Jiří Novák (; born 22 March 1975) is a Czech tennis coach and a former professional player. He was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
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.
Significant finals
Grand Slam tournaments
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2001 Wimbledon Grass David Rikl Donald Johnson Jared Palmer 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(6–8)Loss 2002 US Open Hard Radek Štěpánek Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Masters Series
Singles: 1 (1 runner-ups) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss2002MadridHard (i) Andre Agassiwalkover
Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-ups) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss1999Monte-CarloClay David Rikl Olivier Delaître Tim Henman2–6, 3–6Win2000StuttgartHard (i) David Rikl Donald Johnson Piet Norval3–6, 6–3, 6–4Win2001MiamiHard David Rikl Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge7–5, 7–6(7–3)Win2001MontrealHard David Rikl Donald Johnson Jared Palmer6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA1R2RA3R2RASF3R3RAA0 / 713–7French OpenA2RA1R2R1R3R3R4R2R2R1R0 / 1011–10WimbledonA2R1R1R2R1R2R2R3R1R3R1R0 / 118–11US Open1R2R2R1R4R3R3R4R3R3R2R4R0 / 1220–12Win–loss0–13–42–30–37–43–45–311–49–45–44–33–30 / 4052–40Year-End ChampionshipsTennis Masters Cupdid not qualifyRRdid not qualify0 / 11–2Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsNH1RNot Held1RNot Held2RNH0 / 31–3ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsA1R2RA1R1RQ12R2R3R3RA0 / 85–8MiamiAA2R1R1R3R1R3R2R3R4RA0 / 97–9Monte CarloA2RAA3R2R1R3R2R1R2RA0 / 88–8HamburgAAAA3R1RA3R1R1R3R1R0 / 76–7RomeAAAAA2RASF3RQF1R1R0 / 610–6CanadaA2RAA3RSF1RSF3R2R2RA0 / 815–8CincinnatiAA3RA3R2R2R1R1R1R1RA0 / 86–8Stuttgart AAAA3R1R3RNot Held0 / 34–3MadridNot HeldF3R2R1RA0 / 45–3ParisAAAA1R1RQF2RSF2R1RA0 / 76–7Win–loss0–02–34–30–110–89–96–618–910–96–97–90–20 / 6872–68Year-end ranking535248754053297132448129
Doubles Tournament199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA2RA2RQFA2RA3RAA0 / 58–5French OpenA1RA2R3RQF3R1RA2R1R1R0 / 99–9WimbledonA2R2R1RA3RF2R2R3R1R1R0 / 1013–10US Open2R1RQF2R3R1R3RF2R1R1RA0 / 1115–11Win–loss1–11–35–32–35–38–49–37–42–25–40–30–20 / 3545–35Year-End ChampionshipsTennis Masters Cupdid not qualifyRRdid not qualify0 / 10–1Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsNHQFNot Held2RNot Held1RNH0 / 32–3ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAA1RAQF1R1R2R1R1R1RA0 / 83–8MiamiAA3R3R2RQFW2R1R1R1RA1 / 910–8Monte CarloA2RAAFQFQF2R2R1R2RA0 / 812–8HamburgAAAAQFQF1RSF1R1R1RA0 / 77–7RomeAAAA1R1R2R1R1R1RQFA0 / 73–7CanadaA1RAA1R1RW2R1R1R1RA1 / 86–7CincinnatiAAAA1RSFQFSFA1R1RA0 / 68–6StuttgartAAAA2RWSFNot Held1 / 37–2MadridNot Held2R2RAAA0 / 21–2ParisAAAA1R2R2RAA2RAA0 / 41–4Win–loss0–01–21–22–19–913–817–79–82–71–83–70–03 / 6258–59Year-end ranking69506132321082152378096
ATP career finals
Singles: 13 (7 titles / 6 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–1)ATP Championship Series (1–2)ATP World Series (6–3)Finals by surfaceHard (2–5)Clay (4–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (6–4)Indoors (1–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Auckland, New ZealandWorld SeriesHard Brett Steven6–4, 6–4Loss1–1Mexico City, MexicoWorld SeriesClay Thomas Muster6–7(3–7), 2–6Win2–1Mexico City, MexicoInternational SeriesClay Xavier Malisse6–3, 6–3Win3–1Munich, GermanyInternational SeriesClay Antony Dupuis6–4, 7–5Win4–1Gstaad, SwitzerlandInternational SeriesClay Juan Carlos Ferrero6–1, 6–7(5–7), 7–5Loss4–2Vienna, AustriaChampionship SeriesHard (i) Roger