 4–5 Nov 1996 Moscow, Russia World Series Carpet (i)   David Rikl   Rick Leach
  Andrei Olhovskiy 		6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Win 5–5 Oct 1997 Ostrava, Czech Republic World Series Carpet (i)   David Rikl   Donald Johnson
  Francisco Montana 		6–2, 6–4
Win 6–5 Feb 1998 Split, Croatia World Series Carpet (i)   Martin Damm   Fredrik Bergh
  Patrik Fredriksson 		7–6, 6–2
Loss 6–6 Aug 1998 Umag, Croatia World Series Clay   David Rikl   Neil Broad
  Pieter Norval 		1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 7–6 Aug 1998 San Marino, San Marino World Series Clay   David Rikl   Mariano Hood
  Sebastián Prieto 		6–4, 7–6
Win 8–6 Aug 1998 Indianapolis, United States Championship Series Hard   David Rikl   Mark Knowles
  Daniel Nestor 		6–2, 7–6
Loss 8–7 Oct 1998 Mallorca, Spain World Series Clay   David Rikl   Pablo Albano
  Daniel Orsanic 		6–7, 3–6
Win 9–7 Nov 1998 Mexico City, Mexico International Series Clay   David Rikl   Daniel Orsanic
  David Roditi 		6–4, 6–2
Loss 9–8 Jan 1999 Auckland, New Zealand World Series Hard   David Rikl   Jeff Tarango
  Daniel Vacek 		5–7, 5–7
Loss 9–9 Apr 1999 Estoril, Portugal International Series Clay   David Rikl   Tomás Carbonell
  Donald Johnson 		3–6, 6–2, 1–6
Loss 9–10 Apr 1999 Monte Carlo, Monaco Masters Series Clay   David Rikl   Olivier Delaître
  Tim Henman 		2–6, 3–6
Loss 9–11 Oct 1999 Basle, Switzerland World Series Carpet (i)   David Rikl   Aleksandar Kitinov
  Brent Haygarth 		6–0, 4–6, 5–7
Win 10–11 Feb 2000 Dubai, United Arab Emirates International Series Hard   David Rikl   Robbie Koenig
  Peter Tramacchi 		6–2, 7–5
Win 11–11 Jul 2000 Gstaad, Switzerland International Series Clay   David Rikl   Jérôme Golmard
  Michael Kohlmann 		3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 12–11 Jul 2000 Stuttgart, Germany Championship Series Clay   David Rikl   Lucas Arnold Ker
  Donald Johnson 		5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 12–12 Oct 2000 Vienna, Austria Championship Series Hard (i)   David Rikl   Yevgeny Kafelnikov
  Nenad Zimonjić 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 12–13 Oct 2000 Moscow, Russia International Series Carpet (i)   David Rikl   Jonas Björkman
  David Prinosil 		2–6, 3–6
Win 13–13 Nov 2000 Stuttgart, Germany Masters Series Hard (i)   David Rikl   Donald Johnson
  Piet Norval 		3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 13–14 Feb 2001 Copenhagen, Denmark International Series Hard (i)   David Rikl   Wayne Black
  Kevin Ullyett 		3–6, 3–6
Win 14–14 Apr 2001 Miami, United States Masters Series Hard   David Rikl   Jonas Björkman
  Todd Woodbridge 		7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 14–15 Jul 2001 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass   David Rikl   Donald Johnson
  Jared Palmer 		4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 15–15 Aug 2001 Montreal, Canada Masters Series Hard   David Rikl   Donald Johnson
  Jared Palmer 		6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 15–16 Oct 2001 Vienna, Austria Championship Series Hard (i)   David Rikl   Martin Damm
  Radek Štěpánek 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 15–17 Jan 2002 Doha, Qatar International Series Hard   David Rikl   Donald Johnson
  Jared Palmer 		3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 15–18 Feb 2002 Copenhagen, Denmark International Series Hard (i)   Radek Štěpánek   Julian Knowle
  Michael Kohlmann 		6–7(8–10), 5–7
Loss 15–19 Sep 2002 New York, United States Grand Slam Hard   Radek Štěpánek   Mahesh Bhupathi
  Max Mirnyi 		3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 15–20 Oct 2002 Vienna, Austria Championship Series Hard (i)   Radek Štěpánek   Joshua Eagle
  Sandon Stolle 		4–6, 3–6
Loss 15–21 Jan 2004 Auckland, New Zealand International Series Hard   Radek Štěpánek   Mahesh Bhupathi
  Fabrice Santoro 		6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Win 16–21 Jul 2004 Stuttgart, Germany Championship Series Clay   Radek Štěpánek   Simon Aspelin
  Todd Perry 		6–2, 6–4
Loss 16–22 Oct 2004 Tokyo, Japan Championship Series Hard   Petr Pála   Jared Palmer
  Pavel Vízner 		1–5 ret.
Win 17–22 Jul 2005 Umag, Croatia International Series Clay   Petr Pála   Michal Mertiňák
  David Škoch 		6–3, 6–3
Win 18–22 Jul 2006 Gstaad, Switzerland International Series Clay   Andrei Pavel   Marco Chiudinelli
  Jean-Claude Scherrer 		6–3, 6–1

