Jiří Novák Explained

Jiří Novák
Residence:	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Birth Date:	df=y 1975, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia
Turnedpro:	1993
Retired:	2007
Plays:	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	US$7,618,613
Singlesrecord:	337–260
Singlestitles:	7
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 5 (21 October 2002)
Australianopenresult:	SF (2002)
Frenchopenresult:	4R (2003)
Wimbledonresult:	3R (2003, 2005)
Usopenresult:	4R (1999, 2002, 2006)
Othertournaments:	yes
Masterscupresult:	RR (2002)
Olympicsresult:	2R (2004)
Doublesrecord:	311–211
Doublestitles:	18
Australianopendoublesresult:	QF (2000)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	QF (2000)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	F (2001)
Usopendoublesresult:	F (2002)
Othertournamentsdoubles:	Yes
Masterscupdoublesresult:	RR (1999)
Olympicsdoublesresult:	QF (1996)
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 6 (9 July 2001)
Australianopenmixedresult:	2R (2002)
Wimbledonmixedresult:	3R (2001)
Usopenmixedresult:	2R (2000)
Updated:	17 January 2022

Jiří Novák (pronounced as /cs/; 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.

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

Grand Slam tournaments

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	width=200	Tournament	Surface	width=200	Partner	width=200	Opponents	width=200 class=unsortable	Score
bgcolor=FFA07A	Loss			Grass			4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7^(6–8)
bgcolor=FFA07A	Loss			Hard			3–6, 6–3, 6–4

Masters Series

Singles: 1 (1 runner-ups)

Result	Year	width=200	Tournament	Surface	width=200	Opponent	width=200 class=unsortable	Score
Loss	2002	Madrid	Hard (i)	Andre Agassi	walkover

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

Result	Year	width=200	Tournament	Surface	width=200	Partner	width=200	Opponents	width=200 class=unsortable	Score
Loss	1999	Monte-Carlo	Clay		Olivier Delaître Tim Henman	2–6, 3–6
Win	2000	Stuttgart	Hard (i)		Donald Johnson Piet Norval	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2001	Miami	Hard		Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	7–5, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	2001	Montreal	Hard		Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Performance timelines

Singles

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	bgcolor=yellow	SF	3R	3R	A	A	0 / 7	13–7
French Open	A	2R	A	1R	2R	1R	3R	3R	4R	2R	2R	1R	0 / 10	11–10
Wimbledon	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	3R	1R	3R	1R	0 / 11	8–11
US Open	1R	2R	2R	1R	4R	3R	3R	4R	3R	3R	2R	4R	0 / 12	20–12
style=text-align:left	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
Year-End Championships
Tennis Masters Cup	did not qualify							RR	did not qualify				0 / 1	1–2
Olympic Games
style=background:#EFEFEF align=left	Summer Olympics	NH	style=background:#afeeee	1R	Not Held	style=background:#afeeee	1R	Not Held	style=background:#afeeee	2R	NH	0 / 3	1–3
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	Q1	2R	2R	3R	3R	A	0 / 8	5–8
Miami	A	A	2R	1R	1R	3R	1R	3R	2R	3R	4R	A	0 / 9	7–9
Monte Carlo	A	2R	A	A	3R	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	2R	A	0 / 8	8–8
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	A	3R	1R	1R	3R	1R	0 / 7	6–7
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	bgcolor=yellow	SF	3R	QF	1R	1R	0 / 6	10–6
Canada	A	2R	A	A	3R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	1R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	3R	2R	2R	A	0 / 8	15–8
Cincinnati	A	A	3R	A	3R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 8	6–8
	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	3R	Not Held					0 / 3	4–3
Madrid	Not Held							bgcolor=thistle	F	3R	2R	1R	A	0 / 4	5–3
Paris	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	QF	2R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	2R	1R	A	0 / 7	6–7
style=text-align:left	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
Year-end ranking	53	52	48	75	40	53	29	7	13	24	48	129

Doubles

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
French Open	A	1R	A	2R	3R	QF	3R	1R	A	2R	1R	1R	0 / 9	9–9
Wimbledon	A	2R	2R	1R	A	3R	bgcolor=thistle	F	2R	2R	3R	1R	1R	0 / 10	13–10
US Open	2R	1R	QF	2R	3R	1R	3R	bgcolor=thistle	F	2R	1R	1R	A	0 / 11	15–11
style=text-align:left	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
Year-End Championships
Tennis Masters Cup	did not qualify				RR	did not qualify							0 / 1	0–1
Olympic Games
style=background:#EFEFEF align=left	Summer Olympics	NH	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	Not Held	style=background:#afeeee	2R	Not Held	style=background:#afeeee	1R	NH	0 / 3	2–3
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	1R	A	QF	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 8	3–8
Miami	A	A	3R	3R	2R	QF	bgcolor=lime	W	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	1 / 9	10–8
Monte Carlo	A	2R	A	A	bgcolor=thistle	F	QF	QF	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	0 / 8	12–8
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	QF	QF	1R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 7	7–7
Rome	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	QF	A	0 / 7	3–7
Canada	A	1R	A	A	1R	bgcolor=yellow	1R	bgcolor=lime	W	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	1 / 8	6–7
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	1R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	QF	bgcolor=yellow	SF	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 6	8–6
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	2R	bgcolor=lime	W	bgcolor=yellow	SF	Not Held					1 / 3	7–2
Madrid	Not Held							2R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2
Paris	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 4	1–4
style=text-align:left	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
Year-end ranking	69	50	61	32	32	10	8	21	52	37	80	96

