天阿！！我实在无法相信这则新闻是真的...
刚才在脸书看到WTA专页贴了她当年赢得温网的照片时，
还在想怎么是现在回顾温网冠军呢，结果...
没想到原来她近年与癌魔搏斗，最终今天在捷克家里离世，得年49岁。
她职网生涯共赢得24座女单冠军，最重要的一座当然是1998年温网，
她最有名一役(也是被卫视重播到烂)的是1993年温网女单决赛，
在第三盘领先Graf 4-1 40-30时崩盘连输五局，
结局在颁奖礼上哭倒在颁奖人肯特公爵夫人的肩膀，
而终于在她第三次闯进温网决赛后，从肯特公爵夫人手上拿下奖盆，
成为当年首次拿下大满贯年纪最大的女球员，
并在同年上升至生涯排名新高第二位。
另外以发球上网打法知名的她在双打也表现出色，
摘下过12座女双和4座混双大满贯冠军，位居过女双球后67周。
她在2005年入围名人堂。
她退役后颇活跃参加大满贯元老赛双打，也曾经多次赢得温网元老赛冠军，
另外后来亦转投教练工作，在2013年曾执教天才莉莉，
最后一次在网球场出现是在2016年温网的双打元老赛。
愿她一路好走。
Tennis world mourns the passing of Jana Novotna
It is with deep sadness that the WTA announces the passing on Sunday, November
19, of Jana Novotna, the former WTA World No.1 doubles and No.2 singles
champion. After a long battle with cancer, Jana died peacefully, surrounded
by her family in her native Czech Republic, aged 49.
Known for her brilliant, athletic game, Novotna won 24 WTA singles titles in
14 years on the professional women’s circuit, along with 76 doubles titles.
Having reached the Wimbledon singles final twice previously, she famously
defeated the Frenchwoman Nathalie Tauziat to win the title in 1998.
Altogether, she won 17 Grand Slam titles, including 12 in doubles and four in
mixed doubles. She was a three-time Olympic medalist and a member of her
country’s victorious Fed Cup championship team in 1988.
Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005, her career
successes made Jana Novotna an inspiration to those who knew her and to many
up and coming WTA players on the professional women’s tennis circuit. In
more recent years, she made the transition into professional coaching.
Steve Simon, WTA CEO, said: "Jana was an inspiration both on and off court to
anyone who had the opportunity to know her. Her star will always shine
brightly in the history of the WTA. Our condolences and our thoughts are with
Jana’s family."