Tribute to Jana Novotna  
 
JWTS-Junior World Tennis Series invites to the
„Jana Novotna Cup – Mixed Team World Championship “,  
the 1st in history of junior tennis. This invitation is valid for players around the world.  
 
Jana Novotná, 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. Novotná won the women’s singles title at Wimbledon in 1998, and was runner-up in three other majors. Novotná also won 12 major women’s doubles titles (completing a double career Grand Slam), four major mixed doubles titles, and three Olympic medals. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 in 1997, and held the No. 1 ranking in doubles for 67 weeks.  
Novotná turned professional in February 1987. She was known primarily for her success as a doubles player in the early years of her career. Novotná began to have success in singles in the early 1990s, once four-time Grand Slam singles champion Hana Mandlíková became her coach. Mandlíková coached her for nine years.  
Novotná retired from the professional tour in 1999. During her 14-year career, she won 104 titles (24 in singles, 76 in women’s doubles and 4 in mixed doubles). She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005.  
Unfortunately she is not with us, but we remember and will continue her love, attitude and professionalism for tennis.