Player data updated: 2026-10-17 16:37 UTC

Katarzyna Nowak

POL Age 57 173 cm / 5'8" WTA Tour years active: 1989–1996

Katarzyna Nowak represented Poland on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 47. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 26–51 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

47 (Sep 11, 1995)

Elo peak

1660 (51st percentile)

Singles record

26–51 (33.8%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$292,033

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

Jump to section

WTA Matches full match log →

Katarzyna Nowak's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Henrieta Nagyova #65	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 14, 1996*	R16	Karlovy Vary	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Veronika Martinek #128	6-2 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 13, 1996*	R32	Karlovy Vary	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Gloria Pizzichini #49	0-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1996*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Naoko Sawamatsu #29	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 29, 1996*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Amanda Coetzer #15	0-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 24, 1996*	R32	Madrid Open	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Katarzyna Nowak's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Julie Halard-Decugis	1	2	3	Apr 29, 1995	H2H
Anke Huber	0	3	3	Apr 29, 1994	H2H
Wiltrud Probst	1	2	3	Apr 28, 1994	H2H
Veronika Martinek	2	0	2	Sep 13, 1996	H2H
Amanda Coetzer	0	2	2	May 24, 1996	H2H

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Katarzyna Nowak Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1992	Barcelona Olympics	First Round	0	1	Julie Halard-Decugis #19 def. Katarzyna Nowak #120 6-4 7-6(1)	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Katarzyna Nowak career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1989	20	0	1	1	0.0%	260	285
1990	21	0	3	3	0.0%	285	161
1991	22	2	5	7	28.6%	164	150
1992	23	6	11	17	35.3%	151	114
1993	24	2	4	6	33.3%	115	195
1994	25	2	3	5	40.0%	199	94
1995	26	10	11	21	47.6%	93	59
1996	27	4	13	17	23.5%	65	137
Career		26	51	77	33.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Katarzyna Nowak 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 %
1989	20	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1990	21	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1991	22	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	2	5	7	28.6%
1992	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	6	11	17	35.3%
1993	24	0	2	2	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%
1994	25	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
1995	26	0	1	1	0.0%	9	7	16	56.3%	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	10	11	21	47.6%
1996	27	0	4	4	0.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	13	17	23.5%
Career	—	0	10	10	0.0%	18	28	46	39.1%	1	2	3	33.3%	7	11	18	38.9%	26	51	77	33.8%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Katarzyna Nowak 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 %
1989	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1990	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1991	22	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
1992	23	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	5	8	13	38.5%
1993	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	4	6	33.3%
1994	25	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1995	26	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	5	2	7	71.4%	1	2	3	33.3%	8	9	17	47.1%
1996	27	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	8	10	20.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	13	17	23.5%
Career		0	2	2	0.0%	2	16	18	11.1%	12	18	30	40.0%	7	7	14	50.0%	21	43	64	32.8%

Opponent ranking data available for 64/77 (83.1%) of Katarzyna Nowak's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Katarzyna Nowak 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
1989	20	1488	97.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+0.07
1990	21	1452	98.5	—	—	—	—	—	+17	—	14.3%	-1.29	0–1	0–2	—	+0.19
1991	22	1458	97.3	—	—	—	—	+62	+15	—	16.7%	-2.83	—	—	—	-0.13
1992	23	1508	109.5	—	—	—	—	+62	-73	—	35.9%	-1.44	3–2 (60%)	3–3 (50%)	102.0	+0.67
1993	24	1515	104.4	—	—	—	—	+11	-34	—	43.8%	-0.75	1–3 (25%)	1–0	—	-0.19
1994	25	1533	108.3	—	—	—	—	—	+7	—	41.7%	-1.08	1–1	1–0	—	+0.20
1995	26	1608	119.3	—	—	—	—	-122	+29	—	47.8%	-0.63	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	102.3	+0.18
1996	27	1544	99.3	—	—	—	—	-100	+64	—	25.0%	-2.33	1–1	0–1	—	+0.45
Career		1660	109.9	—	—	—	—	-8	+18	—	35.3%	-1.44	8–10 (44%)	7–7 (50%)	100.6	+1.87

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Katarzyna Nowak Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1990	21	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1991	22	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1992	23	—	R128	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
1993	24	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1994	25	—	R64	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1995	26	—	R32	—	R128	2–2 (50%)
1996	27	R128	R128	R128	—	0–3 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	3–5 (38%)	1–2 (33%)	0–3 (0%)	4–12 (25%)

