Dennis Novak


Dennis Novak 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.''

Doubles

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–12016 Generali Open Kitzbühel – Doubles|Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria250 SeriesClay

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 41 (26–15)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Slovenia F2, MariborFuturesClaydts|Mar 2013

Doubles: 10 (4–6)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Austria F2, KramsachFuturesClay

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