Dennis Novak

Dennis Novak (German pronunciation: [ˈdɛnɪs ˈnoːvak]; born 28 August 1993, in Wiener Neustadt) is an Austrian professional tennis player. Novak achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 85 in March 2020.^[2] He is currently the No. 7 Austrian player.^[3]

Dennis Novak

Novak at the 2022 French Open
Full name	Dennis Novak
Country (sports)	Austria
Residence	Pottendorf, Austria
Born	(1993-08-28) 28 August 1993 (age 31) Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2011
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Günter Bresnik (2021–)[1]
Prize money	US$ 1,961,772
Singles
Career record	26–54
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 85 (2 March 2020)
Current ranking	No. 353 (10 February 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2018, 2020, 2021)
French Open	1R (2020)
Wimbledon	3R (2018)
US Open	1R (2018, 2020)
Doubles
Career record	5–8
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 283 (12 June 2017)
Current ranking	No. 685 (9 September 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	2R (2020)
Last updated on: 9 February 2025.

Professional career

2013: ATP debut

Novak made his ATP main draw debut at the 2013 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel where he defeated Matthias Haim, Lorenzo Giustino and Tihomir Grozdanov in the qualifying rounds. In the main draw, Novak lost to compatriot Andreas Haider-Maurer.

2018-2020: Major debut & third round, Two Challenger titles, top 100

In April 2019, he won his first ATP Challenger Tour title in Taipei. In November, he won his second at the 2019 Slovak Open.

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.^[2]

2022-2024: Austrian No.1, out of top 350

He reached the second round at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships for a second time with a win over Facundo Bagnis. He became Austrian No. 1 on 15 August 2022 ranked at No. 133.^[4]

He qualified for the 2023 Wimbledon Championships for a third consecutive year but lost to Milos Raonic.

He fell out of the top 200 at world No. 213 on 15 January 2024 and finished the 2024 season ranked No. 352 on 2 December 2024.^[2]

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2022 Davis Cup.

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	1R	Q1	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q3	Q1	1R	Q1	Q1	Q2	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	Q3	A	3R	1R	NH	1R	2R	1R	0 / 5	3–5	38%
US Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	1R	A	1R	A	Q3	Q2	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	0–1	0–3	0–2	1–1	0–1	0 / 11	3–11	21%
National representation
Davis Cup	A	A	A	A	Z1	A	PO	QR	RR				0 / 1	8–4	67%
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	1	0	2	1	1	5	6	10	11	3	2	Career total: 42
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–3	1–1	6–5	4–7	6–12	5–14	2–5	0–4	26–54		33%
Year-end ranking	708	369	320	211	248	225	140	108	96	118	183	168

Doubles

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	A	2R	A	0 / 1	1–1
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0 / 1	1–1
Career statistics
Tournaments	2	0	2	0	4	0	8
Titles / Finals	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1
Overall win–loss	3–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–4	0–1	5–8
Year-end ranking	336	774	438	1198	448	731

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2016	Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria	250 Series	Clay	Dominic Thiem	Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop	6–2, 3–6, [9–11]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 41 (26–15)

Legend ATP Challenger (3–6) ITF Futures (23–9)

