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Karel Nováček (born 30 March 1965) is a retired Czech former top ten tennis player born in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic). In his career, Nováček won 13 singles titles and six doubles titles. His highest singles ranking was World No. 8, which he achieved on 18 November 1991.[1]

His best performance at a Grand Slam came at the 1994 US Open where he defeated Alexander Vladimirovich Volkov, Andriy Medvedev, Todd Woodbridge, Javier Frana and Jaime Yzaga before losing to Michael Stich in the semifinal. In 1997, Novacek was suspended for three months for failing a drug test at the 1995 French Open; he forfeited $185,765, but denied taking cocaine knowingly.[2]

Nováček lived in Boca Raton, Florida, United States for 20 years, and then moved back to Czech Republic. Karel and Maya Nováček married in 1990; as of 2002, they had three children.[3] In 2002, the Boca Raton News reported that their ten-year-old daughter Anika was a promising tennis player, winning several tournaments.[3]

Career finals

Singles (13 titles, 7 runners-up)

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (1–0)
ATP Tour (12–7)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 1986 Washington, U.S. Clay Template:Flagicon Thierry Tulasne 6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 1–1 Oct 1986 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Brad Gilbert 6–3, 3–6, 5–7, 0–6
Loss 1–2 Oct 1987 Palermo, Italy Clay Template:Flagicon Martín Jaite 6–7(5–7), 7–6(9–7), 4–6
Win 2–2 Jul 1989 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez 6–2, 6–4
Win 3–2 May 1990 Munich, West Germany Clay Template:Flagicon Thomas Muster 6–4, 6–2
Loss 3–3 Aug 1990 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Template:Flagicon Horacio de la Peña 4–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 2–6
Win 4–3 Jan 1991 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Template:Flagicon Jean-Philippe Fleurian 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
Loss 4–4 Apr 1991 Estoril, Portugal Clay Template:Flagicon Sergi Bruguera 6–7(7–9), 1–6
Win 5–4 May 1991 Hamburg, Germany Clay Template:Flagicon Magnus Gustafsson 6–3, 6–3, 5–7, 0–6, 6–1
Win 6–4 Aug 1991 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Template:Flagicon Magnus Gustafsson 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Win 7–4 Aug 1991 Prague, Czechoslovakia Clay Template:Flagicon Magnus Gustafsson 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win 8–4 Jul 1992 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Template:Flagicon Jordi Arrese 6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Win 9–4 Aug 1992 San Marino, San Marino Clay Template:Flagicon Francisco Clavet 7–5, 6–2
Win 10–4 Aug 1992 Prague, Czechoslovakia Clay Template:Flagicon Franco Davín 6–1, 6–1
Win 11–4 Feb 1993 Dubai, U.A.E. Hard Template:Flagicon Fabrice Santoro 6–4, 7–5
Loss 11–5 Feb 1993 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet Template:Flagicon Anders Järryd 3–6, 5–7
Win 12–5 Mar 1993 Zaragoza, Spain Clay Template:Flagicon Jonas Svensson 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 12–6 Apr 1993 Estoril, Portugal Clay Template:Flagicon Andriy Medvedev 4–6, 2–6
Loss 12–7 Jul 1993 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Template:Flagicon Sergi Bruguera 3–6, 4–6
Win 13–7 Aug 1994 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Template:Flagicon Richard Fromberg 7–5, 6–4, 7–6(9–7)

Doubles (6 titles, 10 runners-up)

