Residence: Ostrava, Czechoslovakia Single Doubles title: 1992--(1) Umag (w/Prinosil) Year-by-Year Highlights: 1992- Doubles Winner at Graz Ch. (w/Prinosil); Doubles SF at Oporto Ch. (w/ Cihak). 1991- RD 16 at Kitzbuhel; Doubles Winner at Prague Ch. (w/DeVries); Doubles R-up at Ljublana Ch. (w/Vacek); Doubles SF at Heilbronn Ch. (w/Stankovic), Umag (w/Damm), Stuttgart (w/N. Brown), Aachen Ch. (w/Dosedel). 1990- QF at Furth Ch.; Doubles Winner at Parioli Ch., Pescara Ch. (w/Stank- ovic); Doubles R-up at Geneva Ch. (w/Stankovic); Doubles SF at Kitzbuhel (w/Stankovic). 1989- Winner at Eger Ch.; SF at Casablanca-2 Ch.; Doubles Winner at Eger Ch. (w/Stankovic), Casablanca-2 Ch. (w/Bulant); Doubles R-up at Graz Ch. (w/ Birner); Doubles SF at Prague (w/Navratil), Budapest Ch. (w/Stankovic). 1988- R-up at Furth Ch. (l. to Beutel); SF at New Ulm Ch.; Doubles Winner at Italian Sat. #3 (w/Caratti w/27 ATP pts.); Doubles R-up at Sofia Ch. (w/ Bulant). 1987- Doubles SF at Furth Ch., Budapest Ch. (w/Stankovic), Messina Ch. (w/ Bulant). 1986- RD 16 at New Ulm Ch.; Doubles Winner at Vienna Ch. (w/Novacek); Doubles R-up at Dortmund (w/Navratil); Doubles SF at Budapest Ch. (w/Navratil). Began playing tennis at age 10 and hero growing up was Ivan Lendl, who is from the same hometown. Ranked No. 4 in Czech juniors. Earned a career-high $40,662 and finished a year-end best No. 105 in doubles in 1991 after breaking into the top 100 that summer. Qualified in singles at Wimbledon in '91 and lost to Jacco Eltingh in a thrilling five-set marathon (four in tiebreakers). It was the first time in Wimbledon history that four breakers occurred in a singles match. Captured his first career tour doubles title on Aug. 30, 1992 in Umag (w/Prinosil).
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