Finals by surface Hard (12–4) Clay (14–10) Grass (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2012	Slovenia F2, Maribor	Futures	Clay	Petru-Alexandru Luncanu	3–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Mar 2013	Israel F4, Netanya	Futures	Hard	Stefan Seifert	6–2, 6–3
Loss	1–2	Jul 2013	Austria F4, Kramsach	Futures	Clay	Janez Semrajc	5–7, 0–6
Win	2–2	Aug 2013	Austria F6, Wels	Futures	Clay	Oliver Golding	6–2, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–1)
Loss	2–3	Aug 2013	Austria F7, Innsbruck	Futures	Clay	Laurent Lokoli	6–7(1–7), 3–6
Loss	2–4	Oct 2013	Turkey F40, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Mate Pavić	4–6, 2–6
Win	3–4	Nov 2013	Greece F17, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Federico Gaio	6–4, 6–2
Win	4–4	Feb 2014	Egypt F5, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Matteo Marrai	7–6(7–5), 6–1
Win	5–4	Feb 2014	Egypt F6, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Marc Giner	6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–5	Mar 2014	Italy F6, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Marco Cecchinato	4–6, 2–6
Loss	5–6	Jun 2014	Egypt F21, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Marc Giner	3–6, 1–6
Loss	5–7	Jul 2014	Germany F7, Kassel	Futures	Clay	Peter Torebko	7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win	6–7	Jul 2014	Austria F6, Wels	Futures	Clay	Peter Heller	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Win	7–7	Aug 2014	Austria F7, Innsbruck	Futures	Clay	Bastian Trinker	6–3, 6–2
Win	8–7	Feb 2015	Egypt F4, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Jaroslav Pospíšil	2–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win	9–7	Feb 2015	Egypt F5, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Jaroslav Pospíšil	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Win	10–7	Apr 2015	Turkey F13, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Tomislav Brkić	6–3, 6–3
Win	11–7	Apr 2015	Egypt F14, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Martin Fischer	2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win	12–7	Apr 2015	Egypt F15, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Mohamed Safwat	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win	13–7	Sep 2015	Austria F10, St. Pölten	Futures	Clay	Pascal Brunner	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	14–7	Apr 2016	Tunisia F14, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Pascal Brunner	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win	15–7	May 2016	Turkey F18, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Marc Sieber	6–2, 6–2
Win	16–7	May 2016	Turkey F19, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Anıl Yüksel	6–1, 6–3
Loss	16–8	Nov 2016	Egypt F31, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Bonzi	6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Win	17–8	May 2017	Turkey F17, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Juan Pablo Varillas	6–2, 6–2
Win	18–8	May 2017	Turkey F18, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Marc Sieber	6–4, 6–4
Win	19–8	Aug 2017	Czech Republic F5, Pardubice	Futures	Clay	Alex Molčan	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win	20–8	Aug 2017	Austria F5, Vogau	Futures	Clay	Franco Agamenone	6–3, 6–2
Win	21–8	Aug 2017	Austria F6, Innsbruck	Futures	Clay	Bruno Sant'Anna	6–3, 6–2
Win	22–8	Aug 2017	Serbia F3, Subotica	Futures	Clay	Gian Marco Moroni	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–2
Win	23–8	Oct 2017	Turkey F36, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Mate Delić	6–3, 6–4
Loss	23–9	Mar 2018	Turkey F9, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Juan Pablo Varillas	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–0	Apr 2019	Taipei, Republic of China	Challenger	Hard (i)	Sergiy Stakhovsky	6–2, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Jun 2019	Ilkley, Great Britain	Challenger	Grass	Dominik Köpfer	6–3, 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	2-1	Nov 2019	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Hard (i)	Damir Dzumhur	6–1, 6–1
Loss	2–2	Sep 2021	Orléans, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Henri Laaksonen	1–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss	2–3	Aug 2022	Meerbusch, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Bernabé Zapata Miralles	1–6, 2–6
Loss	2–4	Sep 2022	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Corentin Moutet	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6
Win	3–4	Jan 2023	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Wu Tung-lin	6–4, 6–4
Loss	3–5	Sep 2023	Bad Waltersdorf, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Andrea Pellegrino	6–1, 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss	3–6	Oct 2023	Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Illya Marchenko	2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 10 (4–6)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (4–6)

Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (4–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2012	Austria F2, Kramsach	Futures	Clay	Maxim Dubarenco	Mislav Hižak Jeremy Jahn	3–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Win	1–1	Aug 2013	Austria F6, Wels	Futures	Clay	Pascal Brunner	Sebastian Ofner Sebastian Stiefelmeyer	6–1, 6–1
Loss	1–2	Oct 2013	Turkey F40, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Pascal Brunner	Andriej Kapaś Grzegorz Panfil	3–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Win	2–2	Jun 2014	Austria F1, Seefeld	Futures	Clay	Pascal Brunner	Erik Elliott Jacob Kahoun	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–2	Jul 2014	Austria F6, Wels	Futures	Clay	Pascal Brunner	Kirill Dmitriev Dmitry Popko	6–4, 6–3
Loss	3–3	Oct 2014	Turkey F37, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Kirill Dmitriev	Janez Semrajc Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	3–6, 7–5, [2–10]
Loss	3–4	Sep 2015	Austria F10, St. Pölten	Futures	Clay	Pascal Brunner	Lucas Miedler Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–4	May 2017	Turkey F18, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Thomas Statzberger	Joel Cannell Ryan James Storrie	6–0, 2–6, [14–12]
Loss	4–5	Jul 2017	Czech Republic F4, Ústí nad Orlicí	Futures	Clay	Thomas Statzberger	Marek Gengel Matěj Vocel	7–6(7–3), 1–6, [14–16]
Loss	4–6	Aug 2017	Serbia F3, Subotica	Futures	Clay	Thomas Statzberger	Vít Kopřiva Jaroslav Pospíšil	2–6, 6–3, [6–10]

Record against top 10 players

Novak's match record against those who have been ranked in the Top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface.

• Hubert Hurkacz: 1–0
• Lucas Pouille: 1–0
• Andrey Rublev: 1–0
• Gilles Simon: 1–0
• Fabio Fognini: 1–1
• Kevin Anderson: 0–1
• Marin Čilić: 0–1
• Grigor Dimitrov: 0–1
• Novak Djokovic: 0–1
• Richard Gasquet: 0–1
• Gaël Monfils: 0–1
• Milos Raonic: 0–1
• Casper Ruud: 0–1
• Jannik Sinner: 0–1
• Radek Štěpánek: 0–1
• Alexander Zverev: 0–1
• Karen Khachanov: 0–2

:* As of 26 November 2021^[update]