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Jana Novotna

CZE Died Nov 19, 2017 (age 49) 175 cm / 5'9" Plays: Right-Handed, One-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1986–1999

Jana Novotna represented Czechia on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 2. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 510–201 and 24 singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

2 (Jul 7, 1997)

Elo peak

2240 (98th percentile)

Singles record

510–201 (71.7%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$11,249,284

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Jana Novotna's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Silvia Farina Elia #27	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 1999*	R32	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Hard
Magdalena Maleeva #173	1-6 7-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 23, 1999*	R32	Luxembourg	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Carpet
Anke Huber #27	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 1999*	R32	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Tina Krizan #146	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1999*	R64	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Shi-Ting Wang #109	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 1999*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard

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Jana Novotna's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Steffi Graf	4	30	34	Mar 14, 1999	H2H
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	11	10	21	Aug 22, 1998	H2H
Judith Wiesner	5	8	13	Jul 28, 1996	H2H
Gabriela Sabatini	3	10	13	Jan 28, 1994	H2H
Anke Huber	8	4	12	Sep 5, 1999	H2H

Singles Titles (24)

Jana Novotna singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1988	19	1	—	—	1	—	—	Adelaide International
1989	20	1	—	—	1	—	—	Strasbourg Open
1990	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Albuquerque
1991	22	2	—	—	—	2	—	Oklahoma, Sydney International
1993	24	2	—	—	1	1	—	Japan Women's Open, Brighton
1994	25	3	—	—	3	—	—	Brighton, Essen, Leipzig
1995	26	1	—	—	—	1	—	Linz Open
1996	27	4	—	1	3	—	—	Chicago, Madrid Open, Philadelphia, Zurich
1997	28	4	—	1	1	1	1	Madrid Open, Leipzig, Kremlin Cup, WTA Finals
1998	29	4	1	—	2	1	—	Prague Open, Eastbourne Open, Linz Open, Wimbledon
1999	30	1	—	—	1	—	—	Hanover
Total		24	1	2	13	7	1

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (3)

Jana Novotna Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1988	Seoul Olympics	Second Round	1	1	Barbara Paulus #34 def. Jana Novotna #46 6-4 6-3	H2H	Match data
1992	Barcelona Olympics	First Round	0	1	Natalia Zvereva #26 def. Jana Novotna #12 6-1 6-0	H2H	Match data
1996	Atlanta Olympics	Bronze Medal	5	1	Jana Novotna #6 def. Mary Joe Fernandez #8 7-6(8) 6-4	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Jana Novotna career results by season
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	24	19	43	55.8%	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	18	54	66.7%	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	52	13	65	80.0%	11	3
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		510	201	711	71.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Jana Novotna career results by season and 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	11	8	19	57.9%	4	6	10	40.0%	8	3	11	72.7%	1	2	3	33.3%	24	19	43	55.8%
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	6	15	60.0%	5	2	7	71.4%	16	6	22	72.7%	36	18	54	66.7%
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	18	5	23	78.3%	13	3	16	81.3%	6	2	8	75.0%	15	3	18	83.3%	52	13	65	80.0%
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	—	185	77	262	70.6%	122	57	179	68.2%	76	20	96	79.2%	127	47	174	73.0%	510	201	711	71.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Jana Novotna career results by season and 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%	9	5	14	64.3%	5	2	7	71.4%	17	16	33	51.5%
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	4	13	69.2%	12	4	16	75.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	28	17	45	62.2%
1993	24	5	7	12	41.7%	8	3	11	72.7%	22	3	25	88.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	39	14	53	73.6%
1994	25	2	7	9	22.2%	9	2	11	81.8%	23	2	25	92.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	37	11	48	77.1%
1995	26	2	5	7	28.6%	5	3	8	62.5%	14	4	18	77.8%	5	0	5	100.0%	26	12	38	68.4%
1996	27	11	9	20	55.0%	10	3	13	76.9%	17	1	18	94.4%	6	0	6	100.0%	44	13	57	77.2%
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		60	91	151	39.7%	104	49	153	68.0%	200	39	239	83.7%	69	8	77	89.6%	433	187	620	69.8%

