Is Jana Novotna left-handed or right-handed?

Jana Novotna plays right-handed.

How many Grand Slams has Jana Novotna won?

Jana Novotna has won 1 Grand Slam title. The most recent was Wimbledon in 1998.

How many WTA 1000 titles has Jana Novotna won?

Jana Novotna has won 4 WTA 1000 titles. The most recent was Madrid in 1997.

How many WTA titles has Jana Novotna won?

Jana Novotna has won 24 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Hanover in 1999.

What is Jana Novotna's highest WTA ranking?

Jana Novotna's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 2, first achieved on July 7, 1997.

What is Jana Novotna's career win-loss record?

Jana Novotna has a career WTA singles record of 504 wins and 198 losses (71.8%).

How much career prize money has Jana Novotna earned?

Jana Novotna has earned at least $11,249,284 in career prize money from professional tennis.

When did Jana Novotna play professional tennis?

Jana Novotna turned professional in 1986 and was active through 1999.

What is Jana Novotna's best surface?

Jana Novotna's best surface is grass court with a 79.2% win rate (76W-20L).

Who is Jana Novotna's biggest rival?

Jana Novotna's most frequent opponent is Steffi Graf, with a head-to-head record of 4–30 across 34 meetings.

Jana Novotna

CZE Died Nov 19, 2017 (age 49) 175 cm / 5'9" Plays: Right-Handed Pro 1986–1999

Peak ranking

2 (Jul 7, 1997)

Elo peak

2224 (98.5%ile)

Career record

504–198 (71.8%)

Career titles

Prize money

$11,249,284

News: July 5, 1997: The day Martina Hingis, aged 16, became the Wimbledon’s youngest Open Era champion (Tennis Majors, 17d ago)

Recent WTA Matches full match log →

Date	Tournament	Category	Round	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match
Oct 7, 1999*	Filderstadt	WTA 250	R32	Hard	Silvia Farina Elia #27	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1999*	Luxembourg	WTA 250	R32	Carpet	Magdalena Maleeva #173	1-6 7-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1999*	US Open	Grand Slam	R32	Hard	Anke Huber #27	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1999*	US Open	Grand Slam	R64	Hard	Tina Krizan #146	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1999*	US Open	Grand Slam	R128	Hard	Shi-Ting Wang #109	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rivals full rivalries list →

Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Steffi Graf	4	30	34	Mar 10, 1999	H2H
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	11	9	20	Aug 22, 1998	H2H
Gabriela Sabatini	3	10	13	Jan 28, 1994	H2H
Anke Huber	8	4	12	Sep 5, 1999	H2H
Judith Wiesner	4	8	12	Feb 16, 1996	H2H

Titles (24)

Season	Age	Titles	GS	WTA 1000	500	250	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1988	19	1	—	—	1	—	—	Adelaide
1989	20	1	—	—	1	—	—	Strasbourg
1990	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Albuquerque
1991	22	2	—	—	1	1	—	Oklahoma , Sydney
1993	24	2	—	—	—	2	—	Brighton , Osaka
1994	25	3	—	—	—	3	—	Brighton , Essen , Leipzig
1995	26	1	—	—	1	—	—	Linz
1996	27	4	—	2	—	2	—	Chicago , Philadelphia , Madrid , Zurich
1997	28	4	—	2	—	1	1	Leipzig , Kremlin Cup , Madrid , WTA Tour Championships
1998	29	4	1	—	1	2	—	Eastbourne , Prague , Linz , Wimbledon
1999	30	1	—	—	—	1	—	Hanover
Total		24	1	4	5	13	1

Career Results

Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1986	17	0	4	4	0.0%	316	171
1987	18	21	17	38	55.3%	180	47
1988	19	23	18	41	56.1%	36	35
1989	20	45	17	62	72.6%	45	11
1990	21	40	16	56	71.4%	11	13
1991	22	45	15	60	75.0%	13	7
1992	23	36	17	53	67.9%	7	10
1993	24	46	15	61	75.4%	9	6
1994	25	43	11	54	79.6%	6	4
1995	26	30	12	42	71.4%	4	11
1996	27	47	12	59	79.7%	11	5
1997	28	52	15	67	77.6%	5	2
1998	29	50	14	64	78.1%	2	3
1999	30	26	15	41	63.4%	3	18
Career		504	198	702	71.8%	—	—

