Frantisek Cermak

Nicknamed Cermis by his countrymen...Began playing tennis at age seven with father, Frantisek, who is an office manager and also coaches junior players part-time in Kostice...Mother, Ivana, is a bookkeeper in a local hospital...Has one younger brother (15 months), Ivo, who is a policeman in Kostice...Speaks Czech, English and German...Played hockey at age three to 11 before concentrating full-time on tennis...Follows New York Rangers of NHL and enjoys listening to music from 1980s-90s (big fan of U2)...Growing up admired Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg...Favorite surface is clay and slow hard courts and considers serve his best shot... Coached by countryman Nikola Martin (since September 2006).

1998 -- Won two Futures doubles titles and reached on ther final...

1999 -- Captured doubles titles at two Futures and reached Challenger SF at Eisenach (w/Dezort)...

2000 -- Captured Challenger titles in Prague and Osaka while reaching finals in Seoul and Brest (all w/Fukarek)...Went 2-1 in Futures finals...

2001 -- Made his ATP debut in Chennai and advanced to SF (w/Fukarek)...Won back-to-back Challenger titles in Mumbai (w/Fukarek) and Chandigarh (w/R. Stepanek)...Won Ulm Challenger and San Marino Challenger (both w/Skoch), Seoul Challenger winner (w/Levinsky)...Also had runner-up finishes at Barcelona (w/Skoch) and Bratislava (w/Fukarek) Challengers...

2002 -- Again reached SF in Chennai (w/Luxa) and followed with runner-up at Heilbronn Challenger (w/Fukarek)...Won titles at Prague and Prostejov Challengers (w/Fukarek) and reached final at Braunschweig Challenger (w/Luxa)...Captured back-to-back ATP titles in Umag (w/Knowle) and Sopot (w/Friedl) and followed with St. Petersburg Challenger title (w/Levinsky)...Advanced to final in Palermo (w/Friedl)...

2003 -- Doubles runner-up in Chennai and Vina del Mar...In April, picked up title in Casablanca and followed with SF at AMS Monte Carlo...Runner-up in Gstaad, Sopot and Palermo (all w/Friedl)...Reached 3rd RD at Roland Garros and US Open...

2004 -- Won titles in Kitzbuhel and Sopot along with SF in Vina del Mar, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Long Island, Palermo, and Lyon (all w/Friedl)...

2005 -- Won career-high five clay titles w/ countryman Friedl...Captured titles in Buenos Aires, Costa do Sauipe, Casablanca, Estoril and Gstaad...Advanced to SF at Queen's and Metz...Played in Davis Cup World Group playoff tie against Germany and lost to Haas-Waske in five sets...

2006 -- Captured three ATP titles in seven finals...Turned in a successful first half of year (w/countryman Friedl), taking home three clay court titles...Compiled a 24-14 record (w/Friedl), including 19-6 mark on clay courts...The pair started season with two final appearances in Sydney and Vina del Mar...Then earned titles in Buenos Aires and Acapulco...In July, advanced to SF in Gstaad and following month took home Sopot title...Paired with four different partners...Advanced to SF in New Haven and finals in Moscow and Lyon (w/Levinsky)...Finished No. 24 individually in Stanford ATP Doubles Rankings and No. 12 in Stanford ATP Doubles Race (w/Friedl) with a 35-25 record...Earned a career-high $155,100.

2009

The veteran Czech Republic native won his 17th ATP World Tour doubles title, reached another final and two other semi-finals while compiling an 18-13 record with Slovak partner Michal Mertinak...Captured title in in Acapulco and reached final in Vina del Mar while advancing to semi-finals in Auckland and Estoril.