Dennis Novak (; born 28 August 1993) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. Novak achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 85 in March 2020.
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, Challenger titles, top 100 In 2018, Novak reached the third round of a major for the first time at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, but lost to Milos Raonic.
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.
2022-2025: Austrian No. 1, retirement 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 again 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.
Novak announced his retirement from professional tennis in November 2025.
Performance timelines
Singles Current through the 2022 Davis Cup. Tournament20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022 2023 SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAQ2A1RQ11R1RAA0 / 30–3French OpenAAAAAAQ3Q11RQ1Q1Q20 / 10–1WimbledonAAAAQ3A3R1RNH1R2R1R0 / 53–5US OpenAAAAQ1A1RA1RAQ3Q20 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–02–30–10–30–21–10–10 / 113–11National representationDavis CupAAAAZ1APOQRRR0 / 18–4Career statisticsTournaments01021156101132Career total: 42Overall win–loss0–00–10–01–21–31–16–54–76–125–142–5 0–426–54Year-end ranking70836932021124822514010896118183168
Doubles 201620172018201920202021SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAA0 / 00–0French OpenAAAA2RA0 / 11–1WimbledonAAAAAA0 / 00–0US OpenAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–01–10–00 / 11–1Career statisticsTournaments2020408Titles / Finals0 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 1Overall win–loss3–20–01–10–01–40–15–8Year-end ranking3367744381198448731
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria250 SeriesClay Dominic Thiem Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop6–2, 3–6, [9–11]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 41 (26–15) LegendATP Challenger (3–6)ITF Futures (23–9)Finals by surfaceHard (12–4)Clay (14–10)Grass (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Slovenia F2, MariborFuturesClay Petru-Alexandru Luncanu3–6, 1–6Win1–1Israel F4, NetanyaFuturesHard Stefan Seifert6–2, 6–3Loss1–2Austria F4, KramsachFuturesClay Janez Semrajc5–7, 0–6Win2–2Austria F6, WelsFuturesClay Oliver Golding6–2, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–1)Loss2–3Austria F7, InnsbruckFuturesClay Laurent Lokoli6–7(1–7), 3–6Loss2–4Turkey F40, AntalyaFuturesHard Mate Pavić4–6, 2–6Win3–4Greece F17, HeraklionFuturesHard Federico Gaio6–4, 6–2Win4–4Egypt F5, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Matteo Marrai7–6(7–5), 6–1Win5–4Egypt F6, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Marc Giner6–4, 6–4Loss5–5Italy F6, Santa Margherita di PulaFuturesClay Marco Cecchinato4–6, 2–6Loss5–6Egypt F21, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Marc Giner3–6, 1–6Loss5–7Germany F7, KasselFuturesClay Peter Torebko7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–7(2–7)Win6–7Austria F6, WelsFuturesClay Peter Heller6–4, 1–6, 6–3Win7–7Austria F7, InnsbruckFuturesClay Bastian Trinker6–3, 6–2Win8–7Egypt F4, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Jaroslav Pospíšil2–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)Win9–7Egypt F5, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Jaroslav Pospíšil6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–2)Win10–7Turkey F13, AntalyaFuturesHard Tomislav Brkić6–3, 6–3Win11–7Egypt F14, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Martin Fischer2–6, 6–1, 6–3Win12–7Egypt F15, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Mohamed Safwat6–2, 7–6(7–4)Win13–7Austria F10, St. PöltenFuturesClay Pascal Brunner3–6, 6–3, 6–4Win14–7Tunisia F14, HammametFuturesClay Pascal Brunner7–6(7–4), 6–3Win15–7Turkey F18, AntalyaFuturesHard Marc Sieber6–2, 6–2Win16–7Turkey F19, AntalyaFuturesHard Anıl Yüksel6–1, 6–3Loss16–8Egypt F31, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Benjamin Bonzi6–4, 3–6, 1–6Win17–8Turkey F17, AntalyaFuturesClay Juan Pablo Varillas6–2, 6–2Win18–8Turkey F18, AntalyaFuturesClay Marc Sieber6–4, 6–4Win19–8Czech Republic F5, PardubiceFuturesClay Alex Molčan7–6(7–3), 6–3Win20–8Austria F5, VogauFuturesClay Franco Agamenone6–3, 6–2Win21–8Austria F6, InnsbruckFuturesClay Bruno Sant'Anna6–3, 6–2Win22–8Serbia F3, SuboticaFuturesClay Gian Marco Moroni6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–2Win23–8Turkey F36, AntalyaFuturesClay Mate Delić6–3, 6–4Loss23–9Turkey F9, AntalyaFuturesClay Juan Pablo Varillas4–6, 4–6Win1–0Taipei, TaiwanChallengerHard (i) Sergiy Stakhovsky6–2, 6–4Loss1–1Ilkley, Great BritainChallengerGrass Dominik Köpfer6–3, 3–6, 6–7(5–7)Win2-1Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerHard (i) Damir Dzumhur6–1, 6–1Loss2–2Orléans, FranceChallengerHard (i) Henri Laaksonen1–6, 6–2, 2–6Loss2–3Meerbusch, GermanyChallengerClay Bernabé Zapata Miralles1–6, 2–6Loss2–4 Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Corentin Moutet 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6Win3–4Nonthaburi, ThailandChallengerHard Wu Tung-lin6–4, 6–4Loss3–5Bad Waltersdorf, Austria ChallengerClay Andrea Pellegrino 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 3–6Loss3–6Hamburg, GermanyChallengerHard Illya Marchenko 2–6, 3–6
Doubles: 10 (4–6) LegendATP Challenger (0–0)ITF Futures (4–6)Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (4–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Austria F2, KramsachFuturesClay Maxim Dubarenco Mislav Hižak Jeremy Jahn3–6, 6–4, [4–10]Win1–1Austria F6, WelsFuturesClay Pascal Brunner Sebastian Ofner Sebastian Stiefelmeyer6–1, 6–1Loss1–2Turkey F40, AntalyaFuturesHard Pascal Brunner Andriej Kapaś Grzegorz Panfil3–6, 6–2, [7–10]Win2–2Austria F1, SeefeldFuturesClay Pascal Brunner Erik Elliott Jacob Kahoun6–3, 6–4Win3–2Austria F6, WelsFuturesClay Pascal Brunner Kirill Dmitriev Dmitry Popko6–4, 6–3Loss3–3Turkey F37, AntalyaFuturesHard Kirill Dmitriev Janez Semrajc Tristan-Samuel Weissborn3–6, 7–5, [2–10]Loss3–4Austria F10, St. PöltenFuturesClay Pascal Brunner Lucas Miedler Tristan-Samuel Weissborn3–6, 3–6Win4–4Turkey F18, AntalyaFuturesClay Thomas Statzberger Joel Cannell Ryan James Storrie6–0, 2–6, [14–12]Loss4–5Czech Republic F4, Ústí nad OrlicíFuturesClay Thomas Statzberger Marek Gengel Matěj Vocel7–6(7–3), 1–6, [14–16]Loss4–6Serbia F3, SuboticaFuturesClay Thomas Statzberger Vít Kopřiva Jaroslav Pospíšil2–6, 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
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