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 13 (6–7) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–7)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (5–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1994 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Albert Portas 6–2, 7–5
Win 2–0 Feb 1995 Mar del Plata, Argentina Challenger Clay   Kris Goossens 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 2–1 Apr 1995 Birmingham, United States Challenger Clay   Bohdan Ulihrach 4–6, 6–7
Win 3–1 May 1995 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Clay   Félix Mantilla 6–1, 2–6, 6–2
Loss 3–2 Jul 1995 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay   Carlos Moyá 3–6, 4–6
Loss 3–3 Aug 1995 Graz, Austria Challenger Clay   Carlos Costa 4–6, 3–6
Loss 3–4 Sep 1995 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Andrea Gaudenzi 4–6, 3–6
Win 4–4 Oct 1995 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay   Nicolás Lapentti 7–6, 6–3
Win 5–4 Mar 1997 Indian Wells, United States Challenger Hard   Slava Doseděl 7–6, 6–4
Loss 5–5 Nov 1997 Aachen, Germany Challenger Hard   Hendrik Dreekmann 7–5, 6–7, 3–6
Win 6–5 Jun 1998 Zagreb, Croatia Challenger Clay   Mariano Puerta 7–5, 6–1
Loss 6–6 Jun 2001 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Bohdan Ulihrach 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Loss 6–7 Jun 2002 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Guillermo Coria 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 6 (5–1) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Dec 1994 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Carpet   Radomír Vašek   Sjeng Schalken
  Joost Winnink 		6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–0 Jun 1995 Košice, Slovakia Challenger Clay   David Rikl   Jeff Tarango
  Adrian Voinea 		7–6, 6–2
Win 3–0 Jul 1995 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay   Tomáš Krupa   Lorenzo Manta
  Patrick Mohr 		4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 4–0 Jun 1997 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   David Rikl   Scott Melville
  Diego Nargiso 		6–4, 6–2
Loss 4–1 Apr 1998 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Radek Štěpánek   Joan Balcells
  Nenad Zimonjić 		6–7, 6–7
Win 5–1 May 1998 Košice, Slovakia Challenger Clay   David Rikl   Nebojsa Djordjevic
  Marcos Ondruska 		7–6, 6–4

Top 10 wins edit

Season 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total
Wins 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 3 2 3 3 4 0 0 21
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score NR
1996
1.   Boris Becker 6 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) 2R 6–3, 7–6(7–4) 45
1997
2.   Carlos Moyá 9 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard 1R 2–6, 6–0, 7–5 67
3.   Richard Krajicek 6 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard QF 6–2, 6–2 67
4.   Carlos Moyá 6 Ostrava, Czech Republic Carpet (i) 2R 6–4, 6–4 63
5.   Sergi Bruguera 10 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) 1R 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 53
1999
6.   Todd Martin 4 Vienna, Austria Carpet (i) 1R 7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), 6–4 34
2000
7.   Tim Henman 10 Davis Cup, Ostrava, Czech Republic Clay (i) RR 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 44
8.   Pete Sampras 2 Davis Cup, Los Angeles, United States Hard (i) RR 7–6(7–1), 6–3, 6–2 39
9.   Thomas Enqvist 7 Toronto, Canada Hard 3R 6–2, 1–6, 3–1, ret. 55
2001
10.   Àlex Corretja 9 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay SF 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 40
11.   Juan Carlos Ferrero 5 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay F 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 7–5 40
2002
12.   Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard QF 6–1, 6–1 17
13.   Sébastien Grosjean 8 Davis Cup, Pau, France Carpet (i) RR 3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–1 15
14.   Andre Agassi 2 Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China Hard (i) RR 7–5, 6–1 7
2003
15.   Carlos Moyá 4 World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany Clay RR 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2 14
16.   Roger Federer 3 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay F 5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3 10
17.   Juan Carlos Ferrero 1 Paris, France Carpet (i) 3R 7–5, 7–5 18
2004
18.   Tim Henman 5 Summer Olympics, Athens, Greece Hard 1R 6–3, 6–3 24
19.   Lleyton Hewitt 3 Tokyo, Japan Hard SF 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 28
20.   Tim Henman 4 Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i) QF 7–6(7–5), 7–5 20
21.   David Nalbandian 10 Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i) F 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2 20

Tennis records edit

References edit

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (2000). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 2000. London: CollinsWillow. p. 323. ISBN 9780002189460.
  2. ^ Long, Richard (November 2021). "Ploar Push" (PDF). Soldier.

External links edit

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