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Jana Novotná. Jana Novotná ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈjana ˈnovotnaː]; 2 October 1968 – 19 November 2017) was a Czech professional tennis player. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. [1] [2] Novotná won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998, and was runner-up in ...
- 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
- 19 November 2017 (aged 49), Czech Republic
- 2 October 1968, Brno, Czechoslovakia, (now Czech Republic)
Nov 20, 2017 · Former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna has died at the age of 49. The Women's Tennis Association said Novotna, who had cancer, "died peacefully, surrounded by her family". The Czech player had...
Nov 20, 2017 · Jana Novotná, 'Acrobatic Athlete' Who Won 17 Grand Slams, Dies At 49. Jana Novotná unloads a backhand during the finals of the 1997 Chase Championships, which she ultimately won. Novotna,...
In 1997, two years before retiring, she had risen to No. 2. Novotná was ranked in the World Top 10 in singles seven times between 1991 and 1998, and spent 11 years as the year-end top-ranked doubles player in the world. In her career, she won more than 500 career singles matches, the 15th woman in the Open Era to accomplish that feat.
Nov 20, 2017 · Nov. 20, 2017. Jana Novotna, the Czech tennis star who cried on the Duchess of Kent’s shoulder after losing a Wimbledon singles final in 1993 and then triumphed at the same tournament five...
Nov 20, 2017 · The tall, blonde Czech was easy-going and likeable – and, with her serve and volley aggression, her energy in running down every ball, and her mastery of the backhand smash, one of the most...
November 20, 2017. Mark Hodgkinson. No doubt you'll mostly remember Jana Novotna for a flagrant breach of royal etiquette - for weeping on the shoulder of the Duchess of Kent in the moments after losing the 1993 Wimbledon final to Stefanie Graf.
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