Jiří Novák

Jiří Novák
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	22 March 1975; Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia; (now Zlín, Czech Republic)
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$7,618,613
Singles
Career record	337–260
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 5 (21 October 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	SF (2002)
French Open	4R (2003)
Wimbledon	3R (2003, 2005)
US Open	4R (1999, 2002, 2006)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (2002)
Olympic Games	2R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	311–211
Career titles	18
Highest ranking	No. 6 (9 July 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2000)
French Open	QF (2000)
Wimbledon	F (2001)
US Open	F (2002)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (1999)
Olympic Games	QF (1996)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2002)
Wimbledon	3R (2001)
US Open	2R (2000)
	Last updated on: 17 January 2022.

Jiří Novák (pronounced [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈnovaːk] ^ⓘ; born 22 March 1975) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco.^[1]

Career

Novák turned professional in 1993 and won seven singles and 18 doubles titles during his career, winning $7,614,063 in prize money. For six years, he was the highest-ranked male Czech tennis player in the ATP rankings. On October 21, 2002, Novák reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 5. He retired in 2007.

Novák was the first player to face Roger Federer at Wimbledon. In this first-round match at the 1999 tournament, Novák defeated Federer in five sets.

Novák created a tennis school in the Czech Republic and one of his students was the fourteen year old Preet Chandi before she went on to be an adventurer.^[2]

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2001	Wimbledon	Grass	David Rikl	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Loss	2002	US Open	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	3–6, 6–3, 6–4

Masters Series

Singles: 1 (1 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2002	Madrid	Hard (i)	Andre Agassi	walkover

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1999	Monte-Carlo	Clay	David Rikl	Olivier Delaître Tim Henman	2–6, 3–6
Win	2000	Stuttgart	Hard (i)	David Rikl	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2001	Miami	Hard	David Rikl	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	7–5, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	2001	Montreal	Hard	David Rikl	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Performance timelines

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	A	3R	2R	A	SF	3R	3R	A	A	0 / 7	13–7	65%
French Open	A	2R	A	1R	2R	1R	3R	3R	4R	2R	2R	1R	0 / 10	11–10	52%
Wimbledon	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	3R	1R	3R	1R	0 / 11	8–11	42%
US Open	1R	2R	2R	1R	4R	3R	3R	4R	3R	3R	2R	4R	0 / 12	20–12	63%
Win–loss	0–1	3–4	2–3	0–3	7–4	3–4	5–3	11–4	9–4	5–4	4–3	3–3	0 / 40	52–40	0%
Year-End Championships
Tennis Masters Cup	did not qualify							RR	did not qualify				0 / 1	1–2	33%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH	1R	Not Held			1R	Not Held			2R	NH		0 / 3	1–3	25%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	Q1	2R	2R	3R	3R	A	0 / 8	5–8	38%
Miami	A	A	2R	1R	1R	3R	1R	3R	2R	3R	4R	A	0 / 9	7–9	44%
Monte Carlo	A	2R	A	A	3R	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	2R	A	0 / 8	8–8	50%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	A	3R	1R	1R	3R	1R	0 / 7	6–7	46%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	SF	3R	QF	1R	1R	0 / 6	10–6	63%
Canada	A	2R	A	A	3R	SF	1R	SF	3R	2R	2R	A	0 / 8	15–8	65%
Cincinnati	A	A	3R	A	3R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 8	6–8	43%
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	3R	Not Held					0 / 3	4–3	57%
Madrid	Not Held							F	3R	2R	1R	A	0 / 4	5–3	63%
Paris	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	QF	2R	SF	2R	1R	A	0 / 7	6–7	46%
Win–loss	0–0	2–3	4–3	0–1	10–8	9–9	6–6	18–9	10–9	6–9	7–9	0–2	0 / 68	72–68	51%
Year-end ranking	53	52	48	75	40	53	29	7	13	24	48	129

