Jana Novotná

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**Jana Novotna**

Country	Czech Republic
Residence	Brno, Czech Republic
Date of birth	October 2, 1968 (1968-10-02) (age 39)
Place of birth	Brno, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (140 lb/9.9 st)
Turned pro	1987
Retired	1999
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	$ 11,249,284
Singles
Career record:	571-225
Career titles:	24 (2 ITF)
Highest ranking:	2 (July 7, 1997)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	F (1991)
French Open	SF (1990, 1996)
Wimbledon	W (1998), F (1993, 1997)
US Open	SF (1994, 1997)
Doubles
Career record:	697-153
Career titles:	76 (6 ITF)
Highest ranking:	1 (August 27, 1990)
Infobox last updated on: 2006.

Jana Novotna (Jana Novotná) (b. October 2, 1968 in Brno, Czechoslovakia) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She is best remembered for winning the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and for crying on the shoulder of the Duchess of Kent after losing the Wimbledon singles final in 1993. Novotna also won 12 Grand Slam women's doubles titles and 4 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.

1 Career
2 Grand Slam singles finals
- 2.1 Win (1)
- 2.2 Runner-ups (3)
3 Grand Slam women's doubles finals
- 3.1 Wins (12)
- 3.2 Runner-ups (11)
4 Grand Slam singles performance timeline
5 Titles
- 5.1 Singles
- 5.2 Doubles (76)
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Career

Novotna turned professional in 1986. In the early years of her career, she was known primarily for her success as a doubles player. In the early-1990s, Novotna began to have success in singles once four-time Grand Slam singles champion Hana Mandlikova became her coach. Novotna was one of the top serve and volleyers of her time, a rarity in women's tennis.

Novotna reached her first Grand Slam singles final in 1991 at the Australian Open, where she lost to Monica Seles 5–7, 6–3, 6–1.

Two years later, Novotna reached her first singles final at Wimbledon, where she faced Steffi Graf. After losing a tight first set, Novotna took a 6–7, 6–1, 4–1, 40-15 lead. With victory seemingly in her grasp, she lost her nerve and began missing easy shots, sometimes hitting the ball out by wide margins (including an infamous overhead smash that hit the back tarp). Graf took the next five games and the title. During the prize presentation ceremony, a distraught Novotna burst into tears and cried on the Duchess of Kent's shoulder. The Duchess comforted her by saying that she was sure Novotna would win the title one day. But at the time, many doubted that this would happen given how dramatically she had choked against Graf.

Competitor for Czechoslovakia
Olympic medal record
Women’s Tennis
Silver	1988 Seoul	Doubles
Competitor for Czech Republic
Women’s Tennis
Silver	1996 Atlanta	Doubles
Bronze	1996 Atlanta	Singles

It took four years for Novotna to reach another Wimbledon final. In 1997, she faced Martina Hingis. Novotna won the first set. But she then succumbed to the Swiss teen's accurate passing shots and lost 2–6, 6–3, 6–3. However, Novotna won the 1997 WTA Tour Championships and finished the year ranked a career-high World No. 2 in singles.

Novotna's moment of Wimbledon glory finally arrived in 1998. After routing a young Venus Williams in a quarterfinal, Novotna avenged the previous year's loss by ousting Hingis in a semifinal and veteran Nathalie Tauziat in the final 6–4, 7–6.

She won 12 Grand Slam women's doubles titles (four at Wimbledon, three at the French Open, three at the U.S. Open, and two at the Australian Open) and 4 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (two at the Australian Open, one at Wimbledon, and one at the U.S. Open). She was 11 times the year end top ranked doubles player.

Novotna was a member of the Czechoslovakian team that won the Fed Cup in 1988. At the Olympic Games, Novotna was a women's doubles silver medalist in 1988 and 1996 and a singles bronze medalist in 1996.

Novotna retired from the professional tour in 1999. During her 14-year career, she won 100 titles (24 in singles and 76 in doubles).

Novotna was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005.

