Jana Novotná

Jana Novotná (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjana ˈnovotnaː]; born 2 October 1968) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments. Novotná also won 12 Grand Slam women's doubles titles and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. Novotná achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 in 1997, and achieved the No. 1 ranking in doubles.

Jana Novotná turned professional in February 1987. In the early years of her career, she was known primarily for her success as a doubles player. In the early 1990s, Novotná began to have success in singles once four-time Grand Slam singles champion Hana Mandlíková became her coach. Previously Mike Estep had been her coach.

1990

At the 1990 French Open, Novotná, seeded 11th, achieved her best results in Grand Slam singles play up until that point. Having reached the round of 16, she faced Argentinian Gabriela Sabatini (seeded 4th). In their four previous meetings, Sabatini got the best of Novotná in three of those matches, including two straight set wins. This time proved to be different, as Novotná turned the tables against Sabatini 6–4, 7–5. Although Novotná had disposed of Sabatini, she would have to face yet another difficult opponent in the quarterfinals, Katerina Maleeva (seeded 8th) from Bulgaria. In their two previous meetings Novotná had lost both times, and after Maleeva won the opening set, it appeared Novotná was about to lose a third consecutive time to Maleeva. However, Novotná came back to defeat Katerina Maleeva 4–6, 6–2, 6–4. Despite her success, Novotná's toughest test by far would be against top seeded Steffi Graf of Germany in the semifinals. When Novotná faced Graf three years before at the 1987 French Open, Graf won handily in straight sets. And this time proved no different, as Graf defeated Novotná 6–1, 6–2. She qualified for the first time for the season-ending Virginia Slims Championships in which she was beaten in the first round by Sabatini. She finished the year ranked No. 13.

1991

Novotná enjoyed an excellent start to the 1991 season at the Australian Open, where she was seeded tenth and beat Zina Garrison-Jackson 7–6, 6–4 in the round of 16 to advance to the quarterfinal. The path to the final became considerably more difficult, as Novotná had to contend with top seeded Steffi Graf in the quarterfinal encounter. In their ten previous meetings, Novotná had lost each time against Graf. But this time Novotná pulled the upset of her life by defeating Graf, the reigning champion of the last three years, 5–7, 6–4, 8–6. Now just one win away from her first ever Grand Slam final, Novotná would have to stop Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in the semifinals to get there. Novotná easily defeated Sanchez Vicario 6–2, 6–4, setting up a showdown against Monica Seles in the final. Though Novotná took the opening set 7–5, Monica eventually won by a score of 5–7, 6–3, 6–1. At the end of the year she was ranked No. 7.

1993

Two years later, at the 1993 Wimbledon Championships, Novotná's game hit full stride, as she produced some of her finest tennis ever. But for Novotná (seeded 8th) to capture the title, her path would have to go through Sabatini (seeded 4th), Martina Navratilova (seeded 2nd) and top-seeded Steffi Graf. Novotná beat Sabatini in the quarterfinals, Navratilova in the semis, before facing Graf in the final. Going into her quarterfinal against Sabatini, Novotná had lost six consecutive matches against the Argentine. This time, Novotná took Sabatini apart in straight sets, prevailing 6–4, 6–3. After Novotná got rid of Sabatini, she then set her sights on a semifinal clash against Martina Navartilova, who had won each of their previous five matches. However, Novotná defeated Navratilova 6–4, 6–4, setting up the Championship match against Graf. After losing a tight first set, Novotná took a 6–7, 6–1, 4–1 lead and had a game-point serving at 40-30 . With victory seemingly in her grasp, she lost her nerve, double-faulted, and allowed Graf to climb back into the match. Graf took the next five games and the title. During the prize presentation ceremony, a distraught Novotná burst into tears and cried on Katharine, Duchess of Kent's shoulder. The Duchess comforted her. Novotná achieved a year-end ranking of No. 6.

