Karel Nováček

Country	Czech Republic
Residence	Boca Raton, Florida
Born	(1965-03-30) 30 March 1965 (age 48) Prostějov, Czechoslovakia
Height	6 ft 3 in (190 cm)
Weight	180 lbs (81 kg)
Turned pro	1984
Retired	1996
Plays	Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,729,540
Singles
Career record	300–246
Career titles	13
Highest ranking	No. 8 (18 November 1991)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (1995)
French Open	QF (1987, 1993)
Wimbledon	4R (1991)
US Open	SF (1994)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (1991)
Doubles
Career record	168–179
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 25 (28 February 1994)

Karel Nováček (born 30 March 1965) is a retired Czech former top ten tennis player. Born in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic). Nováček now lives in Boca Raton, Florida, United States.

In his career, Nováček won 13 singles titles and 6 doubles titles. His highest singles ranking was World No. 8, which he achieved on 18 November 1991.

Career titles (13) [edit]

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1986	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Gary Donnelly	2–6, 6–7
Winner	1.	1986	Washington, U.S.	Clay	Thierry Tulasne	6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	2.	1987	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Martín Jaite	6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	1989	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	6–2, 6–4
Winner	3.	1990	Munich, Germany	Clay	Thomas Muster	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	1990	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Horacio de la Peña	4–6, 6–7, 6–2, 2–6
Winner	4.	1991	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	4.	1991	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	6–7(7–9), 1–6
Winner	5.	1991	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	6–3, 6–3, 5–7, 0–6, 6–1
Winner	6.	1991	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Winner	7.	1991	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Winner	8.	1992	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Jordi Arrese	6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Winner	9.	1992	San Marino, San Marino	Clay	Francisco Clavet	7–5, 6–2
Winner	10.	1992	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Franco Davín	6–1, 6–1
Winner	11.	1993	Dubai, U.A.E.	Hard	Fabrice Santoro	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	1993	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Anders Järryd	3–6, 5–7
Winner	12.	1993	Zaragoza, Spain	Clay	Jonas Svensson	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	1993	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Andriy Medvedev	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	1993	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	3–6, 4–6
Winner	13.	1994	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Richard Fromberg	7–5, 6–4, 7–6(9–7)

Singles performance timeline [edit]

Doubles titles (6) [edit]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1988	Athens, Greece	Clay	Pablo Arraya	Rikard Bergh Per Henricsson	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	1989	Båstad, Swedish	Clay	Josef Čihák	Per Henricsson Nicklas Utgren	5–7, 2–6
Winner	1.	1991	Berlin, Germany	Carpet	Petr Korda	Jan Siemerink Daniel Vacek	3–6, 7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	1992	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Ivan Lendl	Andrés Gómez Javier Sánchez	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	1992	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Petr Korda	Boris Becker Michael Stich	4–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	1992	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Branislav Stankovič	Jonas Björkman Jon Ireland	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	1992	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	David Rikl	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	1993	Zaragoza, Spain	Carpet	Martin Damm	Mike Bauer David Rikl	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	6.	1993	Munich, Germany	Clay	Carl-Uwe Steeb	Martin Damm Henrik Holm	0–6, 6–3, 5–7
Runner-up	7.	1993	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Martin Damm	Ken Flach Rick Leach	7–6, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	1994	Zaragoza, Spain	Carpet	Martin Damm	Henrik Holm Anders Järryd	5–7, 2–6
Winner	4.	1994	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Mats Wilander	Tomáš Krupa Pavel Vízner	W/O
Winner	5.	1994	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet	Martin Damm	Gary Muller Piet Norval	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Winner	6.	1994	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Mats Wilander	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	9.	1995	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Petr Korda	Boris Becker Guy Forget	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	1996	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Jiří Novák	Byron Black Grant Connell	0–6, 1–6

See also [edit]

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

External links [edit]

• Karel Nováček at the Association of Tennis Professionals

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