Jana Novotna, Czech Winner of Wimbledon, Dies at 49<br />“When she lost to Steffi Graf at Wimbledon in 1993, I was crying,” said Jan Kodes, a fellow Czech<br />tennis player who won three Grand Slams — including one Wimbledon title — in the 1970s.<br />Jana Novotna, the Czech tennis star who cried on the Duchess of Kent’s shoulder after losing a Wimbledon singles final in 1993<br />and then triumphed at the same tournament five years later, died on Sunday in the Czech Republic.<br />Novotna reached the final of the Australian Open once and appeared in the semifinals of the French Open and the United States Open,<br />but Wimbledon was her only Grand Slam singles victory.<br />Kodes, don’t cry, I will win it here one day anyhow.’ ”<br />“And she did five years later,” Kodes said, as quoted by the Czech news website Idnes.
