Tomas Berdych

Began playing tennis at age five...Father, Martin, was a train engineer, mother, Hana, is a doctor...Began playing at tennis center in hometown of Valasske Mezirici, a town of just 30,000 and soon became a top junior...Won Czech Republic 12-under junior title and moved to city of Prostejov where there were more practice partners and better coaching...Commuted home often to keep his ties to his old school...Won 14-under nationals and at 16, he won the prestigious 18-under national title in the city of Parovbice, which boasts Ivan Lendl as a former champion.

Big fan of ice hockey and follows Detroit Red Wings...Has met many of Czech players from NHL and 1998 Olympic gold medal team, including Martin Straka, Jaromir Jagr and Dominik Hasek, since all of them are big tennis fans and have on several occasions come to Prostejov to play...Favourite surface is hard court and his strengths are forehand and serve...Coached by Tomas Krupa (since January 2009) and fitness trainer is José Félix González Castilla.

Berdych DEUCE Feature (Nov. 2009)
Berdych DEUCE Feature (Aug. 2010)

2011 -- The 1st player from Czech Republic to finish in Top 10 back-to-back years since Petr Korda in 1991-92...Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London and reached SF (l. to Federer)...Compiled a personal-best 53 match wins and captured his 6th career ATP World Tour title in Beijing (d. Cilic), his 1st since May '09 in Munich...Overall reached QF or better in 16 of 23 tournaments, including 7 SF…19-9 in ATP Masters 1000 events with SF in Cincinnati and Paris and 4 QF...Struggled with shoulder injury in summer (retired in Cincinnati and US Open)...Compiled a 6-9 mark vs. Top 10 opponents, 37-15 on hard, 10-6 on clay and 6-2 on grass…Went 16-7 in TBs…Earned a career-high $2,576,813...

2010 -- The top Czech had first Top 10 season…Debuted at Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (1-2 in round robin)…First Czech Top 10 finish since Jiri Novak (No. 7 in ‘02) and first to finish No. 6 without title since Tim Henman in ‘04…Only Top 10 player to not win ‘10 title…Finalist at Miami* and Wimbledon, his first in a Grand Slam…Advanced to six QFs, including Indian Wells* (l. to Nadal) and Toronto* (l. to Federer)…Beat No. 1 Federer (saved 1 M.P.), No. 12 Verdasco and No. 7 Soderling to reach Miami* final (l. to No. 8 Roddick)…Reached first Grand Slam SF at Roland Garros (d. No. 4 Murray in 4th Rd.), losing in five to Soderling…At Wimbledon defeated six-time champion Federer (QF) and No. 3 Djokovic (SF) before falling to Nadal in final…First Czech in Wimbledon final since Lendl in ‘87…Jumped from 13 to No. 8 on July 5…Played most tournaments among Top 10 (24)…Went 25-21 on hard, 14-4 on clay and 6-1 on grass and 6-10 vs. Top 10…Earned a career-high $2,509,122.

2009 -- The No. 2 Czech Republic native (behind No. 12 Stepanek) finished in Top 20 for fourth straight year and helped lead his country to its first Davis Cup final (l. to Spain 5-0) since 1980…Went 3-2 in singles matches…In May captured his fifth career ATP World Tour title in Munich (d. Youzhny)…Began season with 4th RD at Australian Open where he lost to No. 2 Federer in five sets after holding a two-set lead…Reached 4th RD at Wimbledon (l. to Roddick) and his best results rest of season were QF efforts in Washington, Cincinnati*, Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo…Went 1-9 vs. Top 10 opponents with lone win over No. 8 Simon in 1st RD Davis Cup tie…Compiled marks of 22-17 on hard, 9-7 on clay and 4-2 on grass.

2008 -- Finished as top Czech Republic player and in Top 20 for third straight year...Captured his fourth career ATP title and reached another final...After an 18-13 record through June, finished with a 17-9 mark from July-on...Began with 4th RD at Australian Open (l. to Federer) and in April, reached 4th RD at AMS Miami (l. to Nadal)...In Davis Cup QF tie vs. Russia, sprained right ankle in fifth set vs. Davydenko...In July, reached final in Bastad (l. to Robredo)...After an opening round loss at US Open (l. to Querrey), reached SF in Bangkok (l. to Djokovic) and followed with first Asian title in Tokyo (d. No. 8 Roddick in SF, del Potro in F)...Closed with 3-3 indoor mark....Went 2-7 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled records of 25-14 on hard and 6-6 on clay.