1994

Novotná began the 1994 season by reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. In her quarterfinal match, she played Gabriela Sabatini, in what turned out to be their last head-to-head encounter. In their previous meeting, on the grasscourts at the 1993 Wimbledon Championships, Novotná beat Sabatini in a straight set quarterfinal victory. This time, on the Australian hardcourts, Sabatini defeated Novotná in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4. At the French Open, Novotná was beaten in the first round by Anna Smashnova in straight sets. At Wimbledon, Novotná reached the quarterfinals where she again faced Martina Navratilova in a rematch from the previous year. Novotná lost in three set, 5-7, 6-0, 6-1. At the season's final Grand Slam, the US Open, the 7th seeded Novotná worked her way to the semifinals where she played top-seeded Steffi Graf. Dating back to the 1992 French Open, Novotná had lost 9 consecutive matches against Graf. This trend would continue as Graf defeated Novotná in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5.

1997

It took four years for Novotná to reach another Wimbledon final. In 1997, she faced top seeded Martina Hingis, and lost in three sets. But to get back to the final, Novotná had to get past Mary Joe Fernandez in the round of 16. After Fernandez won a tight opening set 7–5, Novotná secured the second set 6–4. In a tense third set Novotná outlasted Fernandez 7–5, then defeated Yayuk Basuki of Indonesia in the quarterfinals in straight sets. Now back in the semifinals of Wimbledon again, Novotná's next opponent would be the Spaniard Arantxa Sanchez Vicario. Sanchez Vicario had prevailed against Novotná in seven of their nine previous contests, but the majority of those matches were played on clay and hard-courts, Sanchez Vicario's best surfaces. On grass, Novotná had a decided advantage, as she defeated Sanchez Vicario 6–4, 6–2. In the final against Hingis, Novotná started out fast, taking the opening set 6–2. But Hingis found her stroke and won the second set 6–3 to even the match at one set apiece. The final set proved to be a mirror image of the second set, as Hingis prevailed 6–3, handing Novotná her second loss in a Wimbledon Championship match. However, Novotná won the WTA Tour Championships after a victory in the final over Mary Pierce and finished the year ranked a career-high World No. 2 in singles. In addition to winning the year end WTA Championship, Novotná captured three more WTA singles titles for the year.

1998: Wimbledon glory

Novotná's moment of Wimbledon success finally arrived in 1998. After defeating Venus Williams in a close quarterfinal, Novotná avenged the previous year's loss by ousting Martina Hingis in the semifinal in straight sets. She won the singles title after defeating veteran Nathalie Tauziat In the final in two sets. She became the oldest first-time Grand Slam singles winner in the Open Era at age 29 years and nine months. This record would be eclipsed by Francesca Schiavone in 2010 when she won the French Open at 29 years and eleven months and again by Flavia Pennetta when she won the US Open in 2015 at 33 years and 6 months.

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

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

She won titles on all four surfaces and crossed the $10 million mark in career prize money in 1998, the fifth player to reach the milestone. She won more than 500 career singles matches, the 15th woman in the Open Era to accomplish the feat.

Novotná was named the 1998 WTA Tour Doubles Team of the Year with Martina Hingis, the 1997 International Tennis Federation Doubles Team of the Year with Lindsay Davenport, the 1996 WTA Tour Doubles Team of the Year with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, with Gigi Fernández in 1991 and in 1989 and 1990 with Helena Suková.

Novotná retired from the professional tour in 1999. During her 14-year career, she won 100 titles (24 in singles and 76 in doubles). She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005.

From 2000–2002, Novotná was a commentator for Wimbledon for the BBC. From 2009 onwards, Novotná has played doubles at Wimbledon at the invitational draw. In 2010 her partner was Martina Navratilova. She has also played invitational doubles in the other grand slams.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1991	Australian Open	Hard	Monica Seles	7–5, 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	1993	Wimbledon	Grass	Steffi Graf	6–7(6–8), 6–1, 4–6
Runner-up	1997	Wimbledon	Grass	Martina Hingis	6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	1998	Wimbledon	Grass	Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 7–6(7–2)