Federer4–6, 1–6, 6–3, 4–6Loss4–3Madrid, SpainMasters SeriesHard (i) Andre AgassiwalkoverLoss4–4Dubai, United Arab EmiratesChampionship SeriesHard Roger Federer1–6, 6–7(2–7)Win5–4Gstaad, SwitzerlandInternational SeriesClay Roger Federer5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3Loss5–5Shanghai, ChinaInternational SeriesHard Mark Philippoussis2–6, 1–6Win6–5Tokyo, JapanChampionship SeriesHard Taylor Dent5–7, 6–1, 6–3Win7–5Basel, SwitzerlandInternational SeriesCarpet (i) David Nalbandian5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2Loss7–6Delray Beach, United StatesInternational SeriesHard Xavier Malisse6–7(6–8), 2–6
Doubles: 40 (18 titles / 22 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–2)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (3–1)ATP Championship Series (3–4)ATP International Series (12–15)Finals by surfaceHard (5–11)Clay (11–7)Grass (0–1)Carpet (2–3)Finals by settingOutdoors (15–14)Indoors (3–8)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Prague, Czech RepublicWorld SeriesClay David Rikl Libor Pimek Byron Talbot5–7, 6–1, 6–7Win1–1Bogotá, ColombiaWorld SeriesClay David Rikl Steve Campbell MaliVai Washington7–6, 6–2Win2–1Santiago, ChileWorld SeriesClay David Rikl Shelby Cannon Francisco Montana6–4, 4–6, 6–1Loss2–2Montevideo, UruguayWorld SeriesClay David Rikl Emilio Sánchez Sergio Casal6–2, 6–7, 6–7Loss2–3Buenos Aires, ArgentinaWorld SeriesClay David Rikl Vince Spadea Christo van Rensburg3–6, 3–6Loss2–4Dubai, United Arab EmiratesWorld SeriesHard Karel Nováček Byron Black Grant Connell0–6, 1–6Win3–4Casablanca, MoroccoWorld SeriesClay David Rikl Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig7–6, 6–3Win4–4Gstaad, SwitzerlandWorld SeriesClay Pavel Vízner Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson4–6, 7–6, 7–6Loss4–5Moscow, RussiaWorld SeriesCarpet (i) David Rikl Rick Leach Andrei Olhovskiy6–4, 1–6, 2–6Win5–5Ostrava, Czech RepublicWorld SeriesCarpet (i) David Rikl Donald Johnson Francisco Montana6–2, 6–4Win6–5Split, CroatiaWorld SeriesCarpet (i) Martin Damm Fredrik Bergh Patrik Fredriksson7–6, 6–2Loss6–6Umag, CroatiaWorld SeriesClay David Rikl Neil Broad Pieter Norval1–6, 6–3, 3–6Win7–6San Marino, San MarinoWorld SeriesClay David Rikl Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto6–4, 7–6Win8–6Indianapolis, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard David Rikl Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor6–2, 7–6Loss8–7Mallorca, SpainWorld SeriesClay David Rikl Pablo Albano Daniel Orsanic6–7, 3–6Win9–7Mexico City, MexicoInternational SeriesClay David Rikl Daniel Orsanic David Roditi6–4, 6–2Loss9–8Auckland, New ZealandWorld SeriesHard David Rikl Jeff Tarango Daniel Vacek5–7, 5–7Loss9–9Estoril, PortugalInternational SeriesClay David Rikl Tomás Carbonell Donald Johnson3–6, 6–2, 1–6Loss9–10Monte Carlo, MonacoMasters SeriesClay David Rikl Olivier Delaître Tim Henman2–6, 3–6Loss9–11Basle, SwitzerlandWorld SeriesCarpet (i) David Rikl Aleksandar Kitinov Brent Haygarth6–0, 4–6, 5–7Win10–11Dubai, United Arab EmiratesInternational SeriesHard David Rikl Robbie Koenig Peter Tramacchi6–2, 7–5Win11–11Gstaad, SwitzerlandInternational SeriesClay David Rikl Jérôme Golmard Michael Kohlmann3–6, 6–3, 6–4Win12–11Stuttgart, GermanyChampionship SeriesClay David Rikl Lucas Arnold Ker Donald Johnson5–7, 6–2, 6–3Loss12–12Vienna, AustriaChampionship SeriesHard (i) David Rikl Yevgeny Kafelnikov Nenad Zimonjić4–6, 4–6Loss12–13Moscow, RussiaInternational SeriesCarpet (i) David Rikl Jonas Björkman David Prinosil2–6, 3–6Win13–13Stuttgart, GermanyMasters SeriesHard (i) David Rikl Donald