Jiří Novák

Jiří Novák

Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1975-03-22) 22 March 1975 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 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
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 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
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]; born 22 March 1975) is a former Czech tennis player, who was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Career

Novák turned professional in 1993 and won 7 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.

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 13 (7–6)

Wins (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	14 January 1996	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Brett Steven	6–4, 6–4
2.	1 November 1998	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Xavier Malisse	6–3, 6–3
3.	6 May 2001	Munich, Germany	Clay	Antony Dupuis	6–4, 7–5
4.	15 July 2001	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–1, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
5.	13 July 2003	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Roger Federer	5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
6.	10 October 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Taylor Dent	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
7.	3 November 2004	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	David Nalbandian	5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2

Runners-up (6)

• 1996: Mexico City (lost to Thomas Muster) 6–7³ 2–6
• 2002: Vienna (lost to Roger Federer) 4–6 1–6 6–3 4–6
• 2002: Madrid Masters (lost to Andre Agassi) walkover
• 2003: Dubai (lost to Roger Federer) 1–6 6–7²
• 2003: Shanghai (lost to Mark Philippoussis) 2–6 1–6
• 2005: Delray Beach (lost to Xavier Malisse) 6–7⁶ 2–6

Doubles (18)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
1.	September 11, 1995	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	David Rikl	Steve Campbell MaliVai Washington	7–6, 6–2
2.	October 23, 1995	Santiago, Chile	Clay	David Rikl	Shelby Cannon Francisco Montana	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
3.	March 25, 1996	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	David Rikl	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	7–6, 6–3
4.	July 8, 1996	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Pavel Vízner	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
5.	April 29, 1997	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	David Rikl	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	6–2, 6–4
6.	February 2, 1998	Split, Croatia	Carpet (i)	Martin Damm	Fredrik Bergh Patrik Fredriksson	7–6, 6–2
7.	August 10, 1998	San Marino, San Marino	Clay	David Rikl	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto	6–4, 7–6
8.	August 17, 1998	Indianapolis, USA	Hard	David Rikl	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–2, 7–6
9.	October 26, 1998	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	David Rikl	Daniel Orsanic David Roditi	6–4, 6–2
10.	February 7, 2000	Dubai, UAE	Hard	David Rikl	Robbie Koenig Peter Tramacchi	6–2, 7–5
11.	July 10, 2000	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	David Rikl	Jérôme Golmard Michael Kohlmann	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
12.	July 17, 2000	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	David Rikl	Lucas Arnold Ker Donald Johnson	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
13.	October 30, 2000	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	David Rikl	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
14.	March 19, 2001	Miami, USA	Hard	David Rikl	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	7–5, 7–6(7–3)
15.	July 30, 2001	Montreal, Canada	Hard	David Rikl	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
16.	July 12, 2004	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Radek Štěpánek	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	6–2, 6–4
17.	July 25, 2005	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Petr Pála	Michal Mertiňák David Škoch	6–3, 6–3
18.	July 10, 2006	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Andrei Pavel	Marco Chiudinelli Jean-Claude Scherrer	6–3, 6–1

Singles performance timeline

External links

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