Jana Novotná
Jana Novotná 
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| Jana Novotná, 2003 | |||||||||||||||
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 Czech Republic
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| Birthday: | 2nd October 1968 | ||||||||||||||
| Date of death: | 19th November 2017 | ||||||||||||||
| Size: | 175 cm | ||||||||||||||
| 1st professional season: | 1987 | ||||||||||||||
| Resignation: | 1999 | ||||||||||||||
| Playing hand: | Right | ||||||||||||||
| Prize money: | $ 11,230,267 | ||||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 571: 225 | ||||||||||||||
| Career title: | 24 WTA, 2 ITF | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 2 (September 28 1997) | ||||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 697: 153 | ||||||||||||||
| Career title: | 76 WTA, 6 ITF | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 1 (June 25 1995) | ||||||||||||||
| Weeks as No. 1: | 67 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | |||||||||||||||
Jana Novotná (born October 2, 1968 in Brno , Czechoslovakia , † November 19, 2017 in the Czech Republic ) was a Czech tennis player . In addition to 17 Grand Slam titles (1 in singles, 12 in doubles, 4 in mixed), she won 23 singles and 64 doubles on the WTA Tour .
Career
Novotná achieved her greatest successes on fast floors, including on the grass pitches at Wimbledon .
At first she was only successful as a doubles player, but with the help of Hana Mandlíková , who herself won four Grand Slam tournaments , she developed into a successful single player.
In 1991 she first appeared as such when she defeated Steffi Graf and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario at the Australian Open , before losing to Monica Seles in three sets in the final .
At Wimbledon , where she had already been in the final in 1993 and 1997, she managed to win her only single title win in a Grand Slam tournament in 1998 with a final victory over Nathalie Tauziat .
Novotná, who is considered to have little nerves, received special attention when she was unable to convert a 6: 7, 6: 1 and 4: 1 advantage into a title win on her own serve in the Wimbledon final against Steffi Graf in 1993. Novotná dominated Graf almost at will at this point; With the victory in mind, from then on she also hit easy balls far out of bounds. Graf won in the end 7: 6, 1: 6, 6: 4. At the award ceremony that followed, Novotná burst into tears and was given a comforting hug by the Duchess of Kent .
Novotna's best world ranking was second. In 1998 she could have been world number one by winning the US Open ; however, she failed in the semifinals. In 1999 she ended her professional career.
Novotná also competed in the Olympic Games. In 1988 she won the silver medal in doubles for Czechoslovakia together with Helena Suková in Seoul ; in the final they lost to Zina Garrison and Pam Shriver . Eight years later in Atlanta she and Suková (both now starting for the Czech Republic) lost the final against Gigi Fernández and Mary Joe Fernández . In addition to the two silver medals, Novotná also won a bronze medal in singles, which she secured in 1996 in the game for third place against Mary Joe Fernández.
In 1987 she first appeared for the Czechoslovak Federation Cup team . She played a total of 45 games, of which she was able to win 33. In 1988 she won the competition with the Czechoslovak team.
After her retirement, she worked as a tennis coach and trained, among others, Marion Bartoli and Barbora Krejčíková .
In 2005 Jana Novotná was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame .
She died on November 19, 2017 of complications from ovarian cancer , which she had contracted more than two years earlier. She was buried in Brno on November 27, 2017 . She left behind her partner, the former Polish tennis player Iwona Kuczyńska .
Tournament victories
singles
| No. | date | competition | category | Topping | Final opponent | Result |
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| 1. | 4th December 1988 |
 Adelaide
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WTA Tier V | Hard court |
 Jana Pospíšilová
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7: 5, 6: 4 |
| 2. | May 28, 1989 |
 Strasbourg
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WTA Tier V | sand |
 Patricia Tarabini
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6: 1, 6: 2 |
| 3. | August 12, 1990 |
 Albuquerque
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WTA Tier IV | Hard court |
 Laura Gildemeister
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6: 4, 6: 4 |
| 4th | January 13, 1991 |
Sydney
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WTA Tier III | Hard court |
 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
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6: 4, 6: 2 |
| 5. | February 24, 1991 |
Oklahoma City
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WTA Tier IV | Hard court (hall) |
Anne Smith
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3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2 |
| 6th | February 14, 1993 |
 Osaka
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WTA Tier III | Carpet (hall) |
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6: 3, 6: 2 |
| 7th | October 24, 1993 |
 Brighton
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WTA Tier II | Carpet (hall) |
 Anke Huber
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6: 2, 6: 4 |
| 8th. | October 2, 1994 |
Leipzig
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WTA Tier II | Carpet (hall) |
Mary Pierce
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7: 5, 6: 1 |
| 9. | October 23, 1994 |
Brighton
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WTA Tier II | Carpet (hall) |
Helena Suková
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6: 7 4 , 6: 3, 6: 4 |
| 10. | October 30, 1994 |
eat
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WTA Tier II | Carpet (hall) |
 Iva Majoli
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6: 2, 6: 4 |
| 11. | February 26, 1995 |
 Linz
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WTA Tier III | Carpet (hall) |
