Ivo Minář
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Prague, Czech Republic |
Born | Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 21 May 1984
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
Turned pro | 2002 |
Retired | 2015 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,015,448 |
Singles | |
Career record | 35–69 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 62 (20 July 2009) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2006, 2008, 2009) |
French Open | 2R (2009) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2005, 2009) |
US Open | 2R (2008) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 11–15 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 120 (8 May 2006) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | W (2012) |
Ivo Minář (born 21 May 1984) is a former professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. On 20 July 2009 Minář reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 62. His brother Jan is also a professional player, who has been ranked in the top 200 in the world.
Minář was a member of the winning Czech Republic team in the 2012 Davis Cup.
Minář also worked as coach of Czech tennis player Kristýna Plíšková.
Career
[edit]Minář won the European junior championships in Klosters when he was 16, defeating fellow Czech Tomáš Berdych.
Professional career
[edit]In his career, he has not won an ATP singles title, but has reached one singles final – in 2005 in Sydney, where he lost to Lleyton Hewitt of Australia. On his way to that final, he dispatched three future top 10 stars in Nikolay Davydenko, Fernando Verdasco and Radek Štěpánek. Later that year, he qualified for the tournament in Dubai and pushed World No. 1 Roger Federer to final set tie-break in the first round, losing 7–6(5), 3–6, 6–7(5).
Minář tested positive for methylhexanamine on 11 July 2009 and was suspended eight months.[1]
ATP Tour finals
[edit]Singles: 1 (0–1)
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Grand Slam (0–0) |
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |
ATP World Tour 500 series (0–0) |
ATP World Tour 250 series (0–1) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | Jan 2005 | Sydney, Australia | Hard | ![]() | 5–7, 0–6 |
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
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Grand Slam (0–0) |
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |
ATP World Tour 500 series (0–0) |
ATP World Tour 250 series (1–0) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | May 2009 | Munich, Germany | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 |
Challenger finals
[edit]Singles: 17 (9–8)
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ATP Challenger Tour (9–8) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 23 May 2004 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() | 1–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 28 November 2004 | Groningen, Netherlands | Hard | ![]() | 3–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 5 June 2005 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() | 1–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 4. | 7 May 2006 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() | 6–1, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 5. | 9 July 2006 | Biella, Italy | Clay | ![]() | 5–7, 6–3, 6–7(0–7) |
Winner | 6. | 2 September 2007 | Freudenstadt, Germany | Clay | ![]() | 7–5, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 7. | 23 September 2007 | Szczecin, Poland | Clay | ![]() | 2–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 8. | 4 November 2007 | Busan, South Korea | Hard | ![]() | 7–6(7–2), 6–7(7–9), 6–3 |
Runner-up | 9. | 26 October 2008 | Seoul, South Korea | Hard | ![]() | 4–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 10. | 2 November 2008 | Busan, South Korea | Hard | ![]() | 6–1, 2–0, ret. |
Winner | 11. | 29 March 2009 | Barletta, Italy | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 12. | 26 April 2009 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 13. | 8 May 2010 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | ![]() | 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 14. | 27 June 2010 | Marburg, Germany | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 3–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 15. | 5 September 2010 | Como, Italy | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 16. | 20 March 2011 | Rabat, Morocco | Clay | ![]() | 7–5, 6–3 |
Winner | 17. | 22 April 2012 | Santos, Brazil | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
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ATP Challenger Tour (0–1) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 13 February 2006 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | Carpet (i) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7(3–7), 3–6 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Decision in the case of Ivo Minář". Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
External links
[edit]- Ivo Minář at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Ivo Minář at the International Tennis Federation
- Ivo Minář at the Davis Cup
- Minar world ranking history
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