Women's doubles: 23 (12 titles, 11 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1989	Wimbledon	Grass	Helena Suková	Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva	6–1, 6–2
Winner	1990	Australian Open	Hard	Helena Suková	Patty Fendick Mary Joe Fernandez	7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)
Winner	1990	French Open	Clay	Helena Suková	Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 7–5
Winner	1990	Wimbledon	Grass	Helena Suková	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1990	US Open	Hard	Helena Suková	Gigi Fernández Martina Navratilova	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	1991	Australian Open	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Patty Fendick Mary Joe Fernandez	6–7(4–7), 1–6
Winner	1991	French Open	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	1991	Wimbledon	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	1991	US Open	Hard	Larisa Neiland	Pam Shriver Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 6–4, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up	1992	Wimbledon	Grass	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	1992	US Open	Hard	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–7(4–7), 1–6
Runner-up	1993	French Open	Clay	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	1993	Wimbledon	Grass	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 7–6(9–7), 4–6
Runner-up	1994	Wimbledon	Grass	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 1–6
Winner	1994	US Open	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Katerina Maleeva Robin White	6–3, 6–3
Winner	1995	Australian Open	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–4
Runner-up	1995	French Open	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 7–5
Winner	1995	Wimbledon	Grass	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	1996	US Open	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	1997	US Open	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–4
Winner	1998	French Open	Clay	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	1998	Wimbledon	Grass	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 3–6, 8–6
Winner	1998	US Open	Hard	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–3

Mixed doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1988	Australian Open	Hard	Jim Pugh	Martina Navratilova Tim Gullikson	5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	1988	US Open	Hard	Jim Pugh	Elizabeth Smylie Patrick McEnroe	7–5, 6–3
Winner	1989	Australian Open	Hard	Jim Pugh	Zina Garrison Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 6–4
Winner	1989	Wimbledon	Grass	Jim Pugh	Jenny Byrne Mark Kratzmann	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	1994	US Open	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Elna Reinach Patrick Galbraith	6–2, 6–4

Olympics

Singles: 1 (1 bronze medal)

Outcome	Year	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Bronze	1996	Atlanta	Hard	Mary Joe Fernandez	7–6(8–6), 6–4

Women's doubles: 2 (2 silver medals)

Outcome	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Silver	1988	Seoul	Hard	Helena Suková	Zina Garrison Pam Shriver	4–6, 6–2, 10–8
Silver	1996	Atlanta	Hard	Helena Suková	Gigi Fernández Mary Joe Fernandez	7–6(8–6), 6–4

Year-End Championships finals

Singles: 1 (1 title, 0 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1997	New York City	Carpet	Mary Pierce	7–6(7–4), 6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1991	New York City	Carpet	Gigi Fernández	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	1992	New York City	Carpet	Larisa Neiland	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	7–6(7–4), 6–1
Runner-up	1993	New York City	Carpet	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	1994	New York City	Carpet	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
Winner	1995	New York City	Carpet	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	1996	New York City	Carpet	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernandez	6–3, 6–2
Winner	1997	New York City	Carpet	Lindsay Davenport	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–2

