Bohdan Ulihrach
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Monte Carlo, Monaco |
Born | Kolín, Czechoslovakia | 23 February 1975
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Turned pro | 1993 |
Retired | 2009 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $3,553,302 |
Singles | |
Career record | 230–246 |
Career titles | 3 |
Highest ranking | No. 22 (5 May 1997) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (1999) |
French Open | 4R (1999) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1996) |
US Open | 2R (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 9–25 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 286 (26 July 2004) |
Bohdan Ulihrach (born 23 February 1975) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.
Career[]
Ulihrach turned professional in 1993. He won his first top-level singles title in July 1995 at Prague, where he defeated Javier Sánchez in the final. His second followed three months later at Montevideo, where he beat Alberto Berasategui in the final.
In 1996, Ulihrach was part of the Czech Republic team which finished runner-up at the World Team Cup. In 1997, en-route to his first hardcourt final at the Indian Wells Masters, Ulihrach beat the then-world No. 1, Pete Sampras. In the final, he was defeated by Michael Chang. Ulihrach reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 22 in May 1997.
He reached the fourth round at both the Australian Open and the French Open, in 1999.
In 2003, Ulihrach was cleared of a doping charge.[1]
At the 2007 French Open, he beat the No. 24 seed Dominik Hrbatý in the first round in five sets.
ATP career finals[]
Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)[]
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | Jun 1995 | Sankt Pölten, Austria | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
Win | 1. | Jul 1995 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 2. | Oct 1995 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 2. | Apr 1996 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 6–1, 3–6 |
Loss | 3. | Mar 1997 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 4. | Apr 1997 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 7–5, 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 3. | Jul 1998 | Umag, Croatia | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 7–6(7–0) |
Loss | 5. | Jan 2001 | Doha, Qatar | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
Loss | 6. | Jul 2001 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 3–6 |
References[]
- ^ "Rusedski Cleared of Doping Offence". Medical News Today. 2004-03-10. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
External links[]
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Czech expatriates in Monaco
- Czech male tennis players
- Doping cases in tennis
- Sportspeople from Kolín
- People from Monte Carlo
- Czech sportspeople in doping cases