Jiří_Novák

Jiří Novák

Jiří Novák

Czech tennis player


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]

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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)

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Masters Series

Singles: 1 (1 runner-ups)

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

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Performance timelines

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

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Doubles

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ATP career finals

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

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

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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (6–7)

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Doubles: 6 (5–1)

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Top 10 wins

Season19931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006Total
Wins0001401323340021
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Tennis records


References

  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.

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