Barbara Rittner
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6: 7 6 , 6: 3, 6: 4 |
| 12. | May 25, 1996 |
Madrid
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WTA Tier II | sand |
 Magdalena Maleewa
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4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3 |
| 13. | October 20, 1996 |
 Zurich
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WTA Tier I | Carpet (hall) |
Martina Hingis
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6: 2, 6: 2 |
| 14th | November 3, 1996 |
Chicago
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WTA Tier II | Carpet (hall) |
Jennifer Capriati
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6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 1 |
| 15th | November 17, 1996 |
Philadelphia
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WTA Tier II | Carpet (hall) |
Steffi Graf
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6: 4, task |
| 16. | May 24, 1997 |
Madrid
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WTA Tier III | sand |
Monica Seles
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7: 5, 6: 1 |
| 17th | September 28, 1997 |
Leipzig
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WTA Tier II | Carpet (hall) |
 Amanda Coetzer
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6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 3 |
| 18th | November 2, 1997 |
 Moscow
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WTA Tier I | Carpet (hall) |
Ai Sugiyama
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6: 3, 6: 4 |
| 19th | November 23, 1997 |
Tour Championships
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WTA Tour Championships | Carpet (hall) |
Mary Pierce
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7: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3 |
| 20th | March 1, 1998 |
Linz
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WTA Tier II | Carpet (hall) |
 Dominique Van Roost
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6: 1, 7: 6 2 |
| 21st | June 20, 1998 |
Eastbourne
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WTA Tier II | race |
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
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6: 1, 7: 5 |
| 22nd | 4th July 1998 |
Wimbledon
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Grand Slam | race |
Nathalie Tauziat
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6: 4, 7: 6 |
| 23. | July 12, 1998 |
Prague
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WTA Tier III | sand |
Nathalie Tauziat
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6: 3, 6: 0 |
| 24. | February 21, 1999 |
Hanover
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WTA Tier II | Carpet (hall) |
Venus Williams
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6: 4, 6: 4 |
Double
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Performing in Grand Slam tournaments
singles
| competition | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | F. | AF | 2 | VF | AF | - | - | - | 3 | F. |
| French Open | 1 | 3 | 1 | VF | HF | VF | AF | VF | 1 | 3 | HF | 3 | VF | AF | HF |
| Wimbledon | 1 | AF | 2 | AF | VF | 2 | 3 | F. | VF | HF | VF | F. | S. | VF | S. |
| US Open | - | AF | 1 | 2 | VF | AF | 1 | AF | HF | VF | VF | VF | HF | 3 | HF |
Double
| competition | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | Career |
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| Australian Open | - | - | VF | HF | S. | F. | VF | VF | HF | S. | - | - | - | AF | S. |
| French Open | 2 | AF | - | HF | S. | S. | HF | F. | - | F. | HF | AF | S. | VF | S. |
| Wimbledon | - | 2 | AF | S. | S. | F. | - | - | - | S. | VF | VF | S. | HF | S. |
| US Open | - | AF | AF | AF | F. | F. | F. | 2 | S. | VF | F. | S. | S. | AF | S. |
Mixed
| competition | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | Career |
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| Australian Open | S. | S. | - | - | - | - | - | S. |
| French Open | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Wimbledon | 2 | S. | HF | - | VF | - | - | S. |
| US Open | S. | AF | - | - | - | - | F. | S. |
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .
Web links
- WTA profile Jana Novotna (English)
- ITF profile of Jana Novotná (English)
- Fed Cup stats by Jana Novotna (English)
- Jana Novotná in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)
- Jana Novotná in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ben Burrows: Jana Novotna dead: Former Wimbledon champion dies aged 49. In: independent.co.uk , November 20, 2017, accessed November 20, 2017
- ^ Tennis world mourns the passing of Jana Novotna. In: wtatennis.com. November 20, 2017, accessed November 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Steffi Graf vs Jana Novotna 1993 Wimbledon 17/17 ( Memento from December 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), youtube.com (accessed June 9, 2012)
- ↑ A tennis life like no other: Remembering Jana Novotna. In: wtatennis.com. November 20, 2017, accessed November 20, 2017 .
- ↑ BARTOLI HIRES NOVOTNA AS NEW COACH. In: tennis.com. March 9, 2013, accessed November 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Šampionka Novotná trénuje talent, který si ji našel na internetu. In: idnes.cz. May 16, 2014, Retrieved November 22, 2017 (Czech).
- ↑ JANA NOVOTNA REMEMBERED FONDLY BY COMPATRIOTS, FANS AND PLAYING PEERS. In: tennis.com. November 21, 2017, accessed November 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Tennis players, fans attend funeral of Wimbledon champion Novotná. In: Prague Daily Monitor. November 27, 2017, accessed November 28, 2017 .
- ↑ L-Mag.de: Weddings, engagements, rainbow babies and farewells 2017
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Novotná, Jana |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovakian or Czech tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd October 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brno , then Czechoslovakia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th November 2017 |