2007 -- Top Czech Republic player captured his third ATP title, first on grass in Halle (d. Baghdatis) and advanced to his first Grand Slam QF at Wimbledon (l. to Nadal) while posting a 46-24 record...On clay, reached SF at AMS Monte Carlo, Munich and QF at AMS Rome (l. to Volandri)...Won three of four matches at ATP World Team Chp. in Dusseldorf to lead his country to final (l. to Argentina)...On grass, won title in Halle (d. Baghdatis) and followed with QF at Wimbledon...Closed season with back-to-back SFs in Bangkok and Tokyo and QF in Basel...Helped his country to 3-2 Davis Cup win over Switzerland to qualify for '08 World Group...Surpassed $1 million for second straigth year by earning a career-high $1,126,070.

2006 -- Finished as No. 1 Czech for first time and reached finals in Halle (l. to Federer) and Mumbai (l. to Tursunov)...Went 10-4 in Grand Slam play with 4th RD at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open...At AMS events, reached SF in Madrid (d. No. 6 Roddick, No. 2 Nadal; l. to Gonzalez) and QF at Toronto (d. No. 2 Nadal, l. to Gasquet) and Paris...Broke into Top 10 for first time on Oct. 23...Went 5-8 vs. Top 10 opponents...Surpassed $1 million in a season for first time...

2005 -- Claimed his first AMS title in Paris where he defeated five consecutive seeds/Top 20 opponents, including No. 7 Coria, Ferrero, Gaudio, Stepanek and No. 10 Ljubicic in five sets...Runner-up in Bsstad (l. to Nadal)...

2004 -- Won his first ATP title in Palermo (d. Volandri) while finishing in Top 50 for first time...Also won three Challengers...Reached QF at Athens Olympics (d. No. 1 Federer, l. to Dent) and 4th RD at US Open (l. to Haas)...

2003 -- Gained over 200 ranking spots with two Challenger titles...Made Grand Slam debut at US Open as qualifier and lost in 2nd RD (l. to Chela)...

2002 -- Ranking improved over 800 positions...Won two Futures titles...

2011

Started season at Chennai, reaching the SFs (l. to Wawrinka)...As sixth seed at the Australian Open lost to eventual champion Djokovic in three-set QF...Reached back-to-back QFs in Rotterdam (l. to Tsonga) and Marseille (l. to Cilic) before going one better with a SF showing in Dubai, where he retired with a left quadriceps injury in the third set against Djokovic...

Recovered in time for Czech Republic's 1st RD Davis Cup clash with Kazakhstan...Defeated Kukushkin in second rubber, but beaten by  Golubev in fourth rubber as Czech Republic lost 3-2 in Ostrava...

Went onto make a 3rd RD exit at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Wawrinka) and suffered a QF loss to World No. 1 Nadal 62 36 63 at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami...

During the spring European clay swing, he posted two QF runs at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in Madrid (l. to Bellucci) and Rome (l. to Gasquet)...He also reached the Nice SFs (l. to Almagro)...As No. 6 seed at Roland Garros he fell to S. Robert 36 36 62 62 97 in 1st RD...On 6 June, he dropped one spot to World No. 7...

As No. 6 seed at Wimbledon he lost in the Last 16 to No. 10 seed Fish 76(5) 64 64...

Reached SFs in Bastad, losing to Soderling 61 60...On North American hard-courts, reached QFs in Montreal (l. to Tipsarevic 64 64), following week in Cincinnati he beat Federer 62 76(3) in QFs, but was forced to retire against Djokovic in SFs with a right shoulder injury after losing first set 75...Also had to retire with same injury in 3rd RD of US Open against Tipsarevic when trailing 46 05...

Helped Czech Republic to a 5-0 win over Romania in Davis Cup World Group Play-offs with a 76(4) 63 63 win over Crivoi...

On 9 October, he ended a 29-month title drought with victory at China Open in Beijing...Defeated Cilic 36 64 61 in first final since 2010 Wimbledon (l. to Nadal)... It was the sixth title of his career and his first since hoisting the trophy at the BMW Open (d. Youzhny) in May 2009...

Lost 2nd RD in Shanghai (l. to Lopez 64 64) and 1st RD in Basel (l. to Nishikori 36 63 62)...Bounced back at BNP Paribas Masters, qualifying for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals en route to reaching SFs...Defeated Murray 46 76(5) 64 in QFs before losing to Federer 64 63...

On second successive appearance at Barclays ATP World Tour Finals reached SFs...Squandered MP in 36 63 76(3) defeat to Djokovic in first Group A match, but rebounded with 26 63 76(6) victory over Tipsarevic (saved 1 MP) and defeated Ferrer 36 75 61 to clinch qualification...In SFs was beaten 63 76 by Tsonga...Closed the season with a career-best 53-23 match record.