Johnson Piet Norval3–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss13–14Copenhagen, DenmarkInternational SeriesHard (i) David Rikl Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett3–6, 3–6Win14–14Miami, United StatesMasters SeriesHard David Rikl Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge7–5, 7–6(7–3)Loss14–15Wimbledon, United KingdomGrand SlamGrass David Rikl Donald Johnson Jared Palmer4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(6–8)Win15–15Montreal, CanadaMasters SeriesHard David Rikl Donald Johnson Jared Palmer6–4, 3–6, 6–3Loss15–16Vienna, AustriaChampionship SeriesHard (i) David Rikl Martin Damm Radek Štěpánek3–6, 2–6Loss15–17Doha, QatarInternational SeriesHard David Rikl Donald Johnson Jared Palmer3–6, 6–7(5–7)Loss15–18Copenhagen, DenmarkInternational SeriesHard (i) Radek Štěpánek Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann6–7(8–10), 5–7Loss15–19New York, United StatesGrand SlamHard Radek Štěpánek Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi3–6, 6–3, 4–6Loss15–20Vienna, AustriaChampionship SeriesHard (i) Radek Štěpánek Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle4–6, 3–6Loss15–21Auckland, New ZealandInternational SeriesHard Radek Štěpánek Mahesh Bhupathi Fabrice Santoro6–4, 5–7, 3–6Win16–21Stuttgart, GermanyChampionship SeriesClay Radek Štěpánek Simon Aspelin Todd Perry6–2, 6–4Loss16–22Tokyo, JapanChampionship SeriesHard Petr Pála Jared Palmer Pavel Vízner1–5 ret.Win17–22Umag, CroatiaInternational SeriesClay Petr Pála Michal Mertiňák David Škoch6–3, 6–3Win18–22Gstaad, SwitzerlandInternational SeriesClay Andrei Pavel Marco Chiudinelli Jean-Claude Scherrer6–3, 6–1
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 13 (6–7) LegendATP Challenger (6–7)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (5–6)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Albert Portas6–2, 7–5Win2–0Mar del Plata, ArgentinaChallengerClay Kris Goossens6–2, 3–6, 6–3Loss2–1Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClay Bohdan Ulihrach4–6, 6–7Win3–1Budapest, HungaryChallengerClay Félix Mantilla6–1, 2–6, 6–2Loss3–2Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Carlos Moyá3–6, 4–6Loss3–3Graz, AustriaChallengerClay Carlos Costa4–6, 3–6Loss3–4Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Andrea Gaudenzi4–6, 3–6Win4–4Lima, PeruChallengerClay Nicolás Lapentti7–6, 6–3Win5–4Indian Wells, United StatesChallengerHard Slava Doseděl7–6, 6–4Loss5–5Aachen, GermanyChallengerHard Hendrik Dreekmann7–5, 6–7, 3–6Win6–5Zagreb, CroatiaChallengerClay Mariano Puerta7–5, 6–1Loss6–6Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Bohdan Ulihrach4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6Loss6–7Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Guillermo Coria3–6, 3–6
Doubles: 6 (5–1) LegendATP Challenger (5–1)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (4–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerCarpet Radomír Vašek Sjeng Schalken Joost Winnink6–7, 6–3, 6–4Win2–0Košice, SlovakiaChallengerClay David Rikl Jeff Tarango Adrian Voinea7–6, 6–2Win3–0Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Tomáš Krupa Lorenzo Manta Patrick Mohr4–6, 6–4, 6–3Win4–0Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay David Rikl Scott Melville Diego Nargiso6–4, 6–2Loss4–1Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Radek Štěpánek Joan Balcells Nenad Zimonjić6–7, 6–7Win5–1Košice, SlovakiaChallengerClay David Rikl Nebojsa Djordjevic Marcos Ondruska7–6, 6–4
Top 10 wins Season19931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006TotalWins0001401323340021