Jiří Novák (tennis player)

Jiří Novák
Nation:	Czech Republic
Birthday:	March 22, 1975
Size:	190 cm
Weight:	86 kg
1st professional season:	1993
Resignation:	2007
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Jan Kukal
Prize money:	$ 7,618,613
singles
Career record:	337: 260
Career title:	7th
Highest ranking:	5 (October 21, 2002)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	311: 211
Career title:	18th
Highest ranking:	6 (July 9, 2001)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Jiří Novák (born March 22, 1975 in Gottwaldov , ČSSR ) is a former Czech tennis player .

Career

The right-hander who lives in Prostějov turned professional in 1993. In 1996 he reached the quarter-finals in doubles at the Olympic Games in Atlanta. In 2001 and 2003 he won the Swiss Open in Gstaad , and in 2004 the Swiss Indoors in Basel .

Jiří Novák ended his professional career in 2007.

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam Tennis Masters Cup ATP Masters Series (3) ATP International Series Gold (4) ATP International Series (18)

Title after covering Hard Court (7) Sand (15) Lawn (0) Carpet (3)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 14, 1996	Auckland	Hard court	Brett Steven	6: 4, 6: 4
2.	November 1, 1998	Mexico city	sand	Xavier Malisse	6: 3, 6: 3
3.	May 6, 2001	Munich	sand	Antony Dupuis	6: 4, 7: 5
4th	July 15, 2001	Gstaad	sand	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6: 1, 6: 7 5 , 7: 5
5.	July 13, 2003	Gstaad (2)	sand	Roger Federer	5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 3
6th	October 10, 2004	Tokyo	Hard court	Taylor Dent	5: 7, 6: 1, 6: 3
7th	November 3, 2004	Basel	Carpet (i)	David Nalbandian	5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 2

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	March 10, 1996	Mexico city	sand	Thomas Muster	6: 7 3 , 2: 6
2.	October 13, 2002	Vienna	Hard court (i)	Roger Federer	4: 6, 1: 6, 6: 3, 4: 6
3.	October 20, 2002	Madrid	Hard court (i)	Andre Agassi	Where
4th	March 2, 2003	Dubai	Hard court	Roger Federer	1: 6, 6: 7 2
5.	September 28, 2003	Shanghai	Hard court	Mark Philippoussis	2: 6, 1: 6
6th	February 6, 2005	Delray Beach	Hard court	Xavier Malisse	7: 5, 4: 6, 4: 6

Double

Tournament victories

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

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 11, 1995	Prague	sand	David Rikl	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot	5: 7, 6: 1, 6: 7
2.	November 5, 1995	Montevideo	sand	David Rikl	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez Vicario	6: 2, 6: 7, 6: 7
3.	November 12, 1995	Buenos Aires	sand	David Rikl	Christo van Rensburg Vincent Spadea	3: 6, 3: 6
4th	February 18, 1996	Dubai	Hard court	Karel Nováček	Byron Black Grant Connell	0: 6, 1: 6
5.	November 10, 1996	Moscow	Carpet (i)	David Rikl	Rick Leach Andrei Olchowski	6: 4, 1: 6, 2: 6
6th	August 2, 1998	Umag	sand	David Rikl	Neil Broad Piet Norval	1: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6
7th	October 4, 1998	Mallorca	sand	David Rikl	Pablo Albano Daniel Orsanic	6: 7, 3: 6
8th.	January 17, 1999	Auckland	Hard court	David Rikl	Jeff Tarango Daniel Vacek	5: 7, 5: 7
9.	April 11, 1999	Estoril	sand	David Rikl	Tomás Carbonell Donald Johnson	3: 6, 6: 2, 1: 6
10.	April 25, 1999	Monte Carlo	sand	David Rikl	Olivier Delaître Tim Henman	2: 6, 3: 6
11.	October 10, 1999	Basel	Carpet (i)	David Rikl	Brent Haygarth Aleksandar Kitinov	Where
12.	October 15, 2000	Vienna	Hard court (i)	David Rikl	Yevgeny Kafelnikow Nenad Zimonjić	4: 6, 4: 6
13.	October 29, 2000	Moscow	Carpet (i)	David Rikl	Jonas Björkman David Prinosil	2: 6, 3: 6
14th	February 18, 2001	Copenhagen	Hard court (i)	David Rikl	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	3: 6, 3: 6
15th	July 8, 2001	Wimbledon	race	David Rikl	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	4: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 7 6
16.	October 14, 2001	Vienna	Hard court (i)	David Rikl	Martin dam Radek Štěpánek	3: 6, 2: 6
17th	January 6, 2002	Doha	Hard court	David Rikl	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	3: 6, 6: 7 5
18th	February 17, 2002	Copenhagen	Hard court (i)	Radek Štěpánek	Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann	6: 7 8 , 5: 7
19th	September 8, 2002	US Open	Hard court	Radek Štěpánek	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirny	3: 6, 6: 3, 4: 6
20th	October 13, 2002	Vienna	Hard court (i)	Radek Štěpánek	Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle	4: 6, 3: 6
21st	January 18, 2004	Auckland	Hard court	Radek Štěpánek	Mahesh Bhupathi Fabrice Santoro	6: 4, 5: 7, 3: 6
22nd	October 10, 2004	Tokyo	Hard court	Radek Štěpánek	Jared Palmer Pavel Vízner	1: 5 exercise

Web links

Commons : Jiří Novák  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• ATP profile Jiří Novák (English)
• ITF profile Jiří Novák (English)
• Davis Cup Stats Jiří Novák (English)
• Articles for End of career (English)

Individual evidence