Doubles

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	A	2R	QF	A	2R	A	3R	A	A	0 / 5	8–5	62%
French Open	A	1R	A	2R	3R	QF	3R	1R	A	2R	1R	1R	0 / 9	9–9	50%
Wimbledon	A	2R	2R	1R	A	3R	F	2R	2R	3R	1R	1R	0 / 10	13–10	57%
US Open	2R	1R	QF	2R	3R	1R	3R	F	2R	1R	1R	A	0 / 11	15–11	58%
Win–loss	1–1	1–3	5–3	2–3	5–3	8–4	9–3	7–4	2–2	5–4	0–3	0–2	0 / 35	45–35	56%
Year-End Championships
Tennis Masters Cup	did not qualify				RR	did not qualify							0 / 1	0–1	0%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH	QF	Not Held			2R	Not Held			1R	NH		0 / 3	2–3	25%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	1R	A	QF	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 8	3–8	27%
Miami	A	A	3R	3R	2R	QF	W	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	1 / 9	10–8	56%
Monte Carlo	A	2R	A	A	F	QF	QF	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	0 / 8	12–8	60%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	QF	QF	1R	SF	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 7	7–7	50%
Rome	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	QF	A	0 / 7	3–7	30%
Canada	A	1R	A	A	1R	1R	W	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	1 / 8	6–7	46%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	1R	SF	QF	SF	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 6	8–6	57%
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	2R	W	SF	Not Held					1 / 3	7–2	78%
Madrid	Not Held							2R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Paris	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 4	1–4	20%
Win–loss	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	9–9	13–8	17–7	9–8	2–7	1–8	3–7	0–0	3 / 62	58–59	50%
Year-end ranking	69	50	61	32	32	10	8	21	52	37	80	96

ATP career finals

Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–1)
ATP Championship Series (1–2)
ATP World Series (6–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–5)
Clay (4–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (6–4)
Indoors (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 1996	Auckland, New Zealand	World Series	Hard	Brett Steven	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Mar 1996	Mexico City, Mexico	World Series	Clay	Thomas Muster	6–7^(3–7), 2–6
Win	2–1	Nov 1998	Mexico City, Mexico	International Series	Clay	Xavier Malisse	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–1	May 2001	Munich, Germany	International Series	Clay	Antony Dupuis	6–4, 7–5
Win	4–1	Jul 2001	Gstaad, Switzerland	International Series	Clay	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–1, 6–7^(5–7), 7–5
Loss	4–2	Oct 2002	Vienna, Austria	Championship Series	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	4–6, 1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	4–3	Oct 2002	Madrid, Spain	Masters Series	Hard (i)	Andre Agassi	walkover
Loss	4–4	Feb 2003	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Championship Series	Hard	Roger Federer	1–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Win	5–4	Jul 2003	Gstaad, Switzerland	International Series	Clay	Roger Federer	5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	5–5	Sep 2003	Shanghai, China	International Series	Hard	Mark Philippoussis	2–6, 1–6
Win	6–5	Oct 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Championship Series	Hard	Taylor Dent	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
Win	7–5	Nov 2004	Basel, Switzerland	International Series	Carpet (i)	David Nalbandian	5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2
Loss	7–6	Feb 2005	Delray Beach, United States	International Series	Hard	Xavier Malisse	6–7^(6–8), 2–6

Doubles: 40 (18 titles, 22 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–2)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (3–1)
ATP Championship Series (3–4)
ATP International Series (12–15)