Opponent ranking data available for 620/711 (87.2%) of Jana Novotna's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Jana Novotna advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1986	17	1467	99.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-2.40	0–2	0–1	—	+0.11
1987	18	1752	144.9	—	—	—	—	-44	-97	-159	54.0%	+0.25	6–5 (55%)	7–4 (64%)	106.7	-1.10
1988	19	1761	136.2	—	—	—	—	-22	-139	-14	54.6%	+0.31	6–5 (55%)	9–9 (50%)	101.9	-1.23
1989	20	1964	163.3	—	—	—	—	-23	-80	-211	72.3%	+1.50	6–9 (40%)	9–3 (75%)	102.7	-1.47
1990	21	2017	161.3	—	—	—	—	-58	-59	-100	69.2%	+1.75	8–10 (44%)	2–10 (17%)	91.7	-0.57
1991	22	2072	167.7	—	—	—	—	+35	-34	-157	70.2%	+1.55	9–6 (60%)	7–9 (44%)	100.2	-3.27
1992	23	2080	166.9	—	—	—	—	+61	-79	-110	65.2%	+1.13	5–7 (42%)	3–6 (33%)	97.1	-2.23
1993	24	2101	165.8	—	—	—	—	+7	-93	-22	71.2%	+1.78	10–7 (59%)	3–9 (25%)	94.2	-0.26
1994	25	2141	164.9	—	—	—	—	-4	-150	-80	74.8%	+1.88	8–3 (73%)	0–3 (0%)	98.5	+0.48
1995	26	2032	157.0	—	—	—	—	+26	-87	+85	66.3%	+1.14	9–5 (64%)	2–5 (29%)	95.1	-0.21
1996	27	2227	173.1	—	—	—	—	-19	-153	-20	72.9%	+1.64	12–6 (67%)	8–3 (73%)	110.0	-2.93
1997	28	2177	170.8	—	—	—	—	+3	-94	+101	69.9%	+1.51	20–9 (69%)	4–7 (36%)	96.6	-1.15
1998	29	2131	164.1	—	—	—	—	-27	-24	+279	75.2%	+1.56	10–9 (53%)	11–3 (79%)	99.3	-0.45
1999	30	1926	151.5	—	—	—	—	+61	+51	+418	60.2%	+0.60	5–3 (63%)	3–3 (50%)	97.8	+0.16
Career		2240	168.7	—	—	—	—	0	-77	+15	68.1%	+1.33	114–86 (57%)	68–75 (48%)	96.3	-1.99

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Jana Novotna Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1986	17	—	R128	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1987	18	—	R32	R16	R16	8–3 (73%)
1988	19	R128	R128	R64	R128	1–4 (20%)
1989	20	R32	QF	R16	R64	10–4 (71%)
1990	21	R32	SF	QF	QF	15–4 (79%)
1991	22	F	QF	R64	R16	14–4 (78%)
1992	23	R16	R16	R32	R128	8–4 (67%)
1993	24	R64	QF	F	R16	14–4 (78%)
1994	25	QF	R128	QF	SF	13–4 (76%)
1995	26	R16	R32	SF	QF	14–4 (78%)
1996	27	—	SF	QF	QF	13–3 (81%)
1997	28	—	R32	F	QF	12–3 (80%)
1998	29	—	QF	W	SF	16–2 (89%)
1999	30	R32	R16	QF	R32	11–4 (73%)
W-L		23–9 (72%)	38–14 (73%)	50–13 (79%)	38–13 (75%)	149–49 (75%)

WTA 1000

Jana Novotna WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	ITA	TKY	BER	CAN	HIL	KEY	KRE	PAN	ZUR	W-L Win %
1990	21	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1991	22	—	—	—	SF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	5–2 (71%)
1992	23	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1993	24	—	R32	SF	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	R32	7–5 (58%)
1994	25	—	—	R16	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	7–3 (70%)
1995	26	—	—	—	—	SF	—	SF	—	—	QF	8–3 (73%)
1996	27	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	W	8–2 (80%)
1997	28	—	—	—	SF	—	R16	SF	W	—	SF	14–4 (78%)
1998	29	—	R32	—	SF	SF	R16	QF	—	—	—	10–5 (67%)
1999	30	QF	—	—	R32	R32	SF	QF	—	SF	—	10–6 (62%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	14–7 (67%)	7–4 (64%)	11–6 (65%)	23–8 (74%)	4–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	7–3 (70%)	74–34 (69%)

WTA 500

Jana Novotna WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ATL	BRI	EAS	HAM	HOU	IW	MAD	PAR	SDG	WAS	AME	BER	BOC	BRI	CAN	CHA	CHI	ESS	POR	HAN	HIL	KEY	LEI	LIN	LOS	MAN	NEW	PHI	STR	SYD	ZUR	W-L Win %
1987	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	9–5 (64%)
1988	19	W	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	14–6 (70%)
1989	20	—	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	11–3 (79%)
1990	21	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	SF	13–6 (68%)
1991	22	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	10–6 (62%)
1992	23	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	F	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	17–6 (74%)
1993	24	—	—	—	—	SF	SF	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	17–4 (81%)
1994	25	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	22–3 (88%)
1995	26	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–4 (43%)
1996	27	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	W	R32	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	F	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	22–5 (81%)
1997	28	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	F	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	13–7 (65%)
1998	29	—	—	—	W	F	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	F	—	—	—	W	—	—	F	R16	—	—	—	19–6 (76%)
1999	30	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	5–3 (62%)
W-L		5–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	7–2 (78%)	16–4 (80%)	14–7 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	5–0 (100%)	9–5 (64%)	5–3 (62%)	1–1 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	14–2 (88%)	2–1 (67%)	4–1 (80%)	8–3 (73%)	8–1 (89%)	6–6 (50%)	10–2 (83%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	14–2 (88%)	4–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	3–2 (60%)	5–2 (71%)	5–1 (83%)	2–1 (67%)	8–3 (73%)	175–64 (73%)