Singles 40 (24–16)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	28 December 1987	Brisbane	Grass	Pam Shriver	6–7(6–8), 6–7(7–4)
Winner	1.	28 November 1988	Adelaide	Hard	Jana Pospíšilová	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	1 May 1989	Hamburg	Clay	Steffi Graf	w/o
Winner	2.	22 May 1989	Strasbourg	Clay	Patricia Tarabini	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	16 October 1989	Zürich	Carpet	Steffi Graf	1–6, 6–7(6–8)
Winner	3.	6 August 1990	Albuquerque	Hard	Laura Gildemeister	6–4, 6–4
Winner	4.	7 January 1991	Sydney	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	14 January 1991	Australian Open	Hard	Monica Seles	7–5, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	5.	18 February 1991	Oklahoma City	Hard (i)	Anne Smith	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	30 September 1991	Leipzig	Carpet	Steffi Graf	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	10 February 1992	Chicago	Carpet	Martina Navratilova	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 5–7
Runner-up	7.	28 September 1992	Leipzig	Carpet	Steffi Graf	3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	19 October 1992	Brighton	Carpet	Steffi Graf	6–4, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	6.	8 February 1993	Osaka	Carpet	Kimiko Date	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	21 June 1993	Wimbledon	Grass	Steffi Graf	6–7(6–8), 6–1, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	27 September 1993	Leipzig	Carpet	Steffi Graf	2–6, 0–6
Winner	7.	18 October 1993	Brighton	Carpet	Anke Huber	6–2, 6–4
Winner	8.	26 September 1994	Leipzig	Carpet	Mary Pierce	7–5, 6–1
Winner	9.	17 October 1994	Brighton	Carpet	Helena Suková	6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–4
Winner	10.	24 October 1994	Essen	Carpet	Iva Majoli	6–2, 6–4
Winner	11.	20 February 1995	Linz	Carpet	Barbara Rittner	6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	19 February 1996	Essen	Carpet	Iva Majoli	5–7, 6–1, 6–7(6–8)
Winner	12.	20 May 1996	Madrid	Clay	Magdalena Maleeva	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	13.	14 October 1996	Zürich	Carpet	Martina Hingis	6–2, 6–2
Winner	14.	28 October 1996	Chicago	Carpet	Jennifer Capriati	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Winner	15.	11 November 1996	Philadelphia	Carpet	Steffi Graf	6–4 ret.
Runner-up	12.	17 February 1997	Hanover	Carpet	Iva Majoli	6–4, 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Winner	16.	19 May 1997	Madrid	Clay	Monica Seles	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	13.	23 June 1997	Wimbledon	Grass	Martina Hingis	6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	17.	22 September 1997	Leipzig	Carpet	Amanda Coetzer	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	18.	27 October 1997	Moscow	Carpet	Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–4
Winner	19.	17 November 1997	WTA Tour Championships	Carpet	Mary Pierce	7–6(4–7), 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	14.	16 February 1998	Hanover	Carpet	Patty Schnyder	0–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner	20.	23 February 1998	Linz	Hard (i)	Dominique Van Roost	6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up	15.	27 April 1998	Hamburg	Clay	Martina Hingis	3–6, 5–7
Winner	21.	15 June 1998	Eastbourne	Grass	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 7–5
Winner	22.	22 June 1998	Wimbledon	Grass	Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Winner	23.	6 July 1998	Prague	Clay	Sandrine Testud	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	16.	24 August 1998	New Haven	Hard	Steffi Graf	4–6, 1–6
Winner	24.	15 February 1999	Hanover	Carpet	Venus Williams	6–4, 6–4

