Jiří Novák

This article is about the Czech tennis player. For other people, see Jiří Novák (disambiguation).

Jiří Novák (pronounced [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈnovaːk] ^ⓘ; born 22 March 1975) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco.^[1]

Jiří Novák

Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1975-03-22) 22 March 1975 (age 48) Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia (now Zlín, Czech Republic)
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$7,618,613
Singles
Career record	337–260
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 5 (21 October 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	SF (2002)
French Open	4R (2003)
Wimbledon	3R (2003, 2005)
US Open	4R (1999, 2002, 2006)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (2002)
Olympic Games	2R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	311–211
Career titles	18
Highest ranking	No. 6 (9 July 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2000)
French Open	QF (2000)
Wimbledon	F (2001)
US Open	F (2002)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (1999)
Olympic Games	QF (1996)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2002)
Wimbledon	3R (2001)
US Open	2R (2000)
Last updated on: 17 January 2022.

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.^[2]

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	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)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2002	Madrid	Hard (i)	Andre Agassi	walkover

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1999	Monte-Carlo	Clay	David Rikl	Olivier Delaître   Tim Henman	2–6, 3–6
Win	2000	Stuttgart	Hard (i)	David Rikl	Donald Johnson   Piet Norval	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2001	Miami	Hard	David Rikl	Jonas Björkman   Todd Woodbridge	7–5, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	2001	Montreal	Hard	David Rikl	Donald Johnson   Jared Palmer	6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	A	3R	2R	A	SF	3R	3R	A	A	0 / 7	13–7	65%
French Open	A	2R	A	1R	2R	1R	3R	3R	4R	2R	2R	1R	0 / 10	11–10	52%
Wimbledon	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	3R	1R	3R	1R	0 / 11	8–11	42%
US Open	1R	2R	2R	1R	4R	3R	3R	4R	3R	3R	2R	4R	0 / 12	20–12	63%
Win–loss	0–1	3–4	2–3	0–3	7–4	3–4	5–3	11–4	9–4	5–4	4–3	3–3	0 / 40	52–40	0%
Year-End Championships
Tennis Masters Cup	did not qualify							RR	did not qualify				0 / 1	1–2	33%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH	1R	Not Held			1R	Not Held			2R	NH		0 / 3	1–3	25%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	Q1	2R	2R	3R	3R	A	0 / 8	5–8	38%
Miami	A	A	2R	1R	1R	3R	1R	3R	2R	3R	4R	A	0 / 9	7–9	44%
Monte Carlo	A	2R	A	A	3R	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	2R	A	0 / 8	8–8	50%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	A	3R	1R	1R	3R	1R	0 / 7	6–7	46%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	SF	3R	QF	1R	1R	0 / 6	10–6	63%
Canada	A	2R	A	A	3R	SF	1R	SF	3R	2R	2R	A	0 / 8	15–8	65%
Cincinnati	A	A	3R	A	3R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 8	6–8	43%
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	3R	Not Held					0 / 3	4–3	57%
Madrid	Not Held							F	3R	2R	1R	A	0 / 4	5–3	63%
Paris	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	QF	2R	SF	2R	1R	A	0 / 7	6–7	46%
Win–loss	0–0	2–3	4–3	0–1	10–8	9–9	6–6	18–9	10–9	6–9	7–9	0–2	0 / 68	72–68	51%
Year-end ranking	53	52	48	75	40	53	29	7	13	24	48	129

Doubles

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	A	2R	QF	A	2R	A	3R	A	A	0 / 5	8–5	62%
French Open	A	1R	A	2R	3R	QF	3R	1R	A	2R	1R	1R	0 / 9	9–9	50%
Wimbledon	A	2R	2R	1R	A	3R	F	2R	2R	3R	1R	1R	0 / 10	13–10	57%
US Open	2R	1R	QF	2R	3R	1R	3R	F	2R	1R	1R	A	0 / 11	15–11	58%
Win–loss	1–1	1–3	5–3	2–3	5–3	8–4	9–3	7–4	2–2	5–4	0–3	0–2	0 / 35	45–35	56%
Year-End Championships
Tennis Masters Cup	did not qualify				RR	did not qualify							0 / 1	0–1	0%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH	QF	Not Held			2R	Not Held			1R	NH		0 / 3	2–3	25%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	1R	A	QF	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 8	3–8	27%
Miami	A	A	3R	3R	2R	QF	W	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	1 / 9	10–8	56%
Monte Carlo	A	2R	A	A	F	QF	QF	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	0 / 8	12–8	60%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	QF	QF	1R	SF	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 7	7–7	50%
Rome	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	QF	A	0 / 7	3–7	30%
Canada	A	1R	A	A	1R	1R	W	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	1 / 8	6–7	46%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	1R	SF	QF	SF	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 6	8–6	57%
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	2R	W	SF	Not Held					1 / 3	7–2	78%
Madrid	Not Held							2R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Paris	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 4	1–4	20%
Win–loss	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	9–9	13–8	17–7	9–8	2–7	1–8	3–7	0–0	3 / 62	58–59	50%
Year-end ranking	69	50	61	32	32	10	8	21	52	37	80	96

