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Jiri Novak

CZE Age 51 190 cm / 6'3" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand Pro 1993–2006
Peak ranking
5 (Oct 21, 2002)
Elo peak
1941 (86.4%ile)
Career record
318–250 (56.0%)
Career titles
7
Prize money
$7,618,613

Recent ATP Matches full match log →

DateTournamentCategoryRoundSurfaceOpponentScoreResultH2HMatch
Oct 27, 2006* Basel ATP 250 R16 Carpet David Ferrer #15 6-2 3-6 3-6 L H2H Match data
Oct 26, 2006* Basel ATP 250 R32 Carpet Jan Hajek #76 6-7(5) 3-0 (ret.) W H2H Match data
Oct 12, 2006* Moscow ATP 250 R32 Carpet Robin Vik #85 4-6 3-6 L H2H Match data
Oct 6, 2006* Tokyo ATP 250 R16 Hard Benjamin Becker #72 6-3 3-6 6-7(4) L H2H Match data
Oct 5, 2006* Tokyo ATP 250 R32 Hard Andy Murray #19 6-3 7-6(1) W H2H Match data

Rivals full rivalries list →

OpponentWLMLast PlayedH2H
Carlos Moya 4 6 10 Jul 27, 2006 H2H
Dominik Hrbaty 5 4 9 Aug 11, 2005 H2H
Mikhail Youzhny 4 5 9 Nov 4, 2004 H2H
Roger Federer 4 5 9 Jun 12, 2004 H2H
Felix Mantilla 4 4 8 May 27, 2005 H2H

Titles (7)

SeasonAgeTitlesGSM1000500250FinalsTournaments
199621 1 1 Auckland
199823 1 1 Mexico City
200126 2 2 Gstaad , Munich
200328 1 1 Gstaad
200429 2 2 Basel , Tokyo
Total 7 7

Career Results

SeasonAgeWLMWin %Start RankEnd Rank
19931811250.0%800286
1994190110.0%286205
199520591435.7%20553
19962130235356.6%5352
19972220193951.3%5048
19982320214148.8%4875
19992428265451.9%7540
20002524254949.0%4053
20012628174562.2%5329
20022750277764.9%287
20032841256662.1%713
20042937205764.9%1324
20053022234548.9%2448
20063112132548.0%48129
Career31825056856.0%

Career Results by Surface

SeasonAge HardClayGrassCarpetTotal
WLMWin %WLMWin %WLMWin %WLMWin % WLMWin %
199318 11250.0% 11250.0%
199419 0110.0% 0110.0%
199520 0110.0%471136.4%11250.0% 591435.7%
199621 1382161.9%13102356.5%11250.0%34742.9% 30235356.6%
199722 16122857.1%0330.0%0110.0%43757.1% 20193951.3%
199823 26825.0%15112657.7%0110.0%33650.0% 20214148.8%
199924 15122755.6%1091952.6%22450.0%13425.0% 28265451.9%
200025 15153050.0%871553.3%0110.0%12333.3% 24254949.0%
200126 7101741.2%1541978.9%11250.0%52771.4% 28174562.2%
200227 33154868.8%1572268.2%12333.3%13425.0% 50277764.9%
200328 19133259.4%1261866.7%63966.7%43757.1% 41256662.1%
200429 1892766.7%1181957.9%32560.0%51683.3% 37205764.9%
200530 9101947.4%1091952.6%22450.0%12333.3% 22234548.9%
200631 52771.4%571241.7%12333.3%12333.3% 12132548.0%
Career15211326557.4%1199020956.9%17183548.6%30295950.8%31825056856.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

SeasonAge 1-1011-3031-100100+Total
WLMWin %WLMWin %WLMWin %WLMWin % WLMWin %
199318 0110.0%0000101100.0% 11250.0%
199419 0110.0%000000 0110.0%
199520 0021366.7%26825.0%12333.3% 591435.7%
199621 13425.0%14520.0%16132955.2%1231580.0% 30235356.6%
199722 461040.0%11250.0%981752.9%53862.5% 19183751.4%
199823 0220.0%16714.3%10102050.0%921181.8% 20204050.0%
199924 15616.7%851361.5%15122755.6%42666.7% 28245253.8%
200025 14520.0%651154.5%12112352.2%551050.0% 24254949.0%
200126 24633.3%561145.5%1742181.0%33650.0% 27174461.4%
200227 27922.2%6101637.5%3273982.1%931275.0% 49277664.5%
200328 23540.0%26825.0%25113669.4%1241675.0% 41246563.1%
200429 33650.0%461040.0%2193070.0%921181.8% 37205764.9%
200530 0220.0%14520.0%14142850.0%731070.0% 22234548.9%
200631 0220.0%14520.0%1061662.5%11250.0% 12132548.0%
Career 16435927.1%38589639.6%18311129462.2%783311170.3% 31524556056.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 560/568 (98.6%) of Jiri Novak's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