Finals by surface
Hard (5–11)
Clay (11–7)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (2–3)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (15–14)
Indoors (3–8)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1995	Prague, Czech Republic	World Series	Clay	David Rikl	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot	5–7, 6–1, 6–7
Win	1–1	Sep 1995	Bogotá, Colombia	World Series	Clay	David Rikl	Steve Campbell MaliVai Washington	7–6, 6–2
Win	2–1	Oct 1995	Santiago, Chile	World Series	Clay	David Rikl	Shelby Cannon Francisco Montana	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Loss	2–2	Nov 1995	Montevideo, Uruguay	World Series	Clay	David Rikl	Emilio Sánchez Sergio Casal	6–2, 6–7, 6–7
Loss	2–3	Nov 1995	Buenos Aires, Argentina	World Series	Clay	David Rikl	Vince Spadea Christo van Rensburg	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2–4	Feb 1996	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	World Series	Hard	Karel Nováček	Byron Black Grant Connell	0–6, 1–6
Win	3–4	Mar 1996	Casablanca, Morocco	World Series	Clay	David Rikl	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	7–6, 6–3
Win	4–4	Jul 1996	Gstaad, Switzerland	World Series	Clay	Pavel Vízner	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	4–5	Nov 1996	Moscow, Russia	World Series	Carpet (i)	David Rikl	Rick Leach Andrei Olhovskiy	6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Win	5–5	Oct 1997	Ostrava, Czech Republic	World Series	Carpet (i)	David Rikl	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	6–2, 6–4
Win	6–5	Feb 1998	Split, Croatia	World Series	Carpet (i)	Martin Damm	Fredrik Bergh Patrik Fredriksson	7–6, 6–2
Loss	6–6	Aug 1998	Umag, Croatia	World Series	Clay	David Rikl	Neil Broad Pieter Norval	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	7–6	Aug 1998	San Marino, San Marino	World Series	Clay	David Rikl	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto	6–4, 7–6
Win	8–6	Aug 1998	Indianapolis, United States	Championship Series	Hard	David Rikl	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–2, 7–6
Loss	8–7	Oct 1998	Mallorca, Spain	World Series	Clay	David Rikl	Pablo Albano Daniel Orsanic	6–7, 3–6
Win	9–7	Nov 1998	Mexico City, Mexico	International Series	Clay	David Rikl	Daniel Orsanic David Roditi	6–4, 6–2
Loss	9–8	Jan 1999	Auckland, New Zealand	World Series	Hard	David Rikl	Jeff Tarango Daniel Vacek	5–7, 5–7
Loss	9–9	Apr 1999	Estoril, Portugal	International Series	Clay	David Rikl	Tomás Carbonell Donald Johnson	3–6, 6–2, 1–6
Loss	9–10	Apr 1999	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Masters Series	Clay	David Rikl	Olivier Delaître Tim Henman	2–6, 3–6
Loss	9–11	Oct 1999	Basle, Switzerland	World Series	Carpet (i)	David Rikl	Aleksandar Kitinov Brent Haygarth	6–0, 4–6, 5–7
Win	10–11	Feb 2000	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	International Series	Hard	David Rikl	Robbie Koenig Peter Tramacchi	6–2, 7–5
Win	11–11	Jul 2000	Gstaad, Switzerland	International Series	Clay	David Rikl	Jérôme Golmard Michael Kohlmann	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	12–11	Jul 2000	Stuttgart, Germany	Championship Series	Clay	David Rikl	Lucas Arnold Ker Donald Johnson	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	12–12	Oct 2000	Vienna, Austria	Championship Series	Hard (i)	David Rikl	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Nenad Zimonjić	4–6, 4–6
Loss	12–13	Oct 2000	Moscow, Russia	International Series	Carpet (i)	David Rikl	Jonas Björkman David Prinosil	2–6, 3–6
Win	13–13	Nov 2000	Stuttgart, Germany	Masters Series	Hard (i)	David Rikl	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	13–14	Feb 2001	Copenhagen, Denmark	International Series	Hard (i)	David Rikl	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	3–6, 3–6
Win	14–14	Apr 2001	Miami, United States	Masters Series	Hard	David Rikl	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	7–5, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	14–15	Jul 2001	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	David Rikl	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Win	15–15	Aug 2001	Montreal, Canada	Masters Series	Hard	David Rikl	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	15–16	Oct 2001	Vienna, Austria	Championship Series	Hard (i)	David Rikl	Martin Damm Radek Štěpánek	3–6, 2–6
Loss	15–17	Jan 2002	Doha, Qatar	International Series	Hard	David Rikl	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	15–18	Feb 2002	Copenhagen, Denmark	International Series	Hard (i)	Radek Štěpánek	Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann	6–7^(8–10), 5–7
Loss	15–19	Sep 2002	New York, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	15–20	Oct 2002	Vienna, Austria	Championship Series	Hard (i)	Radek Štěpánek	Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle	4–6, 3–6
Loss	15–21	Jan 2004	Auckland, New Zealand	International Series	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Mahesh Bhupathi Fabrice Santoro	6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Win	16–21	Jul 2004	Stuttgart, Germany	Championship Series	Clay	Radek Štěpánek	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	6–2, 6–4
Loss	16–22	Oct 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Championship Series	Hard	Petr Pála	Jared Palmer Pavel Vízner	1–5 ret.
Win	17–22	Jul 2005	Umag, Croatia	International Series	Clay	Petr Pála	Michal Mertiňák David Škoch	6–3, 6–3
Win	18–22	Jul 2006	Gstaad, Switzerland	International Series	Clay	Andrei Pavel	Marco Chiudinelli Jean-Claude Scherrer	6–3, 6–1