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 %
1986	17	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
1987	18	6	5	11	54.5%	8	6	14	57.1%	3	2	5	60.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	21	17	38	55.3%
1988	19	10	7	17	58.8%	4	6	10	40.0%	8	3	11	72.7%	1	2	3	33.3%	23	18	41	56.1%
1989	20	17	8	25	68.0%	18	4	22	81.8%	3	1	4	75.0%	7	4	11	63.6%	45	17	62	72.6%
1990	21	21	9	30	70.0%	6	2	8	75.0%	8	2	10	80.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	40	16	56	71.4%
1991	22	23	5	28	82.1%	11	4	15	73.3%	4	2	6	66.7%	7	4	11	63.6%	45	15	60	75.0%
1992	23	6	4	10	60.0%	9	5	14	64.3%	5	2	7	71.4%	16	6	22	72.7%	36	17	53	67.9%
1993	24	11	5	16	68.8%	11	5	16	68.8%	6	1	7	85.7%	18	4	22	81.8%	46	15	61	75.4%
1994	25	21	5	26	80.8%	6	3	9	66.7%	4	1	5	80.0%	12	2	14	85.7%	43	11	54	79.6%
1995	26	17	6	23	73.9%	2	2	4	50.0%	5	1	6	83.3%	6	3	9	66.7%	30	12	42	71.4%
1996	27	13	4	17	76.5%	13	3	16	81.3%	6	2	8	75.0%	15	3	18	83.3%	47	12	59	79.7%
1997	28	11	5	16	68.8%	11	4	15	73.3%	9	1	10	90.0%	21	5	26	80.8%	52	15	67	77.6%
1998	29	14	5	19	73.7%	16	5	21	76.2%	11	0	11	100.0%	9	4	13	69.2%	50	14	64	78.1%
1999	30	9	7	16	56.3%	7	5	12	58.3%	4	1	5	80.0%	6	2	8	75.0%	26	15	41	63.4%
Career	—	179	75	254	70.5%	122	56	178	68.5%	76	20	96	79.2%	127	47	174	73.0%	504	198	702	71.8%

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 %
1986	17	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1987	18	0	7	7	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	7	3	10	70.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	13	13	26	50.0%
1988	19	1	6	7	14.3%	2	3	5	40.0%	8	4	12	66.7%	5	2	7	71.4%	16	15	31	51.6%
1989	20	2	10	12	16.7%	6	3	9	66.7%	18	3	21	85.7%	11	0	11	100.0%	37	16	53	69.8%
1990	21	4	7	11	36.4%	3	4	7	42.9%	14	3	17	82.4%	9	1	10	90.0%	30	15	45	66.7%
1991	22	8	6	14	57.1%	7	6	13	53.8%	17	3	20	85.0%	7	0	7	100.0%	39	15	54	72.2%
1992	23	4	8	12	33.3%	9	3	12	75.0%	12	4	16	75.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	28	16	44	63.6%
1993	24	5	7	12	41.7%	7	2	9	77.8%	22	3	25	88.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	38	13	51	74.5%
1994	25	2	7	9	22.2%	9	2	11	81.8%	23	2	25	92.0%	4	0	4	100.0%	38	11	49	77.6%
1995	26	1	4	5	20.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	14	4	18	77.8%	5	0	5	100.0%	25	11	36	69.4%
1996	27	9	8	17	52.9%	8	3	11	72.7%	18	1	19	94.7%	6	0	6	100.0%	41	12	53	77.4%
1997	28	11	8	19	57.9%	17	6	23	73.9%	19	1	20	95.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	50	15	65	76.9%
1998	29	9	6	15	60.0%	16	4	20	80.0%	17	4	21	81.0%	7	0	7	100.0%	49	14	63	77.8%
1999	30	1	5	6	16.7%	9	4	13	69.2%	11	2	13	84.6%	3	2	5	60.0%	24	13	37	64.9%
Career		57	89	146	39.0%	101	47	148	68.2%	200	38	238	84.0%	70	8	78	89.7%	428	182	610	70.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 610/702 (86.9%) of Jana Novotna's WTA main draw matches.