Doubles 128 (76–52)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	18 May 1987	Strasbourg	Clay	Catherine Suire	Kathleen Horvath Marcella Mesker	6–0, 6–2
Winner	2.	3 August 1987	San Diego	Hard	Catherine Suire	Elise Burgin Sharon Walsh	6–3, 6–4
Winner	3.	21 September 1987	Hamburg	Clay	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Natalia Egorova Leila Meskhi	7–6(1), 7–6(6)
Runner-up	1.	26 October 1987	Zürich	Carpet	Catherine Suire	Nathalie Herreman Pascale Paradis	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	15 February 1988	Oakland	Carpet	Hana Mandlíková	Rosemary Casals Martina Navratilova	6–4, 6–4
Winner	4.	22 February 1988	Oklahoma City	Carpet	Catherine Suire	Catarina Lindqvist Tine Scheuer-Larsen	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	29 February 1988	Wichita	Hard (i)	Catherine Suire	Natalia Egorova Svetlana Parkhomenko	6–3, 6–4
Winner	5.	2 May 1988	Rome	Clay	Catherine Suire	Jenny Byrne Janine Thompson	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Winner	6.	25 July 1988	Hamburg	Clay	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Andrea Betzner Judith Wiesner	6–4, 6–2
Winner	7.	15 August 1988	Montreal	Hard	Helena Suková	Zina Garrison Pam Shriver	7–6(2), 7–6(6)
Winner	8.	22 August 1988	Mahwah	Hard	Helena Suková	Gigi Fernández Robin White	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	20 September 1988	Olympic Games	Hard	Helena Suková	Zina Garrison Pam Shriver	4–6, 6–2, 10–8
Runner-up	5.	28 November 1988	Adelaide	Hard	Lori McNeil	Sylvia Hanika Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	7–5, 6–7(4), 6–4
Winner	9.	2 January 1989	Brisbane	Hard	Helena Suková	Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington	6–7(4), 6–1, 6–2
Winner	10.	13 March 1989	Boca Raton	Hard	Helena Suková	Jo Durie Mary Joe Fernández	6–4, 6–2
Winner	11.	20 March 1989	Miami	Hard	Helena Suková	Gigi Fernández Lori McNeil	7–6(5), 6–4
Winner	12.	24 April 1989	Barcelona	Clay	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Judith Wiesner	6–2, 2–6, 7–6(3)
Runner-up	6.	1 May 1989	Hamburg	Clay	Helena Suková	Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat	walkover
Runner-up	7.	19 June 1989	Eastbourne	Grass	Helena Suková	Katrina Adams Zina Garrison	6–3, ret.
Winner	13.	26 June 1989	Wimbledon	Grass	Helena Suková	Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva	6–1, 6–2
Winner	14.	16 October 1989	Zürich	Carpet	Helena Suková	Nathalie Tauziat Judith Wiesner	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	23 October 1989	Brighton	Carpet	Hana Mandlíková	Katrina Adams Lori McNeil	4–6, 7–6(7), 6–4
Runner-up	9.	6 November 1989	Chicago	Carpet	Helena Suková	Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	15.	1 January 1990	Brisbane	Hard	Helena Suková	Hana Mandlíková Pam Shriver	6–3, 6–1
Winner	16.	8 January 1990	Sydney	Hard	Helena Suková	Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 7–5
Winner	17.	15 January 1990	Australian Open	Hard	Helena Suková	Patty Fendick Mary Joe Fernández	7–6(5), 7–6(6)
Winner	18.	26 February 1990	Indian Wells	Hard	Helena Suková	Gigi Fernández Martina Navratilova	6–2, 7–6(6)
Winner	19.	5 March 1990	Boca Raton	Hard	Helena Suková	Elise Burgin Wendy Turnbull	6–4, 6–2
Winner	20.	16 March 1990	Miami	Hard	Helena Suková	Betsy Nagelsen Robin White	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	14 May 1990	Berlin	Clay	Hana Mandlíková	Nicole Bradtke Elna Reinach	6–2, 6–1
Winner	21.	28 May 1990	French Open	Clay	Helena Suková	Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 7–5
Winner	22.	25 June 1990	Wimbledon	Grass	Helena Suková	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	6–3, 6–4
Winner	23.	13 August 1990	Manhattan Beach	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Mercedes Paz Gabriela Sabatini	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	11.	27 August 1990	US Open	Hard	Helena Suková	Gigi Fernández Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	12.	5 November 1990	Worcester	Carpet	Mary Joe Fernández	Gigi Fernández Helena Suková	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	24.	31 December 1990	Brisbane	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Patty Fendick Helena Suková	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	13.	7 January 1991	Sydney	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	14.	14 January 1991	Australian Open	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Patty Fendick Mary Joe Fernández	7–6(4), 6–1
Winner	25.	11 February 1991	Chicago	Carpet	Gigi Fernández	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	15.	15 March 1991	Miami	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Mary Joe Fernández Zina Garrison	7–5, 6–2
Winner	26.	29 April 1991	Hamburg	Clay	Larisa Neiland	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	7–5, 6–1
Winner	27.	27 May 1991	French Open	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	16.	17 June 1991	Eastbourne	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	17.	24 June 1991	Wimbledon	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	28.	19 August 1991	Washington, D.C.	Hard	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	5–7, 6–1, 7–6(10)