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (6–7)

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–7)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (5–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1994	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Albert Portas	6–2, 7–5
Win	2–0	Feb 1995	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Kris Goossens	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Apr 1995	Birmingham, United States	Challenger	Clay	Bohdan Ulihrach	4–6, 6–7
Win	3–1	May 1995	Budapest, Hungary	Challenger	Clay	Félix Mantilla	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
Loss	3–2	Jul 1995	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Carlos Moyá	3–6, 4–6
Loss	3–3	Aug 1995	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Carlos Costa	4–6, 3–6
Loss	3–4	Sep 1995	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Andrea Gaudenzi	4–6, 3–6
Win	4–4	Oct 1995	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Nicolás Lapentti	7–6, 6–3
Win	5–4	Mar 1997	Indian Wells, United States	Challenger	Hard	Slava Doseděl	7–6, 6–4
Loss	5–5	Nov 1997	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Hendrik Dreekmann	7–5, 6–7, 3–6
Win	6–5	Jun 1998	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Puerta	7–5, 6–1
Loss	6–6	Jun 2001	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Bohdan Ulihrach	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 3–6
Loss	6–7	Jun 2002	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Guillermo Coria	3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 6 (5–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Dec 1994	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Carpet	Radomír Vašek	Sjeng Schalken Joost Winnink	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2–0	Jun 1995	Košice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	David Rikl	Jeff Tarango Adrian Voinea	7–6, 6–2
Win	3–0	Jul 1995	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Tomáš Krupa	Lorenzo Manta Patrick Mohr	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	4–0	Jun 1997	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	David Rikl	Scott Melville Diego Nargiso	6–4, 6–2
Loss	4–1	Apr 1998	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Radek Štěpánek	Joan Balcells Nenad Zimonjić	6–7, 6–7
Win	5–1	May 1998	Košice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	David Rikl	Nebojsa Djordjevic Marcos Ondruska	7–6, 6–4

Top 10 wins

Season	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Total
Wins	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	3	2	3	3	4	0	0	21

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	NR
1996
1.	Boris Becker	6	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	2R	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)	45
1997
2.	Carlos Moyá	9	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	1R	2–6, 6–0, 7–5	67
3.	Richard Krajicek	6	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	QF	6–2, 6–2	67
4.	Carlos Moyá	6	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	2R	6–4, 6–4	63
5.	Sergi Bruguera	10	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	1R	2–6, 6–1, 6–4	53
1999
6.	Todd Martin	4	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	1R	7–6^(7–3), 6–7^(5–7), 6–4	34
2000
7.	Tim Henman	10	Davis Cup, Ostrava, Czech Republic	Clay (i)	RR	6–4, 6–2, 6–2	44
8.	Pete Sampras	2	Davis Cup, Los Angeles, United States	Hard (i)	RR	7–6^(7–1), 6–3, 6–2	39
9.	Thomas Enqvist	7	Toronto, Canada	Hard	3R	6–2, 1–6, 3–1, ret.	55
2001
10.	Àlex Corretja	9	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	SF	3–6, 6–3, 6–4	40
11.	Juan Carlos Ferrero	5	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	F	6–1, 6–7^(5–7), 7–5	40
2002
12.	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	4	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	QF	6–1, 6–1	17
13.	Sébastien Grosjean	8	Davis Cup, Pau, France	Carpet (i)	RR	3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–1	15
14.	Andre Agassi	2	Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China	Hard (i)	RR	7–5, 6–1	7
2003
15.	Carlos Moyá	4	World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	RR	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–2	14
16.	Roger Federer	3	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	F	5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3	10
17.	Juan Carlos Ferrero	1	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	3R	7–5, 7–5	18
2004
18.	Tim Henman	5	Summer Olympics, Athens, Greece	Hard	1R	6–3, 6–3	24
19.	Lleyton Hewitt	3	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	SF	6–4, 4–6, 6–2	28
20.	Tim Henman	4	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	QF	7–6^(7–5), 7–5	20
21.	David Nalbandian	10	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	F	5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2	20