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%
1986	17	1467	11	—	—	—	20.0%	-2.63	60	0	—	0	1	—
1987	18	1753	89	84	80	55	54.0%	+0.31	94	12	55	7	4	64
1988	19	1757	88	90	71	83	54.8%	+0.35	78	21	55	9	9	50
1989	20	1962	97	95	92	81	72.3%	+1.74	91	67	40	9	3	75
1990	21	2016	97	96	96	92	69.2%	+1.95	89	59	44	2	10	17
1991	22	2072	98	98	97	92	70.2%	+1.69	97	76	60	7	9	44
1992	23	2089	98	97	97	93	66.4%	+1.40	96	53	42	3	6	33
1993	24	2104	98	97	97	95	71.2%	+1.95	93	71	59	3	9	25
1994	25	2141	99	99	95	97	74.8%	+2.00	91	86	73	0	3	0
1995	26	2032	97	97	94	99	66.3%	+1.23	92	62	64	2	5	29
1996	27	2209	99	99	98	99	72.3%	+1.82	97	88	69	7	3	70
1997	28	2174	99	98	96	100	69.9%	+1.65	96	80	69	4	7	36
1998	29	2129	98	97	98	99	75.2%	+1.79	94	72	53	11	3	79
1999	30	1924	96	96	96	99	60.2%	+0.69	90	44	63	3	3	50
Career		2016	95	96	93	92	68.2%	+1.35	92	59	57	67	75	47

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO
1986	17	—	R128	R128	—
1987	18	—	R32	R16	R16
1988	19	R128	R128	R64	R128
1989	20	R32	QF	R16	R64
1990	21	R32	SF	QF	QF
1991	22	F	QF	R64	R16
1992	23	R16	R16	R32	R128
1993	24	R64	QF	F	R16
1994	25	QF	R128	QF	SF
1995	26	R16	R32	SF	QF
1996	27	—	SF	QF	QF
1997	28	—	R32	F	QF
1998	29	—	QF	W	SF
1999	30	R32	R16	QF	R32

WTA 1000

Season	Age	IW	MAD	ROM	TKY	BER	CAN	HIL	KEY	KRE	MON	ZUR
1987	18	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1988	19	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1989	20	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1990	21	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—
1991	22	—	—	—	—	SF	—	QF	—	—	—	—
1992	23	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—
1993	24	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	R32
1994	25	—	—	—	R16	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	—
1995	26	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	SF	—	—	QF
1996	27	—	W	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	W
1997	28	—	W	—	—	SF	—	R16	SF	W	—	SF
1998	29	—	—	R32	—	SF	SF	R16	QF	—	—	—
1999	30	QF	—	—	SF	R32	R32	SF	QF	—	—	—

WTA 500

Season	Age	ADE	BRI	PAR	SDG	BER	CHA	LIN	LOS	NEW	STR	SYD
1987	18	—	—	—	R32	R16	SF	—	R16	—	R32	—
1988	19	W	F	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16
1989	20	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—
1990	21	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16
1991	22	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W
1992	23	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF
1993	24	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—
1994	25	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	26	—	—	SF	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—
1996	27	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—
1997	28	—	—	SF	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—
1998	29	—	—	SF	—	—	—	W	—	F	—	—
1999	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—

WTA 250

Season	Age	ATL	BAR	EAS	HAM	HOU	WAS	ALB	AME	BIR	BOC	BRI	BRU	BUD	CHI	ESS	FIL	HAN	HIL	KEY	LEI	LUX	MAH	MAN	MAR	OAK	OKL	OSA	PHI	PHO	PRA	SAN	TOR	WIC	ZUR
1986	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32
1987	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	QF	R32
1988	19	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	R128	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32
1989	20	—	SF	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	SF	SF	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	F
1990	21	—	—	SF	—	—	—	W	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	SF
1991	22	—	—	QF	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF
1992	23	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	F	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF
1993	24	—	—	—	SF	SF	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	25	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	26	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	27	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	F	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	28	QF	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	F	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	29	—	—	W	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	W	—	—	—	—
1999	30	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	W	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

