# Dennis Novak

Dennis Novak (German pronunciation:; 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. He is currently the No. 7 Austrian player.

## 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.

### 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.
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.

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |

### 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 | RR | | | 0 / 1 | 8–4 | 67% |
| Career statistics ||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | Career total: 42 | Career total: 42 | 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 | 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 | 8 |
| Titles / Finals | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 |
| Overall win–loss | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 5–8 | 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