WTA 250

Jana Novotna WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	BRI	EAS	HAM	MAD	ITA	SDG	ALB	AME	BIR	BOC	BRI	BRU	BUD	CHI	POR	KEY	LEI	LIN	LUX	MAH	MAR	OAK	OKL	JAP	PHO	PRA	SAN	STR	SYD	WIC	ZUR	W-L Win %
1986	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
1987	18	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	4–9 (31%)
1988	19	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	8–8 (50%)
1989	20	SF	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	SF	QF	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	24–9 (73%)
1990	21	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	9–3 (75%)
1991	22	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	14–2 (88%)
1992	23	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	8–4 (67%)
1993	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	7–1 (88%)
1995	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–0 (100%)
1996	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1997	28	—	—	SF	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9–1 (90%)
1998	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	5–0 (100%)
1999	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		3–1 (75%)	4–3 (57%)	3–0 (100%)	6–2 (75%)	4–0 (100%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	7–2 (78%)	9–2 (82%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	7–1 (88%)	5–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	5–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	8–2 (80%)	4–2 (67%)	4–4 (50%)	95–42 (69%)

WTA Finals

Jana Novotna WTA Finals results by season
Season	Age	WTA	WTA	W-L Win %
1989	20	—	R16	0–1 (0%)
1990	21	—	R16	0–1 (0%)
1991	22	SF	—	2–1 (67%)
1992	23	—	QF	1–1 (50%)
1993	24	—	QF	1–1 (50%)
1994	25	—	QF	1–1 (50%)
1995	26	—	R16	0–1 (0%)
1996	27	—	SF	2–1 (67%)
1997	28	—	W	4–0 (100%)
1998	29	—	R16	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	9–8 (53%)	11–9 (55%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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

Jana Novotna ranking history by month and season
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	—

Data coverage: 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.

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Conchita Martínez	ESP	#2	2,263	955	676	279	70.8%	$11,527,977	33	1	9	1988–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	ESP	#1	2,384	991	720	271	72.7%	$16,942,639	29	4	6	1986–2002	Rivalries	Match log
Pam Shriver	USA	#3	2,304	904	626	278	69.2%	$5,460,566	24	0	0	1978–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Gabriela Sabatini	ARG	#3	2,399	797	613	184	76.9%	$8,785,850	27	1	5	1984–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Manuela Maleeva Fragniere	SUI	#3	2,130	649	464	185	71.5%	$3,244,811	19	0	1	1982–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Mary Pierce	FRA	#3	2,145	683	465	218	68.1%	$9,793,119	18	2	5	1989–2006	Rivalries	Match log
Nathalie Tauziat	FRA	#3	2,033	881	548	333	62.2%	$6,650,093	8	0	1	1984–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Mary Joe Fernandez	USA	#4	2,196	612	417	195	68.1%	$5,258,471	7	0	1	1984–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Amanda Coetzer	RSA	#3	2,052	807	497	310	61.6%	$5,594,821	9	0	1	1988–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Jennifer Capriati	USA	#1	2,253	581	411	170	70.7%	$10,206,639	14	3	2	1990–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Helena Sukova	CZE	#4	2,218	881	581	300	65.9%	$6,391,245	9	0	0	1981–1998	Rivalries	Match log
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which country does Jana Novotna represent?: Jana Novotna represents Czechia in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Jana Novotna?: Jana Novotna is 175 cm / 5'9".
Does Jana Novotna use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Jana Novotna uses a one-handed backhand.
Is Jana Novotna left-handed or right-handed?: Jana Novotna plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Jana Novotna won?: Jana Novotna has won 1 Grand Slam singles title. The most recent was Wimbledon in 1998.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Jana Novotna won?: TennisDB groups 2 of Jana Novotna's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category. All 2 were won under documented predecessor category names and are shown using the modern equivalent. The most recent was Kremlin Cup in 1997.
How many WTA titles has Jana Novotna won?: Jana Novotna has won 24 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent 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 510 wins and 201 losses (71.7%).
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.
Which seasons of Jana Novotna's career appear in TennisDB?: Jana Novotna appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1986 through 1999.
On which surface does Jana Novotna have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Jana Novotna's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on grass: 79.2% (76–20).
Who has Jana Novotna faced most often?: Jana Novotna's most frequent opponent is Steffi Graf, with a head-to-head record of 4–30 across 34 meetings.