Tennis records

One of eleven players to beat Roger Federer at Wimbledon (1999); the other ten being Yevgeny Kafelnikov (2000), Tim Henman (2001), Mario Ančić (2002), Rafael Nadal (2008), Tomáš Berdych (2010), Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (2011), Sergiy Stakhovsky (2013), Novak Djokovic (2014, 2015, 2019), Milos Raonic (2016), Kevin Anderson (2018) and Hubert Hurkacz (2021).

References

^ John Barrett, ed. (2000). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 2000. London: CollinsWillow. p. 323. ISBN 9780002189460.
^ Long, Richard (November 2021). "Ploar Push" (PDF). Soldier.

External links

Jiří Novák at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Jiří Novák at the International Tennis Federation
Jiří Novák at the Davis Cup

[wot2000-1] John Barrett, ed. (2000). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 2000. London: CollinsWillow. p. 323. ISBN 9780002189460.

[2] Long, Richard (November 2021). "Ploar Push" (PDF). Soldier.

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ATP Tour Masters 1000 doubles champions
Indian Wells Open	1990: Boris Becker / Guy Forget 1991: Jim Courier / Javier Sánchez 1992: Steve DeVries / David Macpherson 1999: Guy Forget / Henri Leconte 1994: Grant Connell / Patrick Galbraith 1995: Tommy Ho / Brett Steven 1996: Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde 1997: Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor 1998: Jonas Björkman / Pat Rafter 1999: Wayne Black / Sandon Stolle 2000: Alex O'Brien / Jared Palmer 2001: Wayne Ferreira / Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2002: Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor 2003: Wayne Ferreira / Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2004: Arnaud Clément / Sébastien Grosjean 2005: Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor 2006: Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor 2007: Martin Damm / Leander Paes 2008: Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram 2009: Mardy Fish / Andy Roddick 2010: Marc López / Rafael Nadal 2011: Alexandr Dolgopolov / Xavier Malisse 2012: Marc López / Rafael Nadal 2013: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2014: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2015: Vasek Pospisil / Jack Sock 2016: Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut 2017: Raven Klaasen / Rajeev Ram 2018: John Isner / Jack Sock 2019: Nikola Mektić / Horacio Zeballos 2020: Cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic) 2021: John Peers / Filip Polášek 2022: John Isner / Jack Sock 2023: Rohan Bopanna / Matthew Ebden 2024: Wesley Koolhof / Nikola Mektić 2025: Marcelo Arévalo / Mate Pavić
Miami Masters	1990: Rick Leach / Jim Pugh 1991: Wayne Ferreira / Piet Norval 1992: Ken Flach / Todd Witsken 1993: Richard Krajicek / Jan Siemerink 1994: Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 1995: Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde 1996: Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde 1997: Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde 1998: Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach 1999: Wayne Black / Sandon Stolle 2000: Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde 2001: / David Rikl 2002: Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor 2003: Roger Federer / Max Mirnyi 2004: Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett 2005: Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi 2006: Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi 2007: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2008: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2009: Max Mirnyi / Andy Ram 2010: Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes 2011: Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes 2012: Leander Paes / Radek Štěpánek 2013: Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / Jean-Julien Rojer 2014: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2015: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2016: Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut 2017: Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo 2018: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2019: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2020: Cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic) 2021: Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić 2022: Hubert Hurkacz / John Isner 2023: Santiago González / Édouard Roger-Vasselin 2024: Rohan Bopanna / Matthew Ebden 2025: Marcelo Arévalo / Mate Pavić
Monte-Carlo Masters	1990: Petr Korda / Tomáš Šmíd 1991: Luke Jensen / Laurie Warder 1992: Boris Becker / Michael Stich 1993: Stefan Edberg / Petr Korda 1994: Nicklas Kulti / Magnus Larsson 1995: Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 1996: Ellis Ferreira / Jan Siemerink 1997: Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana 1998: Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 1999: Olivier Delaître / Tim Henman 2000: Wayne Ferreira / Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2001: Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge 2002: Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge 2003: Mahesh Bhupathi / Max Mirnyi 2004: Tim Henman / Nenad Zimonjić 2005: Leander Paes / Nenad Zimonjić 2006: Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi 2007: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2008: Rafael Nadal / Tommy Robredo 2009: Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić 2010: Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić 2011: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2012: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2013: Julien Benneteau / Nenad Zimonjić 2014: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2015: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2016: Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut 2017: Rohan Bopanna / Pablo Cuevas 2018: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2019: Nikola Mektić / Franko Škugor 2020: Cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic) 2021: Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić 2022: Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury 2023: Ivan Dodig / Austin Krajicek 2024: Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen 2025: Romain Arneodo / Manuel Guinard
