How old is Karel Novacek?

Karel Novacek is 61 years old, born on March 30, 1965.

How tall is Karel Novacek?

Karel Novacek is 190 cm / 6'3".

Is Karel Novacek left-handed or right-handed?

Karel Novacek plays right-handed.

How many Grand Slams has Karel Novacek won?

Karel Novacek has not won a Grand Slam title.

How many Masters 1000 titles has Karel Novacek won?

Karel Novacek has won 1 Masters 1000 title. The most recent was Hamburg in 1991.

How many ATP titles has Karel Novacek won?

Karel Novacek has won 13 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Hilversum in 1994.

What is Karel Novacek's highest ATP ranking?

Karel Novacek's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 8, first achieved on November 18, 1991.

What is Karel Novacek's career win-loss record?

Karel Novacek has a career ATP singles record of 287 wins and 231 losses (55.4%).

How much career prize money has Karel Novacek earned?

Karel Novacek has earned at least $3,729,540 in career prize money from professional tennis.

When did Karel Novacek play professional tennis?

Karel Novacek turned professional in 1984 and was active through 1996.

What is Karel Novacek's best surface?

Karel Novacek's best surface is clay court with a 61.7% win rate (182W-113L).

Who is Karel Novacek's biggest rival?

Karel Novacek's most frequent opponent is Francisco Clavet, with a head-to-head record of 5–4 across 9 meetings.

Karel Novacek

CZE Age 61 190 cm / 6'3" Plays: Right-Handed Pro 1984–1996

Peak ranking

8 (Nov 18, 1991)

Elo peak

1997 (90.5%ile)

Career record

287–231 (55.4%)

Career titles

Prize money

$3,729,540

Recent ATP Matches full match log →

Date	Tournament	Category	Round	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match
Apr 18, 1996*	Bermuda	ATP 250	R32	Clay	Nicolas Lapentti #97	5-7 6-3 4-6	L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1996*	Miami Masters	Masters 1000	R128	Hard	Martin Damm Sr	6-7(6) 1-6	L	—	Match data
Feb 16, 1996*	Dubai	ATP 250	R16	Hard	Goran Ivanisevic #9	3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1996*	Dubai	ATP 250	R32	Hard	Alexander Volkov #57	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 1995*	Vienna	ATP 250	R32	Carpet	Patrik Kuhnen #203	6-7(3) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rivals full rivalries list →

Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Francisco Clavet	5	4	9	Nov 11, 1993	H2H
Jonas Svensson	4	5	9	Apr 8, 1993	H2H
Alexander Volkov	3	5	8	Feb 15, 1996	H2H
Boris Becker	1	7	8	May 11, 1994	H2H
Andrei Chesnokov	3	4	7	Apr 13, 1995	H2H

Titles (13)

Season	Age	Titles	GS	M1000	500	250	Finals	Tournaments
1986	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Washington
1989	24	1	—	—	—	1	—	Hilversum
1990	25	1	—	—	—	1	—	Munich
1991	26	4	—	1	—	3	—	Auckland , Kitzbuhel , Prague , Hamburg
1992	27	3	—	—	—	3	—	Hilversum , Prague , San Marino
1993	28	2	—	—	—	2	—	Dubai , Zaragoza
1994	29	1	—	—	—	1	—	Hilversum
Total		13	—	1	—	12	—

