What is Jana Novotná?
[[File:Jana Novotna.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Novotná in 2006]] '''Jana Novotná''' ({{IPA-cs|ˈjana ˈnovotnaː}}; 2 October 1968 – 19 November 2017) was a professional Czech [[tennis]] player. Novotna was born in [[Brno]], Czechoslovakia {{small|(now Czech Republic)}}. She played a [[serve and volley]] game among women during her career.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Joel Drucker |title=1997 US Open Preview and Predictions |url=http://www.tennisserver.com/lines/lines_97_8_23.html |publisher=The Tennis Server}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=On clay, serve and volley is no folly |url=http://specials.rediff.com/sports/2008/may/26sld7.htm |publisher=Reddif |date=26 May 2008}}</ref> She won the women's singles title at [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments. She won a silver medal in doubles at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]]. She won the silver medal in doubles and the bronze medal in singles at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]. Novotná also won 12 [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] women's doubles titles and four mixed doubles titles. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 in 1997, and achieved the No. 1 ranking in doubles. Novotná retired from the professional tour in 1999.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15263446/south_florida_sun_sentinel/|title=Changeover Shows ATP Miles Ahead|last=Bricker|first=Charles|date=1999-12-12|work=South Florida Sun Sentinel|access-date=2017-11-20|pages=36|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Novotná died of [[cancer]] in Brno on 19 November 2017 at the age of 49.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/tennis/2017/11/20/former-wimbledon-tennis-champion-jana-novotna-dies-at-49.html|title=Former Wimbledon tennis champion Jana Novotna dies at 49|first=Karel|last=Janicek|date=20 November 2017|access-date=20 November 2017|via=Toronto Star}}</ref> She was in a relationship with [[Poles|Polish]] tennis player [[Iwona Kuczynska]] until her death. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Novotna, Jana}} [[C