[edit] Grand Slam singles finals

[edit] Win (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1998	Wimbledon	Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 7–6

[edit] Runner-ups (3)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1991	Australian Open	Monica Seles	5–7, 6–3, 6–1
1993	Wimbledon	Steffi Graf	7–6, 1–6, 6–4
1997	Wimbledon	Martina Hingis	2–6, 6–3, 6–3

[edit] Grand Slam women's doubles finals

[edit] Wins (12)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1989	Wimbledon	Helena Sukova	Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva	6–1, 6–2
1990	Australian Open	Helena Sukova	Patty Fendick Mary Joe Fernandez	7–6, 7–6
1990	French Open	Helena Sukova	Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 7–5
1990	Wimbledon (2)	Helena Sukova	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	6–3, 6–4
1991	French Open (2)	Gigi Fernandez	Larisa Neiland Natalia Zvereva	6–4, 6–0
1994	U.S. Open	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	Katerina Maleeva Robin White	6–3, 6–3
1995	Australian Open (2)	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	Gigi Fernandez Natalia Zvereva	6–3, 6–7, 6–4
1995	Wimbledon (3)	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	Gigi Fernandez Natalia Zvereva	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
1997	U.S. Open (2)	Lindsay Davenport	Gigi Fernandez Natalia Zvereva	6–3, 6–4
1998	French Open (3)	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport Natalia Zvereva	6–1, 7–6
1998	Wimbledon (4)	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport Natalia Zvereva	6–3, 3–6, 8–6
1998	U.S. Open (3)	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport Natalia Zvereva	6–3, 6–3

[edit] Runner-ups (11)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1990	U.S. Open	Helena Sukova	Gigi Fernandez Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–4
1991	Australian Open	Gigi Fernandez	Patty Fendick Mary Joe Fernandez	7–6, 6–1
1991	Wimbledon	Gigi Fernandez	Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1991	U.S. Open (3)	Larisa Neiland	Pam Shriver Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
1992	Wimbledon (2)	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernandez Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–1
1992	U.S. Open (3)	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernandez Natasha Zvereva	7–6, 6–1
1993	French Open	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernandez Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 7–5
1993	Wimbledon (3)	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernandez Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
1994	French Open (2)	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	Gigi Fernandez Natasha Zvereva	6–7, 6–4, 7–5
1994	Wimbledon (4)	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	Gigi Fernandez Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–1
1996	U.S. Open (4)	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	Gigi Fernandez Natasha Zvereva	1–6, 6–1, 6–4

[edit] Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	Career SR
Australian Open	NH	A	1R	3R	3R	F	4R	2R	QF	4R	A	A	A	3R	0 / 9
French Open	1R	3R	1R	QF	SF	QF	4R	QF	1R	3R	SF	3R	QF	4R	0 / 14
Wimbledon	1R	4R	2R	4R	QF	2R	3R	F	QF	SF	QF	F	W	QF	1 / 14
U.S. Open	A	4R	1R	2R	QF	4R	1R	4R	SF	QF	QF	QF	SF	3R	0 / 13
SR	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	1 / 3	0 / 4	1 / 50

NH = tournament not held.

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

[edit] Titles

[edit] Singles

Legend
Grand Slam (1)
WTA Championships (1)
Tier I (2)
Tier II (11)
Tier III (5)
Tier IV & V (4)
ITF Titles (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	January 3, 1986	Chicago, USA	Hard (I)	Kathy Hofer	6–4, 7–5
2.	April 18, 1986	Monviso, Italy	Clay	Federica Bonsignori	7–6, 6–2
3.	December 4, 1988	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Jana Pospisilova	7–5, 6–4
4.	May 28, 1989	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Patricia Tarabini	6–1, 6–2
5.	August 12, 1990	Albuquerque, USA	Hard	Laura Arraya	6–4, 6–4
6.	January 13, 1991	Sydney	Hard	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	6–4, 6–2
7.	February 24, 1991	Oklahoma City, USA	Hard (I)	Anne Smith	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
8.	February 14, 1993	Osaka	Carpet (I)	Kimiko Date	6–3, 6–2
9.	October 24, 1993	Brighton, United Kingdom	Carpet (I)	Anke Huber	6–2, 6–4
10.	October 2, 1994	Leipzig, Germany	Carpet (I)	Mary Pierce	7–5, 6–1
11.	October 23, 1994	Brighton, United Kingdom	Carpet (I)	Helena Sukova	6–7(4), 6–3, 6–4
12.	October 30, 1994	Essen, Germany	Carpet (I)	Iva Majoli	6–2, 6–4
13.	February 26, 1995	Linz, Austria	Carpet (I)	Barbara Rittner	6–7(6), 6–3, 6–4
14.	May 26, 1996	Madrid	Clay	Magdalena Maleeva	4–6,6–4, 6–3
15.	October 20, 1996	Zürich	Carpet (I)	Martina Hingis	6–2, 6–2
16.	November 3, 1996	Chicago	Carpet (I)	Jennifer Capriati	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
17.	November 17, 1996	Philadelphia, USA	Carpet (I)	Steffi Graf	6–4, retired
18.	May 25, 1997	Madrid	Clay	Monica Seles	7–5, 6–1
19.	September 28, 1997	Leipzig, Germany	Carpet (I)	Amanda Coetzer	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
20.	November 2, 1997	Moscow	Carpet (I)	Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–4
21.	November 23, 1997	New York City	Carpet (I)	Mary Pierce	7–6(4), 6–2, 6–3
22.	March 1, 1998	Linz, Austria	Hard (I)	Dominique Van Roost	6–1, 7–6(2)
23.	June 21, 1998	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	6–1, 7–5
24.	July 5, 1998	Wimbledon	Grass	Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 7–6(2)
25.	July 12, 1998	Prague	Clay	Sandrine Testud	6–3, 6–0
26.	February 21, 1999	Hannover, Germany	Carpet (I)	Venus Williams	6–4, 6–4