Runner-up	18.	26 August 1991	US Open	Hard	Larisa Neiland	Pam Shriver Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 4–6, 7–6(5)
Winner	29.	7 October 1991	Zürich	Carpet	Andrea Strnadová	Zina Garrison Lori McNeil	6–4, 6–3
Winner	30.	14 October 1991	Filderstadt	Carpet	Martina Navratilova	Pam Shriver Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Winner	31.	11 November 1991	Philadelphia	Carpet	Larisa Neiland	Mary Joe Fernández Zina Garrison	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	19.	18 November 1991	New York City	Carpet	Gigi Fernández	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	32.	30 December 1991	Brisbane	Hard	Larisa Neiland	Manon Bollegraf Nicole Bradtke	6–4, 6–3
Winner	33.	26 March 1992	Tampa	Clay	Larisa Neiland	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	20.	30 March 1992	Hilton Head	Clay	Larisa Neiland	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	21.	6 April 1992	Amelia Island	Clay	Zina Garrison	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva	6–1, 6–0
Winner	34.	11 May 1992	Berlin	Clay	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	7–6(5), 4–6, 7–5
Winner	35.	15 June 1992	Eastbourne	Grass	Larisa Neiland	Mary Joe Fernández Zina Garrison	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	22.	22 June 1992	Wimbledon	Grass	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–1
Winner	36.	24 August 1992	San Diego	Hard	Larisa Neiland	Conchita Martínez Mercedes Paz	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	23.	31 August 1992	US Open	Hard	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	7–6(4), 6–1
Winner	37.	28 September 1992	Leipzig	Carpet	Larisa Neiland	Patty Fendick Andrea Strnadová	7–5, 7–6(4)
Winner	38.	19 October 1992	Brighton	Carpet	Larisa Neiland	Conchita Martínez Radka Zrubáková	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	24.	16 November 1992	New York City	Carpet	Larisa Neiland	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	7–6(4), 6–1
Winner	39.	8 February 1993	Osaka	Carpet	Larisa Neiland	Magdalena Maleeva Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere	6–1, 6–3
Winner	40.	15 February 1993	Paris	Carpet	Andrea Strnadová	Jo Durie Catherine Suire	7–6(2), 6–2
Runner-up	25.	1 March 1993	Delray Beach	Hard	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–2
Winner	41.	12 March 1993	Miami	Hard	Larisa Neiland	Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	26.	26 April 1993	Hamburg	Clay	Larisa Neiland	Steffi Graf Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 7–6(5)
Winner	42.	3 May 1993	Rome	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Mary Joe Fernández Zina Garrison	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	27.	24 May 1993	French Open	Clay	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	28.	14 June 1993	Eastbourne	Grass	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	29.	21 June 1993	Wimbledon	Grass	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–7(9), 6–4
Winner	43.	16 August 1993	Toronto	Hard	Larisa Neiland	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	30.	27 September 1993	Leipzig	Carpet	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	31.	15 November 1993	New York City	Carpet	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	32.	10 January 1994	Sydney	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath	6–2, 6–3
Winner	44.	28 February 1994	Delray Beach	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Manon Bollegraf Helena Suková	6–2, 6–0
Winner	45.	24 March 1994	Tampa	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 7–5
Winner	46.	25 April 1994	Hamburg	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Eugenia Maniokova Leila Meskhi	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	33.	9 May 1994	Berlin	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 7–6(2)
Runner-up	34.	20 June 1994	Wimbledon	Grass	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–1
Winner	47.	1 August 1994	San Diego	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Ginger Helgeson Rachel McQuillan	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	35.	8 August 1994	Los Angeles	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Julie Halard-Decugis Nathalie Tauziat	6–1, 0–6, 6–1
Winner	48.	29 August 1994	US Open	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Katerina Maleeva Robin White	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	36.	17 October 1994	Brighton	Carpet	Mary Joe Fernández	Manon Bollegraf Larisa Neiland	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	37.	14 November 1994	New York City	Carpet	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–7(4), 6–3
Winner	49.	9 January 1995	Sydney	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Patty Fendick Mary Joe Fernández	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Winner	50.	16 January 1995	Australian Open	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–7(3), 6–4
Winner	51.	6 March 1995	Delray Beach	Hard	Mary Joe Fernández	Lori McNeil Larisa Neiland	6–4, 6–0
