Karel Nováček
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Residence | Boca Raton, Florida |
Born | Prostějov, Czechoslovakia | 30 March 1965
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Turned pro | 1984 |
Retired | 1996 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $3,729,540 |
Singles | |
Career record | 299–246 |
Career titles | 13 |
Highest ranking | No. 8 (18 November 1991) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (1995) |
French Open | QF (1987, 1993) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1991) |
US Open | SF (1994) |
Other tournaments | |
Tour Finals | RR (1991) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 168–179 |
Career titles | 6 |
Highest ranking | No. 25 (28 February 1994) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (1994) |
French Open | QF (1990) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1994) |
US Open | F (1993) |
Karel Nováček (born 30 March 1965) is a retired Czech former top ten tennis player born in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic). In his career, Nováček won 13 singles titles and six doubles titles. His highest singles ranking was World No. 8, which he achieved on 18 November 1991.[1]
His best performance at a Grand Slam came at the 1994 US Open where he defeated Alexander Vladimirovich Volkov, Andriy Medvedev, Todd Woodbridge, Javier Frana and Jaime Yzaga before losing to Michael Stich in the semifinal. In 1997, Novacek was suspended for three months for failing a drug test at the 1995 French Open; he forfeited $185,765, but denied taking cocaine knowingly.[2]
Nováček lived in Boca Raton, Florida, United States for 20 years, and then moved back to Czech Republic. Karel and Maya Nováček married in 1990; as of 2002, they had three children.[3] In 2002, the Boca Raton News reported that their ten-year-old daughter Anika was a promising tennis player, winning several tournaments.[3]
Career finals
Singles (13 titles, 7 runners-up)
Legend (singles) |
Grand Slam (0–0) |
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) |
ATP Masters Series (1–0) |
ATP Tour (12–7) |
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Aug 1986 | Washington, U.S. | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 7–6(7–4) |
Loss | 1–1 | Oct 1986 | Vienna, Austria | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–3, 3–6, 5–7, 0–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Oct 1987 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(5–7), 7–6(9–7), 4–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Jul 1989 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 3–2 | May 1990 | Munich, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 3–3 | Aug 1990 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–7, 6–2, 2–6 |
Win | 4–3 | Jan 1991 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4) |
Loss | 4–4 | Apr 1991 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(7–9), 1–6 |
Win | 5–4 | May 1991 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3, 5–7, 0–6, 6–1 |
Win | 6–4 | Aug 1991 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4), 6–2 |
Win | 7–4 | Aug 1991 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
Win | 8–4 | Jul 1992 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 |
Win | 9–4 | Aug 1992 | San Marino, San Marino | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 10–4 | Aug 1992 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 11–4 | Feb 1993 | Dubai, U.A.E. | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 7–5 |
Loss | 11–5 | Feb 1993 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Carpet | ![]() |
3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 12–5 | Mar 1993 | Zaragoza, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
Loss | 12–6 | Apr 1993 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 12–7 | Jul 1993 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 13–7 | Aug 1994 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 6–4, 7–6(9–7) |
Doubles (6 titles, 10 runners-up)
Singles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | Career SR |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | 2R | A | 3R | 4R | A | 0 / 5 |
French Open | 3R | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 12 |
Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 10 |
US Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 3R | A | 3R | SF | 1R | A | 0 / 7 |
Grand Slam SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 34 |
ATP Masters Series | ||||||||||||||
Indian Wells | Not MS1 Before 1990 |
1R | A | 3R | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 3 | |||||
Key Biscayne | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 5 | ||||||
Monte Carlo | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 0 / 6 | ||||||
Rome | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | ||||||
Hamburg | 1R | W | QF | 3R | 1R | A | A | 1 / 5 | ||||||
Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | ||||||
Cincinnati | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 2 | ||||||
Stuttgart (Stockholm) | 2R | 3R | 3R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | ||||||
Paris | 1R | QF | 1R | 3R | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | ||||||
Masters Series SR | N/A | 0 / 8 | 1 / 6 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 34 | |||||
Year-end ranking | 138 | 159 | 33 | 76 | 127 | 74 | 34 | 8 | 23 | 17 | 28 | 121 | 409 | N/A |
Records
Time span | Other selected records | Players matched |
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1987 | Triple bagel win (6–0, 6–0, 6–0) | Nikola Špear Stefan Edberg Ivan Lendl Sergi Bruguera |
See also
References
- ^ Karel Nováček at the International Tennis Federation
- ^ "Wilander and Novacek are banned". The New York Times. 15 May 1997. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ a b Tom Glucksmann (25 December 2002). "There's a new Novacek in town". Boca Raton News.