Jiří Novák

Jiří Novák

Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1975-03-22) 22 March 1975 (age 46) Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia (now Zlín, Czech Republic)
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$7,614,063
Singles
Career record	337–260
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 5 (21 October 2002)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	SF (2002)
French Open	4R (2003)
Wimbledon	3R (2003, 2005)
US Open	4R (1999, 2002, 2006)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (2002)
Olympic Games	2R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	311–211
Career titles	18
Highest ranking	No. 6 (9 July 2001)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2000)
French Open	QF (2000)
Wimbledon	F (2001)
US Open	F (2002)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (1999)
Olympic Games	QF (1996)

Jiří Novák (pronounced [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈnovaːk] (listen); 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]

Career[]

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.

ATP Tour finals[]

Singles: 13 (7 wins, 6 losses)[]

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	Jan 1996	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Brett Steven	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1.	Mar 1996	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Thomas Muster	6–7(3–7), 2–6
Win	2.	Nov 1998	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Xavier Malisse	6–3, 6–3
Win	3.	May 2001	Munich, Germany	Clay	Antony Dupuis	6–4, 7–5
Win	4.	Jul 2001	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–1, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
Loss	2.	Oct 2002	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	4–6, 1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	3.	Oct 2002	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Andre Agassi	walkover
Loss	4.	Feb 2003	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	1–6 6–7(2–7)
Win	5.	Jul 2003	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Roger Federer	5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	5.	Sep 2003	Shanghai, China	Hard (i)	Mark Philippoussis	2–6, 1–6
Win	6.	Oct 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Taylor Dent	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
Win	7.	Nov 2004	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	David Nalbandian	5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2
Loss	6.	Feb 2005	Delray Beach, U.S	Hard (i)	Xavier Malisse	6–76, 2–6

Doubles (18)[]

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	artner	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	Sep 1995	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	David Rikl	Steve Campbell MaliVai Washington	7–6, 6–2
Win	2.	Oct 1995	Santiago, Chile	Clay	David Rikl	Shelby Cannon Francisco Montana	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Win	3.	Mar 1996	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	David Rikl	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	7–6, 6–3
Win	4.	Jul 1996	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Pavel Vízner	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win	5.	Apr 1997	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	David Rikl	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	6–2, 6–4
Win	6.	Feb 1998	Split, Croatia	Carpet (i)	Martin Damm	Fredrik Bergh Patrik Fredriksson	7–6, 6–2
Win	7.	Aug 1998	San Marino, San Marino	Clay	David Rikl	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto	6–4, 7–6
Win	8.	Aug 1998	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	David Rikl	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–2, 7–6
Win	9.	Oct 1998	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	David Rikl	Daniel Orsanic David Roditi	6–4, 6–2
Win	10.	Feb 2000	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	David Rikl	Robbie Koenig Peter Tramacchi	6–2, 7–5
Win	11.	Jul 2000	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	David Rikl	Jérôme Golmard Michael Kohlmann	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	12.	Jul 2000	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	David Rikl	Lucas Arnold Ker Donald Johnson	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Win	13.	Oct 2000	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	David Rikl	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	14.	Mar 2001	Miami, U.S.	Hard	David Rikl	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Win	15.	Jul 2001	Montreal, Canada	Hard	David Rikl	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win	16.	Jul 2004	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Radek Štěpánek	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	6–2, 6–4
Win	17.	Jul 2005	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Petr Pála	Michal Mertiňák David Škoch	6–3, 6–3
Win	18.	Jul 2006	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Andrei Pavel	Marco Chiudinelli Jean-Claude Scherrer	6–3, 6–1

Singles performance timeline[]

Top 10 wins[]

#	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 Moyà	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 Moyà	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 Moyà	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[]

• One of eleven players to beat Roger Federer at Wimbledon (1999); the other ten being Yevgeny Kafelnikov (2000), Tim Henman (2001), Mario Ančić (2002), Rafael Nadal (2008), Tomáš Berdych (2010), Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (2011), Sergiy Stakhovsky (2013), Novak Djokovic (2014, 2015, 2019), Milos Raonic (2016) and Kevin Anderson (2018).

References[]

External links[]

• Jiří Novák at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jiří Novák at the International Tennis Federation
• Jiří Novák at the Davis Cup