SeasonAgeSampleAces/MDFs/M1st Sv%1st Sv Pts%2nd Sv Pts%BP Saved%BP Conv%Svc Pts%Ret Pts%
199318 2 1.5 5.0 63.3% 58.9% 36.4% 48.5% 20.6% 50.4% 39.6%
199419 1 1.0 0.0 55.1% 60.5% 40.0% 22.2% 28.6% 51.3% 37.5%
199520 13 2.7 1.8 66.4% 61.6% 45.2% 55.0% 41.9% 56.6% 42.7%
199621 51 3.4 2.5 65.5% 66.4% 48.9% 56.3% 52.3% 60.2% 40.7%
199722 35 3.0 2.3 67.9% 70.2% 49.2% 60.7% 44.1% 63.0% 39.6%
199823 34 4.8 2.6 64.0% 67.7% 53.0% 54.3% 40.5% 61.9% 41.5%
199924 41 4.1 2.4 62.7% 68.1% 51.5% 60.6% 46.1% 62.0% 41.0%
200025 38 3.6 2.0 65.1% 68.5% 50.2% 57.4% 36.4% 62.1% 39.0%
200126 37 4.1 2.5 64.2% 71.3% 53.1% 54.8% 46.2% 64.9% 41.6%
200227 64 3.8 1.8 65.9% 70.8% 53.7% 59.4% 45.4% 64.9% 42.4%
200328 67 3.7 2.2 65.4% 70.0% 52.0% 57.4% 45.1% 63.6% 40.5%
200429 58 4.5 1.8 64.5% 71.6% 51.0% 60.0% 46.4% 64.0% 40.6%
200530 46 4.4 2.0 64.9% 66.2% 49.8% 59.2% 41.6% 60.5% 39.1%
200631 25 5.7 1.9 64.8% 69.2% 49.7% 54.0% 36.5% 62.2% 37.2%
Career 512 4.0 2.1 65.0% 69.0% 51.0% 57.8% 44.2% 62.6% 40.5%

Advanced Stats

Season Age ELO ELO % Hard % Clay % Grass % Set Win % Set Margin SoS % Deep Run % Dec. Set W% TB W TB L TB W%
1993 18 1517 48 40.0% -2.59 94 0 2 0
1994 19 1516 50 33.3% -3.00 100 0 1 0
1995 20 1541 55 44 55 34.4% -0.55 41 11 1 3 25
1996 21 1696 84 80 76 53.3% +0.17 59 29 62 10 8 56
1997 22 1692 84 86 70 51.0% +0.44 67 21 50 5 11 31
1998 23 1709 86 77 86 47.2% +0.11 53 18 55 6 15 29
1999 24 1762 90 84 87 48 49.3% +0.11 84 4 65 9 18 33
2000 25 1697 87 83 90 47.1% -0.28 89 20 60 9 7 56
2001 26 1860 97 90 99 59.1% +0.78 94 26 62 8 9 47
2002 27 1900 98 97 97 47 61.1% +0.99 93 38 67 7 11 39
2003 28 1828 96 94 97 78 58.4% +0.68 79 27 59 10 12 45
2004 29 1918 98 98 93 80 59.3% +0.74 90 41 79 7 5 58
2005 30 1661 82 87 88 84 50.9% +0.05 68 13 42 7 7 50
2006 31 1711 87 90 84 74 48.4% -0.25 86 8 38 6 5 55
Career 1760 89 89 87 65 53.5% +0.28 77 22 60 88 111 44

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

Masters 1000

SeasonAge CANCINHAMIWMADMCMIAPARROMSTU
199621 R32R64R32
199722 R16R32R64
199823 R128
199924 R16R16R16R64R16R128R64R16
200025 SFR32R64R64R32R32R64R32R64
200126 R64R32R64R128QFR16
200227 SFR64R16R32FR16R32R32SF
200328 R16R64R64R32R16R32R64SFR16
200429 R32R64R64R32R32R64R32R32QF
200530 R32R64R16R32R64R32R16R64R64
200631 R64R64

