David Prinosil

David Prinosil
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Munich, Germany
Born	9 March 1973 (age 48); Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1991
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$4,016,496
Singles
Career record	169–221
Career titles	3 ; 5 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 28 (23 April 2001)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (1995, 2001)
French Open	3R (1992)
Wimbledon	4R (2000)
US Open	2R (1996, 1999)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1996, 2000)
Doubles
Career record	254–208
Career titles	10 ; 4 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 12 (20 August 2001)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (2001)
French Open	F (1993)
Wimbledon	QF (2002)
US Open	SF (1999)
Medal record
Men's Tennis
	Last updated on: 29 November 2021.

David Prinosil (Czech: David Přinosil; born 9 March 1973) is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991.

Prinosil was born in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, but later moved to Germany.^[1] He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the first round by Daniel Vacek of the Czech Republic. In the doubles competition in Stone Mountain Park he won the bronze medal partnering Marc-Kevin Goellner. He was the first opponent of Tim Henman in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, in the first round of Wimbledon in 1994.

The right-hander reached the fourth round of Wimbledon in 2000 and the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters in 1999 and the Paris Masters in 2000. Prinosil won three career titles in singles, and reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 23 April 2001, when he became world No. 28. He began playing for Germany in the Davis Cup in 1996.^[1]

Prinosil achieved an upset victory over Greg Rusedski in the second round of the Ericsson Open Masters tournament in 2001 with strong returns. Rusedski had recently beaten Andre Agassi. Prinosil and Rusedski had gone through rehabilitation together after foot surgeries in the same hospital in 1999.^[2]^[3]

ATP career finals[]

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)[]

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP International Series (3–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (1–3)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–0)
Indoors (1–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1995	Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	David Wheaton	7–6^(7–3), 5–7, 6–2^[4]
Win	2–0	Oct 1996	Ostrava, Czech Republic	World Series	Carpet	Petr Korda	6–1, 6–2^[5]
Loss	2–1	Mar 1998	Copenhagen, Denmark	International Series	Carpet	Magnus Gustafsson	6–3, 1–6, 1–6
Loss	2–2	Feb 1999	St. Petersburg, Russia	International Series	Carpet	Marc Rosset	3–6, 4–6^[6]
Win	3–2	Jun 2000	Halle, Germany	International Series	Grass	Richard Krajicek	6–3, 6–2^[7]
Loss	3–3	Oct 2000	Moscow, Russia	International Series	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	2–6, 5–7

Doubles: 21 (10 titles, 11 runner-ups)[]

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–2)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–1)
ATP Championship Series (2–1)
ATP World Series (8–7)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (4–5)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (5–5)
Indoors (5–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 1992	Rotterdam, Netherlands	World Series	Carpet	Marc-Kevin Goellner	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	6–2, 6–7, 7–6
Win	2–0	Aug 1992	Umag, Croatia	World Series	Clay	Richard Vogel	Sander Groen Lars Koslowski	6–7, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	2–1	Jun 1993	Roland Garos, France	Grand Slam	Clay	Marc-Kevin Goellner	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen	4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Aug 1993	Long Island, United States	World Series	Hard	Marc-Kevin Goellner	Arnaud Boetsch Olivier Delaitre	6–7, 7–5, 6–2
Loss	3–2	Oct 1993	Toulouse, France	World Series	Carpet	Udo Riglewski	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	5–7, 6–7
Loss	3–3	Oct 1993	Vienna, Austria	World Series	Carpet	Mike Bauer	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	3–6, 6–7
Loss	3–4	Mar 1994	Copenhagen, Denmark	World Series	Carpet	Udo Riglewski	Martin Damm Brett Steven	3–6, 4–6
Loss	3–5	Mar 1997	St. Petersburg, Russia	World Series	Carpet	Daniel Vacek	Andrei Olhovskiy Brett Steven	4–6, 3–6
Win	4–5	Aug 1997	Long Island, United States	International Series	Hard	Marcos Ondruska	Mark Keil T. J. Middleton	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4–6	Oct 1997	Vienna, Austria	Championship Series	Carpet	Marc-Kevin Goellner	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	3–6, 4–6
Win	5–6	Oct 1998	Ostrava, Czech Republic	International Series	Carpet	Nicolas Kiefer	David Adams Pavel Vizner	6–4, 6–3
Loss	5–7	Mar 1999	Copenhagen, Denmark	International Series	Hard	Marc-Kevin Goellner	Max Mirnyi Andrei Olhovskiy	7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(4–7), 1–6
Win	6–7	Oct 1999	Vienna, Austria	Championship Series	Carpet	Sandon Stolle	Piet Norval Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 6–4
Win	7–7	Mar 2000	Copenhagen, Denmark	International Series	Hard	Martin Damm	Jonas Björkman Sébastien Lareau	6–1, 5–7, 7–5
Loss	7–8	Jun 2000	Halle, Germany	International Series	Grass	Mahesh Bhupathi	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillstrom	6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	7–9	Oct 2000	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	International Series	Hard	Dominik Hrbaty	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	1–6, 2–6
Win	8–9	Oct 2000	Moscow, Russia	International Series	Carpet	Jonas Bjorkman	Jiri Novak David Rikl	6–2, 6–3
Loss	8–10	Jan 2001	Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Byron Black	Jonas Bjorkman Todd Woodbridge	1–6, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	8–11	Aug 2001	Cincinnati, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Martin Damm	Leander Paes Mahesh Bhupathi	6–7^(3–7), 3–6
Win	9–11	Aug 2001	Washington, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Martin Damm	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Win	10–11	Jun 2002	Halle, Germany	International Series	Grass	David Rikl	Jonas Bjorkman Todd Woodbridge	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals[]