ATP career finals

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

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	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Auckland, New Zealand	World Series	Hard	Brett Steven	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Mexico City, Mexico	World Series	Clay	Thomas Muster	6–7^(3–7), 2–6
Win	2–1	Mexico City, Mexico	International Series	Clay	Xavier Malisse	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–1	Munich, Germany	International Series	Clay	Antony Dupuis	6–4, 7–5
Win	4–1	Gstaad, Switzerland	International Series	Clay	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–1, 6–7^(5–7), 7–5
Loss	4–2	Vienna, Austria	Championship Series	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	4–6, 1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	4–3	Madrid, Spain	Masters Series	Hard (i)	Andre Agassi	walkover
Loss	4–4	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Championship Series	Hard	Roger Federer	1–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Win	5–4	Gstaad, Switzerland	International Series	Clay	Roger Federer	5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	5–5	Shanghai, China	International Series	Hard	Mark Philippoussis	2–6, 1–6
Win	6–5	Tokyo, Japan	Championship Series	Hard	Taylor Dent	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
Win	7–5	Basel, Switzerland	International Series	Carpet (i)	David Nalbandian	5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2
Loss	7–6	Delray Beach, United States	International Series	Hard	Xavier Malisse	6–7⁶, 2–6

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

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

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (6–7)

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	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Albert Portas	6–2, 7–5
Win	2–0	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Kris Goossens	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Birmingham, United States	Challenger	Clay	Bohdan Ulihrach	4–6, 6–7
Win	3–1	Budapest, Hungary	Challenger	Clay	Félix Mantilla	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
Loss	3–2	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Carlos Moyá	3–6, 4–6
Loss	3–3	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Carlos Costa	4–6, 3–6
Loss	3–4	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Andrea Gaudenzi	4–6, 3–6
Win	4–4	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Nicolás Lapentti	7–6, 6–3
Win	5–4	Indian Wells, United States	Challenger	Hard	Slava Doseděl	7–6, 6–4
Loss	5–5	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Hendrik Dreekmann	7–5, 6–7, 3–6
Win	6–5	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Puerta	7–5, 6–1
Loss	6–6	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Bohdan Ulihrach	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 3–6
Loss	6–7	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Guillermo Coria	3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 6 (5–1)

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	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Carpet	Radomír Vašek	Sjeng Schalken Joost Winnink	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2–0	Košice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	David Rikl	Jeff Tarango Adrian Voinea	7–6, 6–2
Win	3–0	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Tomáš Krupa	Lorenzo Manta Patrick Mohr	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	4–0	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	David Rikl	Scott Melville Diego Nargiso	6–4, 6–2
Loss	4–1	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Radek Štěpánek	Joan Balcells Nenad Zimonjić	6–7, 6–7
Win	5–1	Košice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	David Rikl	Nebojsa Djordjevic Marcos Ondruska	7–6, 6–4

Top 10 wins

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

1996
	width=200	Player	Rank	width=250	Event	Surface	Rd	width=200	Score
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	bgcolor=thistle	Carpet (i)	2R	6–4, 6–4	63
5.	Sergi Bruguera	10	Moscow, Russia	bgcolor=thistle	Carpet (i)	1R	2–6, 6–1, 6–4	53
1999
6.	Todd Martin	4	Vienna, Austria	bgcolor=thistle	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	bgcolor=thistle	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	bgcolor=yellow	SF	3–6, 6–3, 6–4	40
11.	Juan Carlos Ferrero	5	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	bgcolor=lime	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	bgcolor=thistle	Carpet (i)	RR	3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–1	15
14.	Andre Agassi	bgcolor=thistle	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	bgcolor=lime	F	5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3	10
17.	Juan Carlos Ferrero	bgcolor=lime	1	Paris, France	bgcolor=thistle	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	bgcolor=yellow	SF	6–4, 4–6, 6–2	28
20.	Tim Henman	4	Basel, Switzerland	bgcolor=thistle	Carpet (i)	QF	7–6^(7–5), 7–5	20
21.	David Nalbandian	10	Basel, Switzerland	bgcolor=thistle	Carpet (i)	bgcolor=lime	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), Kevin Anderson (2018) and Hubert Hurkacz (2021).

Notes and References

Book: International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 2000. 2000. CollinsWillow. London. 9780002189460. John Barrett. John Barrett (tennis). 323.
Long. Richard. November 2021. Ploar Push. Soldier.