Career Results

Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1984	19	6	6	12	50.0%	445	138
1985	20	4	4	8	50.0%	156	159
1986	21	16	14	30	53.3%	159	33
1987	22	17	22	39	43.6%	34	76
1988	23	13	13	26	50.0%	76	127
1989	24	16	13	29	55.2%	127	74
1990	25	31	29	60	51.7%	69	34
1991	26	56	29	85	65.9%	35	8
1992	27	37	23	60	61.7%	8	23
1993	28	41	22	63	65.1%	23	17
1994	29	36	29	65	55.4%	17	28
1995	30	13	24	37	35.1%	28	121
1996	31	1	3	4	25.0%	121	409
Career		287	231	518	55.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1984	19	0	2	2	0.0%	6	4	10	60.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	12	50.0%
1985	20	0	1	1	0.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	8	50.0%
1986	21	8	5	13	61.5%	7	7	14	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	16	14	30	53.3%
1987	22	1	6	7	14.3%	14	11	25	56.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	17	22	39	43.6%
1988	23	0	1	1	0.0%	12	8	20	60.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	13	13	26	50.0%
1989	24	—	—	—	—	15	11	26	57.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	16	13	29	55.2%
1990	25	8	10	18	44.4%	18	11	29	62.1%	2	2	4	50.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	31	29	60	51.7%
1991	26	9	5	14	64.3%	33	10	43	76.7%	3	1	4	75.0%	11	13	24	45.8%	56	29	85	65.9%
1992	27	2	5	7	28.6%	27	10	37	73.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	8	7	15	53.3%	37	23	60	61.7%
1993	28	10	2	12	83.3%	21	13	34	61.8%	0	1	1	0.0%	10	6	16	62.5%	41	22	63	65.1%
1994	29	11	8	19	57.9%	18	13	31	58.1%	3	2	5	60.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	36	29	65	55.4%
1995	30	4	7	11	36.4%	7	11	18	38.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	13	24	37	35.1%
1996	31	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
Career	—	54	54	108	50.0%	182	113	295	61.7%	10	12	22	45.5%	41	52	93	44.1%	287	231	518	55.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1984	19	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	3	3	6	50.0%	5	6	11	45.5%
1985	20	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	3	4	7	42.9%
1986	21	1	1	2	50.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	6	6	12	50.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	16	12	28	57.1%
1987	22	0	3	3	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	3	8	11	27.3%	12	6	18	66.7%	17	21	38	44.7%
1988	23	0	3	3	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	9	4	13	69.2%	13	13	26	50.0%
1989	24	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	8	11	27.3%	12	2	14	85.7%	16	13	29	55.2%
1990	25	4	4	8	50.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	9	12	21	42.9%	12	6	18	66.7%	29	29	58	50.0%
1991	26	4	4	8	50.0%	9	7	16	56.2%	31	15	46	67.4%	12	3	15	80.0%	56	29	85	65.9%
1992	27	0	3	3	0.0%	7	6	13	53.8%	15	10	25	60.0%	15	4	19	78.9%	37	23	60	61.7%
1993	28	1	2	3	33.3%	4	7	11	36.4%	24	9	33	72.7%	10	3	13	76.9%	39	21	60	65.0%
1994	29	1	4	5	20.0%	5	8	13	38.5%	13	10	23	56.5%	16	7	23	69.6%	35	29	64	54.7%
1995	30	1	3	4	25.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	8	14	22	36.4%	3	4	7	42.9%	13	24	37	35.1%
1996	31	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
Career		13	31	44	29.5%	37	50	87	42.5%	118	98	216	54.6%	112	47	159	70.4%	280	226	506	55.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 506/518 (97.7%) of Karel Novacek's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1991	26	78	5.3	2.6	56.5%	73.8%	52.0%	60.4%	45.8%	64.6%	39.7%
1992	27	57	4.7	1.9	54.9%	72.2%	49.8%	62.9%	42.5%	62.1%	41.6%
1993	28	54	6.6	2.2	55.4%	75.3%	51.7%	58.5%	37.1%	64.6%	38.9%
1994	29	59	8.2	2.5	57.7%	74.0%	48.7%	61.7%	41.0%	63.3%	37.2%
1995	30	35	7.4	1.9	57.7%	71.3%	50.2%	60.4%	34.5%	62.4%	34.5%
1996	31	3	4.7	2.3	59.4%	74.5%	42.8%	68.1%	31.3%	62.7%	37.8%
Career		286	6.3	2.3	56.4%	73.5%	50.5%	60.9%	41.0%	63.6%	38.8%

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%
1984	19	1554	54	—	68	—	47.1%	-0.02	26	0	60	2	3	40
1985	20	1558	62	—	68	—	45.5%	-0.37	19	25	75	1	0	—
1986	21	1692	86	75	81	—	50.6%	+0.09	69	20	64	8	6	57
1987	22	1644	80	49	88	—	46.7%	+0.06	54	18	38	6	7	46
1988	23	1637	80	7	84	—	51.6%	+0.51	45	31	33	4	7	36
1989	24	1685	85	—	87	—	56.0%	+0.48	63	14	40	5	4	56
1990	25	1706	84	58	90	63	52.5%	+0.39	75	10	48	9	16	36
1991	26	1845	95	85	99	74	60.5%	+0.67	85	45	67	20	15	57
1992	27	1820	94	84	98	—	59.7%	+0.79	59	38	56	9	10	47
1993	28	1760	91	93	95	—	61.3%	+0.63	71	38	59	15	7	68
1994	29	1789	93	91	94	63	51.2%	0.00	64	30	68	17	13	57
1995	30	1596	72	81	83	—	41.8%	-0.58	64	4	33	7	6	54
1996	31	1580	69	78	—	—	33.3%	-0.71	70	0	—	0	1	—
Career		1722	85	77	90	59	53.9%	+0.27	65	25	54	103	95	52

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO
1984	19	—	R32	—	—
1985	20	—	R128	—	—
1986	21	—	R128	R128	R128
1987	22	—	QF	R128	R128
1988	23	—	R128	R64	—
1989	24	—	R32	R64	—
1990	25	R32	R16	R32	R128
1991	26	R128	R128	R16	R32
1992	27	R64	R128	R128	—
1993	28	—	QF	R128	R32
1994	29	R32	R128	R128	SF
1995	30	R16	R128	R128	R128

Masters 1000

Season	Age	CIN	DLB	HAM	IW	MC	MIA	PAR	ROM	STO	KEY
1985	20	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1987	22	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	R128
1988	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128
1989	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—
1990	25	R64	—	R64	R64	R32	R64	R64	R32	R32	—
1991	26	—	—	W	—	R64	R64	QF	R64	R16	—
1992	27	—	—	QF	R16	R16	R64	R64	R64	R16	—
1993	28	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	R16	R16	—	—
1994	29	R64	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	—
1995	30	—	—	—	R64	R32	R64	—	R64	—	—
1996	31	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—