Singles: 9 (5–4)[]

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (4–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 1993	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Martin Damm	6–3, 7–6
Win	2–0	Jul 1993	Ulm, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Olivier Delaitre	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–0	Oct 1994	Dublin, Ireland	Challenger	Carpet	Radomir Vasek	6–3, 6–3
Loss	3–1	Nov 1994	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Jan Siemerink	7–5, 6–7, 4–6
Win	4–1	Feb 1995	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Martin Sinner	6–4, 7–6
Win	5–1	Mar 1995	Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Martin Sinner	6–1, 6–4
Loss	5–2	Nov 1996	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Alexander Volkov	3–6, 6–7
Loss	5–3	Nov 1999	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Raemon Sluiter	6–2, 4–6, 6–7
Loss	5–4	Jul 2003	Bristol, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Massimo Dell'Acqua	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 4 (4–0)[]

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–0)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1992	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Richard Vogel	Robert Novotny Milan Trněný	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–0	Sep 1992	Merano, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Sander Groen	Lionel Barthez Alois Beust	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–0	Jul 1993	Ulm, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Richard Vogel	Udo Riglewski Jorge Lozano	6–1, 6–3
Win	4–0	Mar 1995	Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Martin Sinner	Clinton Ferreira Aleksandar Kitinov	6–2, 6–3

Performance timelines[]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

Singles[]

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	1R	3R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	3R	Q1	1R	0 / 9	6–9	40%
French Open	A	3R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	Q1	Q1	0 / 10	5–10	33%
Wimbledon	Q2	A	2R	3R	1R	1R	A	2R	2R	4R	3R	Q2	Q1	0 / 8	10–8	56%
US Open	A	A	1R	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	Q3	Q1	0 / 8	2–8	20%
Win–Loss	0–0	2–1	3–4	3–3	2–4	1–4	0–3	3–4	2–4	3–3	4–4	0–0	0–1	0 / 35	23–35	40%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	Q1	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	3R	A	A	0 / 5	1–5	17%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Hamburg	A	2R	1R	Q2	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	Q1	0 / 8	2–8	20%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	QF	A	1R	A	A	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	Q1	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Stuttgart	A	A	A	1R	A	A	3R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 5	2–5	29%
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	Q2	A	QF	A	A	A	0 / 2	4–2	67%
Win–Loss	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–4	0–3	3–5	3–2	1–8	0–0	0–0	0 / 28	12–28	30%

Doubles[]

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	2R	3R	2R	3R	2R	A	F	QF	1R	0 / 10	15–10	60%
French Open	A	2R	F	1R	2R	1R	A	2R	QF	2R	3R	3R	1R	0 / 11	16–11	59%
Wimbledon	Q2	A	A	2R	3R	1R	A	2R	1R	3R	2R	QF	2R	0 / 9	11–9	55%
US Open	A	A	2R	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	SF	1R	3R	3R	A	0 / 9	10–9	53%
Win–Loss	0–0	1–1	6–3	1–3	5–4	2–4	1–2	4–4	8–4	3–3	10–4	10–4	1–3	0 / 39	52–39	57%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Miami	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 7	0–7	0%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Hamburg	A	2R	QF	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	QF	0 / 11	7–11	39%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid	Not Held											1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	SF	A	0 / 2	3–2	60%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	F	2R	A	0 / 3	7–3	70%
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	SF	SF	SF	A	A	0 / 5	9–5	64%
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–Loss	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–4	4–4	4–4	8–7	5–6	2–2	0 / 35	29–35	45%

References[]

^ ^a ^b "David Prinosil". Munzinger Online. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ Charles Bricker (25 March 2001). "PRINOSIL BREAKS, BEATS RUSEDSKI; AGASSI NEXT". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "Prinosil eases past Rusedski". News24. 24 March 2001. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "Prinosil upsets Wheaton for first ATP Tour crown". The Morning Call. 17 July 1995 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Prinosil wins Czech Indoor". The Record. 21 October 1996 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Plus: Tennis – St. Petersburg Open; Rosset Triumphs Over Prinosil". The New York Times. 15 February 1999. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "Prinosil beats Krajicek to win Gerry Weber Open". The Greenville News. 19 June 2000 – via Newspapers.com.

External links[]

David Prinosil at the Association of Tennis Professionals
David Prinosil at the International Tennis Federation
David Prinosil at the Davis Cup
World ranking history
A feat of strength by David Prinosil, Frankfurter Allgemeine, 27 June 2001

[Munzinger-1] "David Prinosil". Munzinger Online. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[2] Charles Bricker (25 March 2001). "PRINOSIL BREAKS, BEATS RUSEDSKI; AGASSI NEXT". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[3] "Prinosil eases past Rusedski". News24. 24 March 2001. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[4] "Prinosil upsets Wheaton for first ATP Tour crown". The Morning Call. 17 July 1995 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] "Prinosil wins Czech Indoor". The Record. 21 October 1996 – via Newspapers.com.

[6] "Plus: Tennis – St. Petersburg Open; Rosset Triumphs Over Prinosil". The New York Times. 15 February 1999. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[7] "Prinosil beats Krajicek to win Gerry Weber Open". The Greenville News. 19 June 2000 – via Newspapers.com.

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