ATP 250

SeasonAge ACOADEANTAUCBADBARBASBEIBUCBUEDLBDOHDUBESTGSTHALHERKITLYOMALMRSMUNROTSHASPBSTGSTUTKYUMAVIEAMSBOGBOSCASCOPLONLONMEMMEXMILMONMOSORLOSTPALPHIPOEPRASANSANSINSOPSPLST.
199318 R16
199419 R32
199520 SFR32R32R32R16R16R32R32
199621 R16WR32SFQFR32R16R16R32R32QFQFFR32QFR16R32
199722 R16SFR32SFR32R32R64R32R16QFQFR32R16
199823 R32QFR32R32R16R32R32R16R16SFR16WR32R16R32R32R16QF
199924 R16R64R16R16R32R16SFR16R32R16R32R64R32R32
200025 R16R32QFQFQFR16R32QFR32R32R16R32
200126 R16R32WWR32R32SFR16R32QF
200227 SFQFSFR32R16R32SFFQFR32R16R16
200328 QFR16FR32WQFQFR32FR16R16R32R32
200429 SFWQFSFR16SFQFWQF
200530 QFR16FR32R32R32R16SFR32R32R32
200631 R16R16R16R32R16R32R32SF

ATP Finals

SeasonAge MAS
200227 RR

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high
5
Career-high date
Oct 21, 2002
First top 100
Jul 24, 1995
First top 50
Jan 15, 1996
First top 20
Jan 28, 2002
First top 10
Oct 14, 2002

Ranking History Matrix

SeasonAgeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
199318802820697697574585463352353281286
199419279272280289248243236185208204210205
1995202021721671591121121129482655453
199621403933354444444741455252
199722674860585960675354564848
199823557395878471667881987475
199924736465554959414135334140
200025444042444345553941485353
200126576059685542324142402929
200227161715151512131412677
2003281010991410101012181313
200429141615151416222628202424
200530282726232728242525494948
20063151727697101110159179130124129129
200732126128123116160169187194444904927931
200833935924934921930930

Similar Players

Other ATP players ranked by a composite similarity score over country, era, and peak rank.

Player Country Peak Rank Peak Elo Grand Slams Titles M W L Win % Active Years Match Log
Tomas Berdych CZE 4 2,232 0 13 915 594 321 64.9% 2003-2019 Match log
Petr Korda CZE 2 2,110 1 10 616 378 238 61.4% 1985-1999 Match log
Radek Stepanek CZE 8 2,034 0 5 649 366 283 56.4% 1998-2017 Match log
Jimmy Connors USA 1 2,410 8 109 1,556 1,262 294 81.1% 1969-1996 Match log
Roger Federer SUI 1 2,430 20 103 1,473 1,206 267 81.9% 1998-2021 Match log
Rafael Nadal ESP 1 2,500 22 91 1,270 1,045 225 82.3% 2002-2024 Match log
Andre Agassi USA 1 2,241 8 59 1,104 836 268 75.7% 1986-2006 Match log
Stefan Edberg SWE 1 2,233 6 41 990 744 246 75.2% 1982-1996 Match log
Pete Sampras USA 1 2,265 14 64 945 737 208 78.0% 1988-2002 Match log
David Ferrer ESP 3 2,270 0 27 1,068 700 368 65.5% 2002-2019 Match log
Boris Becker GER 1 2,266 6 49 889 670 219 75.4% 1983-1999 Match log
Michael Chang USA 2 2,110 1 34 951 648 303 68.1% 1987-2003 Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Jiri Novak?
Jiri Novak is 51 years old, born on March 22, 1975.
Which country is Jiri Novak from?
Jiri Novak is from Czechia.
How tall is Jiri Novak?
Jiri Novak is 190 cm / 6'3".
Does Jiri Novak use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?
Jiri Novak uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Jiri Novak left-handed or right-handed?
Jiri Novak plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Jiri Novak won?
Jiri Novak has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Jiri Novak won?
Jiri Novak has not won a Masters 1000 title.
How many ATP titles has Jiri Novak won?
Jiri Novak has won 7 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Tokyo in 2004.
What is Jiri Novak's highest ATP ranking?
Jiri Novak's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 5, first achieved on October 21, 2002.
What is Jiri Novak's career win-loss record?
Jiri Novak has a career ATP singles record of 318 wins and 250 losses (56.0%).
How much career prize money has Jiri Novak earned?
Jiri Novak has earned at least $7,618,613 in career prize money from professional tennis.
When did Jiri Novak play professional tennis?
Jiri Novak turned professional in 1993 and was active through 2006.
What is Jiri Novak's best surface?
Jiri Novak's best surface is hard court with a 57.4% win rate (152W-113L).
Who is Jiri Novak's biggest rival?
Jiri Novak's most frequent opponent is Carlos Moya, with a head-to-head record of 4–6 across 10 meetings.