ATP career finals

Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend Grand 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 surface Hard (2–5) Clay (4–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (6–4) Indoors (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 1996	Auckland, New Zealand	World Series	Hard	Brett Steven	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Mar 1996	Mexico City, Mexico	World Series	Clay	Thomas Muster	6–7^(3–7), 2–6
Win	2–1	Nov 1998	Mexico City, Mexico	International Series	Clay	Xavier Malisse	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–1	May 2001	Munich, Germany	International Series	Clay	Antony Dupuis	6–4, 7–5
Win	4–1	Jul 2001	Gstaad, Switzerland	International Series	Clay	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–1, 6–7^(5–7), 7–5
Loss	4–2	Oct 2002	Vienna, Austria	Championship Series	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	4–6, 1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	4–3	Oct 2002	Madrid, Spain	Masters Series	Hard (i)	Andre Agassi	walkover
Loss	4–4	Feb 2003	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Championship Series	Hard	Roger Federer	1–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Win	5–4	Jul 2003	Gstaad, Switzerland	International Series	Clay	Roger Federer	5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	5–5	Sep 2003	Shanghai, China	International Series	Hard	Mark Philippoussis	2–6, 1–6
Win	6–5	Oct 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Championship Series	Hard	Taylor Dent	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
Win	7–5	Nov 2004	Basel, Switzerland	International Series	Carpet (i)	David Nalbandian	5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2
Loss	7–6	Feb 2005	Delray Beach, United States	International Series	Hard	Xavier Malisse	6–7^6, 2–6

Doubles: 40 (18 titles, 22 runner-ups)

Legend Grand 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 surface Hard (5–11) Clay (11–7) Grass (0–1) Carpet (2–3)