Hamburg / Madrid Masters	1990: Sergi Bruguera / Jim Courier 1991: Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez 1992: Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez 1993: Paul Haarhuis / Mark Koevermans 1994: Scott Melville / Piet Norval 1995: Wayne Ferreira / Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1996: Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor 1997: Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez 1998: Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana 1999: Wayne Arthurs / Andrew Kratzmann 2000: Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde 2001: Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge 2002: Mahesh Bhupathi / Jan-Michael Gambill 2003: Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor 2004: Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett 2005: Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi 2006: Paul Hanley / Kevin Ullyett 2007: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2008: Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić 2009: Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić 2010: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2011: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2012: Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski 2013: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2014: Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić 2015: Rohan Bopanna / Florin Mergea 2016: Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău 2017: Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo 2018: Nikola Mektić / Alexander Peya 2019: Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău 2020: Cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic) 2021: Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos 2022: Wesley Koolhof / Neal Skupski 2023: Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev 2024: Sebastian Korda / Jordan Thompson 2025: Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos
Rome Masters	1990: Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez 1991: Omar Camporese / Goran Ivanišević 1992: Jakob Hlasek / Marc Rosset 1993: Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 1994: Yevgeny Kafelnikov / David Rikl 1995: Cyril Suk / Daniel Vacek 1996: Byron Black / Grant Connell 1997: Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor 1998: Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes 1999: Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach 2000: Martin Damm / Dominik Hrbatý 2001: Wayne Ferreira / Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2002: Martin Damm / Cyril Suk 2003: Wayne Arthurs / Paul Hanley 2004: Mahesh Bhupathi / Max Mirnyi 2005: Michaël Llodra / Fabrice Santoro 2006: Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor 2007: Fabrice Santoro / Nenad Zimonjić 2008: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2009: Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić 2010: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2011: John Isner / Sam Querrey 2012: Marcel Granollers / Marc López 2013: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2014: Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić 2015: Pablo Cuevas / David Marrero 2016: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2017: Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut 2018: Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah 2019: Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah 2020: Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos 2021: Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić 2022: Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić 2023: Hugo Nys / Jan Zieliński 2024: Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos 2025: Marcelo Arévalo / Mate Pavić
Canada Masters	1990: Paul Annacone / David Wheaton 1991: Patrick Galbraith / Todd Witsken 1992: Patrick Galbraith / Danie Visser 1993: Jim Courier / Mark Knowles 1994: Byron Black / Jonathan Stark 1995: Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Andrei Olhovskiy 1996: Patrick Galbraith / Paul Haarhuis 1997: Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes 1998: Martin Damm / Jim Grabb 1999: Jonas Björkman / Patrick Rafter 2000: Sébastien Lareau / Daniel Nestor 2001: / David Rikl 2002: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2003: Mahesh Bhupathi / Max Mirnyi 2004: Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes 2005: Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett 2006: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2007: Mahesh Bhupathi / Pavel Vízner 2008: Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić 2009: Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles 2010: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2011: Michaël Llodra / Nenad Zimonjić 2012: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2013: Alexander Peya / Bruno Soares 2014: Alexander Peya / Bruno Soares 2015: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2016: Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo 2017: Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut 2018: Henri Kontinen / John Peers 2019: Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos 2020: Cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic) 2021: Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury 2022: Wesley Koolhof / Neal Skupski 2023: Marcelo Arévalo / Jean-Julien Rojer 2024: Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos 2025: Julian Cash / Lloyd Glasspool