[edit] Doubles (76)

1987 - Hamburg (w/Kohde-Kilsch), Strasbourg (w/Suire), San Diego (w/Suire)
1988 - Oklahoma City (w/Suire), Rome (w/Suire), Hamburg (w/Scheuer-Larsen), Canadian Open (w/Sukova), Mahwah (w/Sukova)
1989 - Wimbledon (w/Sukova), Miami (w/Sukova), Boca Raton (w/Sukova), Brisbane (w/Sukova), Barcelona (w/Scheuer-Larsen), European Indoors (w/Sukova)
1990 - Australian Open (w/Sukova), French Open (w/Sukova), Wimbledon (w/Sukova), Miami (w/Sukova), Brisbane (w/Sukova), Sydney (w/Sukova), Indian Wells (w/Sukova), Boca Raton (w/Sukova), Los Angeles (w/G. Fernandez)
1991 - French Open (w/G. Fernandez), Brisbane (w/G. Fernandez), Chicago (w/G. Fernandez), Hamburg (w/Neiland), Washington, DC (w/Neiland), European Indoors (w/A. Strnadova),Filderstadt (w/Navratilova), Philadelphia (w/Neiland)
1992 - Brisbane (w/Neiland), Light ‘n Lively (w/Neiland), Berlin (w/Neiland), Eastbourne (w/Neiland), San Diego (w/Neiland), Leipzig (w/Neiland), Brighton (w/Neiland)
1993 - Miami (w/Neiland), Osaka (w/Neiland), Paris Indoors (w/A. Strnadova), Rome (w/Sanchez-Vicario), Canadian Open (w/Neiland)
1994 - US Open (w/Sanchez-Vicario), Delray Beach (w/Sanchez-Vicario), Light ’n Lively Doubles (w/Sanchez-Vicario), Hamburg (w/Sanchez-Vicario), San Diego (w/Sanchez-Vicario)
1995 - Linz - Australian Open (w/Sanchez-Vicario), Wimbledon (w/Sanchez-Vicario), WTA Tour Championships (w/Sanchez-Vicario), Sydney (w/Davenport), Miami (w/Sanchez-Vicario), Delray Beach (w/MJ Fernandez), Eastbourne (w/Sanchez-Vicario)
1996 - Paris Indoors (w/Boogert), Miami (w/Sanchez-Vicario), Hilton Head (w/Sanchez-Vicario), Madrid (w/Sanchez-Vicario), Eastbourne (w/Sanchez-Vicario), Filderstadt (w/Arendt)
1997 - US Open (w/Davenport), Season-Ending Championships (w/Davenport), Paris Indoors (w/Hingis), Amelia Island (w/Davenport), Berlin (w/Davenport), Leipzig (w/Hingis)
1998 - French Open (w/Hingis), Wimbledon (w/Hingis), US Open (w/Hingis), Miami (w/Hingis), Eastbourne (w/de Swardt), Canadian Open (w/Hingis)
1999 - Miami (w/Hingis), Hilton Head (w/Likhovtseva), Canadian Open (w/Pierce)