ATP 250

Season	Age	ADE	AUC	BAD	BAR	BAS	BUC	BUE	DUB	EST	FLR	GST	HAM	KIT	LYO	MAD	MC	MET	MUN	NAP	PAR	ROT	STG	STO	STU	VIE	WAS	AMS	ATH	BAR	BER	BER	BOG	BOL	BOR	BOS	BRA	BRU	COL	COP	FOR	HIL	ITA	LON	MAN	MIL	MON	MOS	NIC	OST	PAL	PHI	PIN	PRA	ROS	SAN	SCH	SYD	TOU	TRE	VAL	WEL	WEM	ZAR
1984	19	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—
1985	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986	21	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	F	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1987	22	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—
1988	23	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	R64	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1989	24	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1990	25	—	R32	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	F	—	—	—	—	W	R64	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—
1991	26	—	W	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	F	—	SF	—	W	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	QF	—	SF	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	SF	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—
1992	27	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	W	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1993	28	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	R32	W	F	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	F	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	W
1994	29	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	SF	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	QF	SF	QF	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32
1995	30	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—
1996	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

ATP Finals

Season	Age	FIN	GRA
1991	26	RR	—
1994	29	—	R16

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Nov 18, 1991

First top 100

Apr 7, 1986

First top 50

Aug 4, 1986

First top 20

Apr 29, 1991

First top 10

Sep 9, 1991

Ranking History Matrix

Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	19	445	—	—	—	—	189	179	189	180	141	133	138
1985	20	157	158	149	147	135	204	219	177	187	233	147	159
1986	21	159	141	133	91	117	106	110	35	48	37	36	33
1987	22	32	32	35	49	48	30	24	62	54	67	79	76
1988	23	80	107	105	99	87	158	147	110	106	134	128	127
1989	24	134	74	77	83	89	83	62	64	63	62	75	74
1990	25	59	66	65	69	38	31	37	29	27	33	34	34
1991	26	32	26	26	20	14	15	11	11	9	10	8	8
1992	27	10	11	12	11	24	23	21	21	21	21	23	23
1993	28	23	19	18	14	14	15	14	18	17	15	17	17
1994	29	19	23	27	36	43	53	76	56	30	30	28	28
1995	30	26	28	25	24	22	28	28	37	89	92	125	121
1996	31	153	153	153	209	210	218	323	327	339	402	402	409
1997	32	409	673	745	1207	1209	1231	1308	1345	—	—	—	—

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 Smid	CZE	11	1,998	0	10	815	497	318	61.0%	1976-1989	Match log
Petr Korda	CZE	2	2,110	1	10	616	378	238	61.4%	1985-1999	Match log
Jiri Novak	CZE	5	1,940	0	7	568	318	250	56.0%	1993-2006	Match log
Wojtek Fibak	POL	10	2,089	0	14	829	520	309	62.7%	1974-1988	Match log
Wayne Ferreira	RSA	6	2,022	0	15	797	483	314	60.6%	1990-2004	Match log
Emilio Sanchez	ESP	7	2,038	0	15	674	402	272	59.6%	1984-1997	Match log
Marc Rosset	SUI	9	1,950	0	14	732	398	334	54.4%	1988-2004	Match log
Magnus Gustafsson	SWE	10	2,012	0	14	646	394	252	61.0%	1986-2001	Match log
Eliot Teltscher	USA	6	2,091	0	10	599	392	207	65.4%	1976-1990	Match log
Jakob Hlasek	SUI	7	2,062	0	5	689	389	300	56.5%	1982-1996	Match log
Aaron Krickstein	USA	6	2,043	0	9	633	381	252	60.2%	1983-1996	Match log
Johan Kriek	USA	7	2,052	2	14	603	380	223	63.0%	1977-1992	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Karel Novacek?: Karel Novacek is 61 years old, born on March 30, 1965.
Which country is Karel Novacek from?: Karel Novacek is from Czechia.
How tall is Karel Novacek?: Karel Novacek is 190 cm / 6'3".
Is Karel Novacek left-handed or right-handed?: Karel Novacek plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Karel Novacek won?: Karel Novacek has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Karel Novacek won?: Karel Novacek has won 1 Masters 1000 title. The most recent was Hamburg in 1991.
How many ATP titles has Karel Novacek won?: Karel Novacek has won 13 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Hilversum in 1994.
What is Karel Novacek's highest ATP ranking?: Karel Novacek's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 8, first achieved on November 18, 1991.
What is Karel Novacek's career win-loss record?: Karel Novacek has a career ATP singles record of 287 wins and 231 losses (55.4%).
How much career prize money has Karel Novacek earned?: Karel Novacek has earned at least $3,729,540 in career prize money from professional tennis.
When did Karel Novacek play professional tennis?: Karel Novacek turned professional in 1984 and was active through 1996.
What is Karel Novacek's best surface?: Karel Novacek's best surface is clay court with a 61.7% win rate (182W-113L).
Who is Karel Novacek's biggest rival?: Karel Novacek's most frequent opponent is Francisco Clavet, with a head-to-head record of 5–4 across 9 meetings.