Cincinnati Open	1990: Darren Cahill / Mark Kratzmann 1991: Ken Flach / Robert Seguso 1992: Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde 1993: Andre Agassi / Petr Korda 1994: Alex O'Brien / Sandon Stolle 1995: Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde 1996: Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor 1997: Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde 1998: Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor 1999: Byron Black / Jonas Björkman 2000: Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde 2001: Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes 2002: James Blake / Todd Martin 2003: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2004: Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor 2005: Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi 2006: Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi 2007: Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram 2008: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2009: Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić 2010: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2011: Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes 2012: Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău 2013: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2014: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2015: Daniel Nestor / Édouard Roger-Vasselin 2016: Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo 2017: Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut 2018: Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares 2019: Ivan Dodig / Filip Polášek 2020: Pablo Carreño Busta / Alex de Minaur 2021: Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos 2022: Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury 2023: Máximo González / Andrés Molteni 2024: Marcelo Arévalo / Mate Pavić 2025: Nikola Mektić / Rajeev Ram
Stockholm / Essen / Stuttgart / Madrid / Shanghai Masters	1990: Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek 1991: John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd 1992: Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde 1993: Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde 1994: Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde 1995: Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 1996: Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien 1997: Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde 1998: Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien 1999: Byron Black / Jonas Björkman 2000: / David Rikl 2001: Max Mirnyi / Sandon Stolle 2002: Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor 2003: Mahesh Bhupathi / Max Mirnyi 2004: Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor 2005: Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor 2006: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2007: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2008: Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski 2009: Julien Benneteau / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2010: Jürgen Melzer / Leander Paes 2011: Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor 2012: Leander Paes / Radek Štěpánek 2013: Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo 2014: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2015: Raven Klaasen / Marcelo Melo 2016: John Isner / Jack Sock 2017: Henri Kontinen / John Peers 2018: Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo 2019: Mate Pavić / Bruno Soares 2020–2022: Cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic) 2023: Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos 2024: Wesley Koolhof / Nikola Mektić
Paris Masters	1990: Scott Davis / David Pate 1991: Anders Järryd / John Fitzgerald 1992: John McEnroe / Patrick McEnroe 1992: Byron Black / Jonathan Stark 1994: Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 1995: Grant Connell / Patrick Galbraith 1996: Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 1997: Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 1998: Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes 1999: Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien 2000: Nicklas Kulti / Max Mirnyi 2001: Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach 2002: Nicolas Escudé / Fabrice Santoro 2003: Wayne Arthurs / Paul Hanley 2004: Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge 2005: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2006: Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra 2007: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2008: Jonas Björkman / Kevin Ullyett 2009: Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić 2010: Mahesh Bhupathi / Max Mirnyi 2011: Rohan Bopanna / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 2012: Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna 2013: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2014: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2015: Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo 2016: Henri Kontinen / John Peers 2017: Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo 2018: Marcel Granollers / Rajeev Ram 2019: Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut 2020: Félix Auger-Aliassime / Hubert Hurkacz 2021: Tim Pütz / Michael Venus 2022: Wesley Koolhof / Neal Skupski 2023: Santiago González / Édouard Roger-Vasselin 2024: Wesley Koolhof / Nikola Mektić

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Czech Republic