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Jun 1988 Athens, Greece Clay Template:Flagicon Pablo Arraya Template:Flagicon Rikard Bergh
Template:Flagicon Per Henricsson 		4–6, 5–7
Loss 2. Aug 1989 Båstad, Swedish Clay Template:Flagicon Josef Čihák Template:Flagicon Per Henricsson
Template:Flagicon Nicklas Utgren 		5–7, 2–6
Win 1. Oct 1991 Berlin, Germany Carpet Template:Flagicon Petr Korda Template:Flagicon Jan Siemerink
Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek 		3–6, 7–5, 7–5
Loss 3. Apr 1992 Barcelona, Spain Clay Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl Template:Flagicon Andrés Gómez
Template:Flagicon Javier Sánchez 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 4. Apr 1992 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Template:Flagicon Petr Korda Template:Flagicon Boris Becker
Template:Flagicon Michael Stich 		4–6, 4–6
Win 2. Aug 1992 Prague, Czechoslovakia Clay Template:Flagicon Branislav Stankovič Template:Flagicon Jonas Björkman
Template:Flagicon Jon Ireland 		7–5, 6–1
Loss 5. Oct 1992 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Template:Flagicon David Rikl Template:Flagicon Tom Nijssen
Template:Flagicon Cyril Suk 		3–6, 4–6
Win 3. Mar 1993 Zaragoza, Spain Carpet Template:Flagicon Martin Damm Template:Flagicon Mike Bauer
Template:Flagicon David Rikl 		2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss 6. May 1993 Munich, Germany Clay Template:Flagicon Carl-Uwe Steeb Template:Flagicon Martin Damm
Template:Flagicon Henrik Holm 		0–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss 7. Sep 1993 U.S. Open, New York Hard Template:Flagicon Martin Damm Template:Flagicon Ken Flach
Template:Flagicon Rick Leach 		7–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 8. Mar 1994 Zaragoza, Spain Carpet Template:Flagicon Martin Damm Template:Flagicon Henrik Holm
Template:Flagicon Anders Järryd 		5–7, 2–6
Win 4. Aug 1994 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Template:Flagicon Mats Wilander Template:Flagicon Tomáš Krupa
Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner 		W/O
Win 5. Oct 1994 Ostrava, Czech Republic Carpet Template:Flagicon Martin Damm Template:Flagicon Gary Muller
Template:Flagicon Piet Norval 		6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Win 6. Oct 1994 Santiago, Chile Clay Template:Flagicon Mats Wilander Template:Flagicon Tomás Carbonell
Template:Flagicon Francisco Roig 		4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss 9. Feb 1995 Milan, Italy Carpet Template:Flagicon Petr Korda Template:Flagicon Boris Becker
Template:Flagicon Guy Forget 		2–6, 4–6
Loss 10. Feb 1996 Dubai, UAE Hard Template:Flagicon Jiří Novák Template:Flagicon Byron Black
Template:Flagicon Grant Connell 		0–6, 1–6

Singles performance timeline

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Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Career SR
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A NH A A A 3R 1R 2R A 3R 4R A 0 / 5
French Open 3R 1R 1R QF 1R 3R 4R 1R 1R QF 1R 1R A 0 / 12
Wimbledon A A 1R 1R 2R 2R 3R 4R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 10
US Open A A 1R 1R A A 1R 3R A 3R SF 1R A 0 / 7
Grand Slam SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 34
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Not MS1

Before 1990 		1R A 3R A A 1R A 0 / 3
Key Biscayne 2R 2R 2R A A 2R 1R 0 / 5
Monte Carlo 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R A 0 / 6
Rome 2R 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R A 0 / 6
Hamburg 1R W QF 3R 1R A A 1 / 5
Canada A A A A A A A 0 / 0
Cincinnati 1R A A A 1R A A 0 / 2
Stuttgart (Stockholm) 2R 3R 3R A A A A 0 / 3
Paris 1R QF 1R 3R A A A 0 / 4
Masters Series SR N/A 0 / 8 1 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 1 1 / 34
Year-end ranking 138 159 33 76 127 74 34 8 23 17 28 121 409 N/A

Records

Time span Other selected records Players matched
1987 Triple bagel win (6–0, 6–0, 6–0) Nikola Špear
Stefan Edberg
Ivan Lendl
Sergi Bruguera

See also

References

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