Dennis Novak (; born 28 August 1993, in
Wiener Neustadt
Wiener Neustadt (; ; Central Bavarian: ''Weana Neistod'') is a city located south of Vienna, in the state of Lower Austria, in northeast Austria. It is a self-governed city and the seat of the district administration of Wiener Neustadt-Land Distr ...
) is an Austrian professional
tennis
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player. Novak achieved a career-high
ATP singles ranking of world No. 85 in March 2020.
Professional career
2013
Novak made his
ATP main draw debut at the
2013 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel where he defeated Matthias Haim,
Lorenzo Giustino
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Giustino has a career-high ATP singles ranking of 127 achieved on 12 August 2019 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of 311 achieved on 15 April 2019.
Giusti ...
and
Tihomir Grozdanov
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in the qualifying rounds. In the main draw, Novak lost to compatriot
Andreas Haider-Maurer
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In the first round of the 2010 US Open, he forced world No. 5 Robin Söderling to a fifth set before losing the match. That same year, Haider-Mau ...
.
2018: Grand Slam debut, Wimbledon third round
2019: Two Challenger titles
In April, he won his first
ATP Challenger Tour
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title in
Taipei
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. In November, he won his second at the
2019 Slovak Open
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.
2020: Top 100 debut
He made his debut in the top 100 on 13 January 2020 at world No. 99 and reached a career high ranking of No. 85 on 2 March 2020.
2022: Wimbledon second round, Austrian No.1
He became Austrian No. 1 on 15 August 2022.
Performance timelines
Singles
''Current through the
2022 Davis Cup
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.''
Doubles
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 38 (26–12)
Doubles: 10 (4–6)
Record against top 10 players
Novak's match record against those who have been
ranked
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In mathematics, this is known as a weak order or total preorder of ...
in the Top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface.
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Hubert Hurkacz
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: 1–0
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Lucas Pouille
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Andrey Rublev
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: 1–0
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Gilles Simon
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Fabio Fognini
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Kevin Anderson: 0–1
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Marin Čilić
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Grigor Dimitrov
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Novak Djokovic
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Richard Gasquet
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Gaël Monfils
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Milos Raonic
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Casper Ruud
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Jannik Sinner
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Radek Štěpánek
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Alexander Zverev
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Karen Khachanov
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1993 births
Living people
Austrian male tennis players
Sportspeople from Wiener Neustadt
People from Baden District, Austria
21st-century Austrian people