WTA 1000

Katarzyna Nowak WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	ITA	BER	HIL	KEY	W-L Win %
1992	23	—	R64	—	R64	—	0–2 (0%)
1995	26	—	—	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1996	27	R64	R32	R32	—	R128	2–4 (33%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	3–7 (30%)

WTA 500

Katarzyna Nowak WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	HAM	HOU	MAD	AME	BRI	ESS	SYD	W-L Win %
1992	23	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	2–3 (40%)
1994	25	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1995	26	SF	—	R32	—	QF	R16	—	—	7–4 (64%)
1996	27	—	R16	—	R32	R64	—	R32	R32	1–5 (17%)
W-L		3–1 (75%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	11–13 (46%)

WTA 250

Katarzyna Nowak WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	BEI	BRI	PAR	ATH	BAY	BOL	BRI	CES	KAR	LEI	LIE	LIN	OSL	PAL	QUE	WAR	W-L Win %
1989	20	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1990	21	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1991	22	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	2–4 (33%)
1992	23	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1993	24	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1994	25	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	0–4 (0%)
1996	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	8–18 (31%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Sep 11, 1995

First Top 100

Mar 2, 1992

First Top 50

Jun 12, 1995

First Top 20

—

First Top 10

—

Ranking History Matrix

Katarzyna Nowak ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1988	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	386	286	297	283	261
1989	20	245	249	258	263	255	251	267	268	258	262	268	285
1990	21	281	286	286	291	204	198	189	190	193	197	172	161
1991	22	162	160	157	166	162	175	165	137	135	136	149	150
1992	23	150	102	107	113	125	127	120	135	125	108	113	114
1993	24	125	219	235	228	189	182	203	209	199	195	—	—
1994	25	187	196	197	173	171	134	124	111	116	107	112	94
1995	26	93	94	97	67	55	48	54	52	54	48	50	59
1996	27	65	66	65	153	119	143	152	156	144	169	163	137
1997	28	141	135	142	150	229	257	286	289	297	306	248	254
1998	29	248	254	240	241	254	256	241	237	245	248	292	304
1999	30	304	304	330	337	392	394	421	436	590	855	—	—

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.

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Katarzyna Nowak's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Maureen Drake	CAN	#47	1,586	133	40	93	30.1%	$795,194	0	1988–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Marketa Kochta	GER	#45	1,635	99	32	67	32.3%	$375,688	0	1990–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Elena Brioukhovets	UKR	#46	1,687	108	44	64	40.7%	$386,215	0	1989–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Marion Maruska	AUT	#50	1,620	81	27	54	33.3%	$342,007	1	1989–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Naoko Kijimuta	JPN	#44	1,696	94	37	57	39.4%	$499,278	0	1989–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Nana Smith	JPN	#51	1,649	179	65	114	36.3%	$1,234,067	0	1988–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Kristine Kunce	AUS	#45	1,742	109	46	63	42.2%	$700,961	0	1988–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Jenny Byrne	AUS	#45	1,725	178	59	119	33.1%	$515,140	0	1983–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Petra Schwarz	AUT	#52	1,667	126	48	78	38.1%	$397,476	0	1987–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Sonya Jeyaseelan	CAN	#48	1,638	103	33	70	32.0%	$730,722	0	1991–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Samantha Smith	GBR	#55	1,626	74	22	52	29.7%	$351,902	0	1989–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Jana Pospisilova	CZE	#49	1,709	73	31	42	42.5%	$237,965	0	1988–1994	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Katarzyna Nowak?: Katarzyna Nowak is 57 years old, born on January 13, 1969.
Which country does Katarzyna Nowak represent?: Katarzyna Nowak represents Poland in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Katarzyna Nowak?: Katarzyna Nowak is 173 cm / 5'8".
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Katarzyna Nowak won?: Katarzyna Nowak has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Katarzyna Nowak won?: TennisDB does not group any of Katarzyna Nowak's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Katarzyna Nowak's highest WTA ranking?: Katarzyna Nowak's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 47, first achieved on September 11, 1995.
What is Katarzyna Nowak's career win-loss record?: Katarzyna Nowak has a career WTA singles record of 26 wins and 51 losses (33.8%).
How much career prize money has Katarzyna Nowak earned?: Katarzyna Nowak has earned at least $292,033 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Katarzyna Nowak's career appear in TennisDB?: Katarzyna Nowak appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1989 through 1996.
On which surface does Katarzyna Nowak have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Katarzyna Nowak's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 39.1% (18–28).
Who has Katarzyna Nowak faced most often?: Katarzyna Nowak's most frequent opponent is Julie Halard-Decugis, with a head-to-head record of 1–2 across 3 meetings.