Jiří Novák

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Jiří Novák

Country	Czech Republic
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Date of birth	March 22, 1975 (1975-03-22) (age 34)
Place of birth	Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2007
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	$7,614,063
Singles
Career record	337–260
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 5 (October 21, 2002)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	SF (2002)
French Open	4th (2003)
Wimbledon	3rd (2003, 2005)
US Open	4th (1999, 2002, 2006)
Doubles
Career record	311–211
Career titles	18
Highest ranking	No. 6 (July 9, 2001)
Last updated on: May 28, 2007.

Jiří Novák (pronounced [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈnovaːk] (help·info)) (born March 22, 1975) is a former Czech tennis player, who was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Contents 1 Career 2 ATP Tour titles (25) 2.1 Singles: 13 (7-6) 2.2 Doubles (18) 3 Singles performance timeline 4 External links

[edit] Career

Novák turned professional in 1993 and has won 7 singles and 18 doubles titles during his career, winning $7,614,063 in prize money. For six years, he has been the highest-ranked male Czech tennis player in the ATP rankings. On October 21, 2002, Novák received his career-high ranking of 5th. He knocked out Roger Federer in the first round of Wimbledon in 1999.

[edit] ATP Tour titles (25)

[edit] Singles: 13 (7-6)

Wins (7)

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP International Series Gold (1)

ATP Tour (6)

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

Runner-ups (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

[edit] Doubles (18)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
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	Tomas 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(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 12, 2004	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Petr Pála	Michal Mertinak David Škoch	6–3, 6–3
18.	July 10, 2006	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Andrei Pavel	Marco Chiudinelli Jean-Claude Scherrer	6–3, 6–1

[edit] Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	A	3R	2R	A	SF	3R	3R	A	A	13-7
French Open	A	2R	A	1R	2R	1R	3R	3R	4R	2R	2R	1R	11-10
Wimbledon	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	3R	1R	3R	1R	8-11
U.S. Open	1R	2R	2R	1R	4R	3R	3R	4R	3R	3R	2R	4R	20-11
Grand Slam Win-Loss	0-1	3-4	2-3	0-3	7-4	3-4	5-3	11-4	9-4	5-4	4-2	3-3	52-39
Indian Wells Masters	A	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	A	2R	2R	3R	3R	A	5–7
Miami Masters	A	A	2R	1R	1R	3R	1R	3R	2R	3R	4R	A	6–9
Monte Carlo Masters	A	2R	A	A	3R	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	2R	A	8–8
Rome Masters	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	SF	3R	QF	1R	1R	10-6
Hamburg Masters	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	A	3R	1R	1R	3R	1R	6–7
Canada Masters	A	2R	A	A	3R	SF	1R	SF	3R	2R	2R	A	15-8
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	3R	A	3R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	6–8
Madrid Masters	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	3R	F	3R	2R	1R	A	9–6
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	QF	2R	SF	2R	1R	A	6–7
Tennis Masters Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	RR	A	A	A	A	1–2
Total Titles	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	7
Year End Ranking	53	52	48	75	36	53	29	7	13	24	48	129	N-A

A = did not participate in the tournament.

[edit] External links

• Jiří Novák at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Novák recent match history