Finals by setting Outdoors (15–14) Indoors (3–8)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1995	Prague, Czech Republic	World Series	Clay	David Rikl	Libor Pimek   Byron Talbot	5–7, 6–1, 6–7
Win	1–1	Sep 1995	Bogotá, Colombia	World Series	Clay	David Rikl	Steve Campbell   MaliVai Washington	7–6, 6–2
Win	2–1	Oct 1995	Santiago, Chile	World Series	Clay	David Rikl	Shelby Cannon   Francisco Montana	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Loss	2–2	Nov 1995	Montevideo, Uruguay	World Series	Clay	David Rikl	Emilio Sánchez   Sergio Casal	6–2, 6–7, 6–7
Loss	2–3	Nov 1995	Buenos Aires, Argentina	World Series	Clay	David Rikl	Vince Spadea   Christo van Rensburg	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2–4	Feb 1996	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	World Series	Hard	Karel Nováček	Byron Black   Grant Connell	0–6, 1–6
Win	3–4	Mar 1996	Casablanca, Morocco	World Series	Clay	David Rikl	Tomás Carbonell   Francisco Roig	7–6, 6–3
Win	4–4	Jul 1996	Gstaad, Switzerland	World Series	Clay	Pavel Vízner	Trevor Kronemann   David Macpherson	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	4–5	Nov 1996	Moscow, Russia	World Series	Carpet (i)	David Rikl	Rick Leach   Andrei Olhovskiy	6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Win	5–5	Oct 1997	Ostrava, Czech Republic	World Series	Carpet (i)	David Rikl	Donald Johnson   Francisco Montana	6–2, 6–4
Win	6–5	Feb 1998	Split, Croatia	World Series	Carpet (i)	Martin Damm	Fredrik Bergh   Patrik Fredriksson	7–6, 6–2
Loss	6–6	Aug 1998	Umag, Croatia	World Series	Clay	David Rikl	Neil Broad   Pieter Norval	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	7–6	Aug 1998	San Marino, San Marino	World Series	Clay	David Rikl	Mariano Hood   Sebastián Prieto	6–4, 7–6
Win	8–6	Aug 1998	Indianapolis, United States	Championship Series	Hard	David Rikl	Mark Knowles   Daniel Nestor	6–2, 7–6
Loss	8–7	Oct 1998	Mallorca, Spain	World Series	Clay	David Rikl	Pablo Albano   Daniel Orsanic	6–7, 3–6
Win	9–7	Nov 1998	Mexico City, Mexico	International Series	Clay	David Rikl	Daniel Orsanic   David Roditi	6–4, 6–2
Loss	9–8	Jan 1999	Auckland, New Zealand	World Series	Hard	David Rikl	Jeff Tarango   Daniel Vacek	5–7, 5–7
Loss	9–9	Apr 1999	Estoril, Portugal	International Series	Clay	David Rikl	Tomás Carbonell   Donald Johnson	3–6, 6–2, 1–6
Loss	9–10	Apr 1999	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Masters Series	Clay	David Rikl	Olivier Delaître   Tim Henman	2–6, 3–6
Loss	9–11	Oct 1999	Basle, Switzerland	World Series	Carpet (i)	David Rikl	Aleksandar Kitinov   Brent Haygarth	6–0, 4–6, 5–7
Win	10–11	Feb 2000	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	International Series	Hard	David Rikl	Robbie Koenig   Peter Tramacchi	6–2, 7–5
Win	11–11	Jul 2000	Gstaad, Switzerland	International Series	Clay	David Rikl	Jérôme Golmard   Michael Kohlmann	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	12–11	Jul 2000	Stuttgart, Germany	Championship Series	Clay	David Rikl	Lucas Arnold Ker   Donald Johnson	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	12–12	Oct 2000	Vienna, Austria	Championship Series	Hard (i)	David Rikl	Yevgeny Kafelnikov   Nenad Zimonjić	4–6, 4–6
Loss	12–13	Oct 2000	Moscow, Russia	International Series	Carpet (i)	David Rikl	Jonas Björkman   David Prinosil	2–6, 3–6
Win	13–13	Nov 2000	Stuttgart, Germany	Masters Series	Hard (i)	David Rikl	Donald Johnson   Piet Norval	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	13–14	Feb 2001	Copenhagen, Denmark	International Series	Hard (i)	David Rikl	Wayne Black   Kevin Ullyett	3–6, 3–6
Win	14–14	Apr 2001	Miami, United States	Masters Series	Hard	David Rikl	Jonas Björkman   Todd Woodbridge	7–5, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	14–15	Jul 2001	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	David Rikl	Donald Johnson   Jared Palmer	4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Win	15–15	Aug 2001	Montreal, Canada	Masters Series	Hard	David Rikl	Donald Johnson   Jared Palmer	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	15–16	Oct 2001	Vienna, Austria	Championship Series	Hard (i)	David Rikl	Martin Damm   Radek Štěpánek	3–6, 2–6
Loss	15–17	Jan 2002	Doha, Qatar	International Series	Hard	David Rikl	Donald Johnson   Jared Palmer	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	15–18	Feb 2002	Copenhagen, Denmark	International Series	Hard (i)	Radek Štěpánek	Julian Knowle   Michael Kohlmann	6–7^(8–10), 5–7
Loss	15–19	Sep 2002	New York, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Mahesh Bhupathi   Max Mirnyi	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	15–20	Oct 2002	Vienna, Austria	Championship Series	Hard (i)	Radek Štěpánek	Joshua Eagle   Sandon Stolle	4–6, 3–6
Loss	15–21	Jan 2004	Auckland, New Zealand	International Series	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Mahesh Bhupathi   Fabrice Santoro	6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Win	16–21	Jul 2004	Stuttgart, Germany	Championship Series	Clay	Radek Štěpánek	Simon Aspelin   Todd Perry	6–2, 6–4
Loss	16–22	Oct 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Championship Series	Hard	Petr Pála	Jared Palmer   Pavel Vízner	1–5 ret.
Win	17–22	Jul 2005	Umag, Croatia	International Series	Clay	Petr Pála	Michal Mertiňák   David Škoch	6–3, 6–3
Win	18–22	Jul 2006	Gstaad, Switzerland	International Series	Clay	Andrei Pavel	Marco Chiudinelli   Jean-Claude Scherrer	6–3, 6–1

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (6–7)