WTA Finals

Season	Age	WTA
1989	20	R16
1990	21	R16
1991	22	SF
1992	23	QF
1993	24	QF
1994	25	QF
1995	26	R16
1996	27	SF
1997	28	W
1998	29	R16

Data coverage note: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jul 7, 1997

First top 100

Apr 13, 1987

First top 50

Oct 26, 1987

First top 20

May 8, 1989

First top 10

Oct 23, 1989

Ranking History Matrix

Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1986	17	246	229	222	190	199	193	195	191	193	176	178	171
1987	18	176	142	144	98	94	84	71	61	54	46	49	47
1988	19	39	30	29	32	33	34	37	44	44	47	45	35
1989	20	45	48	32	24	16	13	11	11	12	10	11	11
1990	21	12	11	11	12	15	14	14	13	11	14	13	13
1991	22	8	8	7	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	7	7
1992	23	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	11	11	9	10	10
1993	24	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	6	6
1994	25	6	6	5	5	5	5	8	8	6	4	4	4
1995	26	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	9	11	11
1996	27	13	12	10	11	8	6	6	7	8	5	3	5
1997	28	5	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2
1998	29	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3
1999	30	3	3	4	4	4	6	7	10	18	18	18	—

Similar Players

Other WTA 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
Helena Sukova	CZE	4	2,217	0	9	877	580	297	66.1%	1981-1998	Match log
Martina Navratilova	USA	1	2,664	18	168	1,654	1,427	227	86.3%	1972-2005	Match log
Chris Evert	USA	1	2,574	18	146	1,379	1,222	157	88.6%	1969-1989	Match log
Steffi Graf	GER	1	2,600	22	106	975	866	109	88.8%	1981-1999	Match log
Venus Williams	USA	1	2,362	7	47	1,056	768	288	72.7%	1994-2026	Match log
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	ESP	1	2,385	4	29	975	708	267	72.6%	1986-2002	Match log
Lindsay Davenport	USA	1	2,353	3	54	894	704	190	78.7%	1991-2008	Match log
Conchita Martínez	ESP	2	2,263	1	33	944	669	275	70.9%	1988-2005	Match log
Pam Shriver	USA	3	2,302	0	24	901	624	277	69.3%	1978-1997	Match log
Gabriela Sabatini	ARG	3	2,398	1	27	789	607	182	76.9%	1984-1996	Match log
Wendy Turnbull	AUS	3	2,181	0	18	915	585	330	63.9%	1968-1989	Match log
Zina Garrison	USA	4	2,142	0	15	849	581	268	68.4%	1980-1996	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country is Jana Novotna from?: Jana Novotna is from Czechia.
How tall is Jana Novotna?: Jana Novotna is 175 cm / 5'9".
Is Jana Novotna left-handed or right-handed?: Jana Novotna plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Jana Novotna won?: Jana Novotna has won 1 Grand Slam title. The most recent was Wimbledon in 1998.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Jana Novotna won?: Jana Novotna has won 4 WTA 1000 titles. The most recent was Madrid in 1997.
How many WTA titles has Jana Novotna won?: Jana Novotna has won 24 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Hanover in 1999.
What is Jana Novotna's highest WTA ranking?: Jana Novotna's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 2, first achieved on July 7, 1997.
What is Jana Novotna's career win-loss record?: Jana Novotna has a career WTA singles record of 504 wins and 198 losses (71.8%).
How much career prize money has Jana Novotna earned?: Jana Novotna has earned at least $11,249,284 in career prize money from professional tennis.
When did Jana Novotna play professional tennis?: Jana Novotna turned professional in 1986 and was active through 1999.
What is Jana Novotna's best surface?: Jana Novotna's best surface is grass court with a 79.2% win rate (76W-20L).
Who is Jana Novotna's biggest rival?: Jana Novotna's most frequent opponent is Steffi Graf, with a head-to-head record of 4–30 across 34 meetings.