Winner	52.	17 March 1995	Miami	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 2–6, 6–3
Runner-up	38.	29 May 1995	French Open	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–7(6), 6–4, 7–5
Winner	53.	19 June 1995	Eastbourne	Grass	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	0–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	54.	26 June 1995	Wimbledon	Grass	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	55.	13 November 1995	New York City	Carpet	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–1
Winner	56.	12 February 1996	Paris	Carpet	Kristie Boogert	Julie Halard-Decugis Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 6–3
Winner	57.	21 March 1996	Miami	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland	6–4, 6–4
Winner	58.	1 April 1996	Hilton Head	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Mary Joe Fernández	6–2, 6–3
Winner	59.	20 May 1996	Madrid	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans	7–6(4), 6–2
Winner	60.	17 June 1996	Eastbourne	Grass	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Rosalyn Fairbank Pam Shriver	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	39.	23 July 1996	Olympic Games	Hard	Helena Suková	Gigi Fernández Mary Joe Fernández	7–6(6), 6–4
Runner-up	40.	26 August 1996	US Open	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner	61.	7 October 1996	Filderstadt	Hard (i)	Nicole Arendt	Martina Hingis Helena Suková	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	41.	18 November 1996	New York City	Carpet	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández	6–3, 6–2
Winner	62.	10 February 1997	Paris	Carpet	Martina Hingis	Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	42.	31 March 1997	Hilton Head	Clay	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Mary Joe Fernández	7–5, 4–6, 6–1
Winner	63.	7 April 1997	Amelia Island	Clay	Lindsay Davenport	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6–3, 6–0
Winner	64.	12 May 1997	Berlin	Clay	Lindsay Davenport	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	65.	25 August 1997	US Open	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–4
Winner	66.	22 September 1997	Leipzig	Carpet	Martina Hingis	Yayuk Basuki Helena Suková	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	43.	6 October 1997	Filderstadt	Hard (i)	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–6(4), 3–6, 7–6(3)
Runner-up	44.	10 November 1997	Philadelphia	Carpet	Lindsay Davenport	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–3, 7–5
Winner	67.	17 November 1997	New York City	Carpet	Lindsay Davenport	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–7(5), 6–3, 6–2
Winner	68.	19 March 1998	Miami	Hard	Martina Hingis	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	45.	27 April 1998	Hamburg	Clay	Martina Hingis	Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder	7–6(3), 3–6, 6–3
Winner	69.	25 May 1998	French Open	Clay	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–1, 7–6(4)
Winner	70.	15 June 1998	Eastbourne	Grass	Mariaan de Swardt	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario Natalia Zvereva	6–1, 6–3
Winner	71.	22 June 1998	Wimbledon	Grass	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 3–6, 8–6
Winner	72.	17 August 1998	Montreal	Hard	Martina Hingis	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	46.	24 August 1998	New Haven	Hard	Mariaan de Swardt	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–1, 6–0
Winner	73.	31 August 1998	US Open	Hard	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	47.	1 February 1999	Tokyo	Carpet	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	48.	5 March 1999	Indian Wells	Hard	Mary Joe Fernández	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	6–2, 6–2
Winner	74.	18 March 1999	Miami	Hard	Martina Hingis	Mary Joe Fernández Monica Seles	0–6, 6–4, 7–6(1)
Winner	75.	29 March 1999	Hilton Head	Clay	Elena Likhovtseva	Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	49.	26 April 1999	Hamburg	Clay	Amanda Coetzer	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	50.	10 May 1999	Berlin	Clay	Patricia Tarabini	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	51.	14 June 1999	Eastbourne	Grass	Natasha Zvereva	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	6–4, ret.
Winner	76.	16 August 1999	Toronto	Hard	Mary Pierce	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Runner-up	52.	23 August 1999	New Haven	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–6(1), 6–2

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles

• 1989: WTA Doubles Team of the Year with Helena Suková
• 1990: WTA Doubles Team of the Year with Helena Suková
• 1991: WTA Doubles Team of the Year with Gigi Fernández
• 1996: WTA Doubles Team of the Year with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
• 1997: ITF World Champions (Women's Doubles) with Lindsay Davenport
• 1998: WTA Doubles Team of the Year with Martina Hingis
• 2005: International Tennis Hall of Fame

Novotná's win-loss record against certain players who have been ranked World No. 10 or higher is as follows:

Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.