Legend ATP Challenger (6–7) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (5–6) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1994	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Albert Portas	6–2, 7–5
Win	2–0	Feb 1995	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Kris Goossens	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Apr 1995	Birmingham, United States	Challenger	Clay	Bohdan Ulihrach	4–6, 6–7
Win	3–1	May 1995	Budapest, Hungary	Challenger	Clay	Félix Mantilla	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
Loss	3–2	Jul 1995	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Carlos Moyá	3–6, 4–6
Loss	3–3	Aug 1995	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Carlos Costa	4–6, 3–6
Loss	3–4	Sep 1995	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Andrea Gaudenzi	4–6, 3–6
Win	4–4	Oct 1995	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Nicolás Lapentti	7–6, 6–3
Win	5–4	Mar 1997	Indian Wells, United States	Challenger	Hard	Slava Doseděl	7–6, 6–4
Loss	5–5	Nov 1997	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Hendrik Dreekmann	7–5, 6–7, 3–6
Win	6–5	Jun 1998	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Puerta	7–5, 6–1
Loss	6–6	Jun 2001	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Bohdan Ulihrach	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 3–6
Loss	6–7	Jun 2002	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Guillermo Coria	3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 6 (5–1)

Legend ATP Challenger (5–1) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (4–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Dec 1994	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Carpet	Radomír Vašek	Sjeng Schalken   Joost Winnink	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2–0	Jun 1995	Košice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	David Rikl	Jeff Tarango   Adrian Voinea	7–6, 6–2
Win	3–0	Jul 1995	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Tomáš Krupa	Lorenzo Manta   Patrick Mohr	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	4–0	Jun 1997	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	David Rikl	Scott Melville   Diego Nargiso	6–4, 6–2
Loss	4–1	Apr 1998	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Radek Štěpánek	Joan Balcells   Nenad Zimonjić	6–7, 6–7
Win	5–1	May 1998	Košice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	David Rikl	Nebojsa Djordjevic   Marcos Ondruska	7–6, 6–4

Top 10 wins

Season	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Total
Wins	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	3	2	3	3	4	0	0	21

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	NR
1996
1.	Boris Becker	6	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	2R	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)	45
1997
2.	Carlos Moyá	9	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	1R	2–6, 6–0, 7–5	67
3.	Richard Krajicek	6	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	QF	6–2, 6–2	67
4.	Carlos Moyá	6	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	2R	6–4, 6–4	63
5.	Sergi Bruguera	10	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	1R	2–6, 6–1, 6–4	53
1999
6.	Todd Martin	4	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	1R	7–6^(7–3), 6–7^(5–7), 6–4	34
2000
7.	Tim Henman	10	Davis Cup, Ostrava, Czech Republic	Clay (i)	RR	6–4, 6–2, 6–2	44
8.	Pete Sampras	2	Davis Cup, Los Angeles, United States	Hard (i)	RR	7–6^(7–1), 6–3, 6–2	39
9.	Thomas Enqvist	7	Toronto, Canada	Hard	3R	6–2, 1–6, 3–1, ret.	55
2001
10.	Àlex Corretja	9	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	SF	3–6, 6–3, 6–4	40
11.	Juan Carlos Ferrero	5	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	F	6–1, 6–7^(5–7), 7–5	40
2002
12.	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	4	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	QF	6–1, 6–1	17
13.	Sébastien Grosjean	8	Davis Cup, Pau, France	Carpet (i)	RR	3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–1	15
14.	Andre Agassi	2	Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China	Hard (i)	RR	7–5, 6–1	7
2003
15.	Carlos Moyá	4	World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	RR	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–2	14
16.	Roger Federer	3	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	F	5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3	10
17.	Juan Carlos Ferrero	1	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	3R	7–5, 7–5	18
2004
18.	Tim Henman	5	Summer Olympics, Athens, Greece	Hard	1R	6–3, 6–3	24
19.	Lleyton Hewitt	3	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	SF	6–4, 4–6, 6–2	28
20.	Tim Henman	4	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	QF	7–6^(7–5), 7–5	20
21.	David Nalbandian	10	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	F	5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2	20

Tennis records

• One of eleven players to beat Roger Federer at Wimbledon (1999); the other ten being Yevgeny Kafelnikov (2000), Tim Henman (2001), Mario Ančić (2002), Rafael Nadal (2008), Tomáš Berdych (2010), Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (2011), Sergiy Stakhovsky (2013), Novak Djokovic (2014, 2015, 2019), Milos Raonic (2016), Kevin Anderson (2018) and Hubert Hurcacz (2021).

References

1. John Barrett, ed. (2000). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 2000. London: CollinsWillow. p. 323. ISBN 9780002189460.
2. Long, Richard (November 2021). "Ploar Push" (PDF). Soldier.

External links

• Jiří Novák at the Association of Tennis Professionals  
• Jiří Novák at the International Tennis Federation  
• Jiří Novák at the Davis Cup