Karel Nováček
Karel Nováček is a retired Czech former top ten tennis player born in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia. 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.
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.
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. In 2002, the Boca Raton News reported that their ten-year-old daughter Anika was a promising tennis player, winning several tournaments.Career finals
Singles (13 titles, 7 runners-up)
| Result | No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1. | 1986 | Vienna, Austria | Hard |  Gary Donnelly | 2–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 1. | 1986 | Washington, U.S. | Clay |  Thierry Tulasne | 6–1, 7–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 1987 | Palermo, Italy | Clay |  Martín Jaite | 6–7, 7–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2. | 1989 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay |  Emilio Sánchez | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 3. | 1990 | Munich, Germany | Clay |  Thomas Muster | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3. | 1990 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Horacio de la Peña | 4–6, 6–7, 6–2, 2–6 |
| Win | 4. | 1991 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Jean-Philippe Fleurian | 7–6, 7–6 |
| Loss | 4. | 1991 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | Sergi Bruguera | 6–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 5. | 1991 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay |  Magnus Gustafsson | 6–3, 6–3, 5–7, 0–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 6. | 1991 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Magnus Gustafsson | 7–6, 7–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 7. | 1991 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Clay | Magnus Gustafsson | 7–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 8. | 1992 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay | Jordi Arrese | 6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 |
| Win | 9. | 1992 | San Marino, San Marino | Clay | Francisco Clavet | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 10. | 1992 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Clay | Franco Davín | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 11. | 1993 | Dubai, U.A.E. | Hard | Fabrice Santoro | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 5. | 1993 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Carpet | Anders Järryd | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 12. | 1993 | Zaragoza, Spain | Clay | Jonas Svensson | 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 6. | 1993 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay |  Andriy Medvedev | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 7. | 1993 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Sergi Bruguera | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 13. | 1994 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay |  Richard Fromberg | 7–5, 6–4, 7–6 |
Doubles (6 titles, 8 runners-up)
Singles performance timeline
