Ivo Minář
Country (sports) | Czech Republic |
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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 July 20, 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[]
Minář won the European junior championships in Klosters when he was 16, defeating fellow Czech Tomáš Berdych.
Professional career[]
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. 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[]
Singles: 1 (0–1)[]
Legend |
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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. | 16 January 2005 | Sydney, Australia | Hard | Lleyton Hewitt | 5–7, 0–6 |
Doubles: 1 (1–0)[]
Legend |
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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. | 10 May 2009 | Munich, Germany | Clay | Jan Hernych | Ashley Fisher Jordan Kerr |
6–4, 6–4 |
Challenger finals[]
Singles: 17 (9–8)[]
Legend |
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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 | Jan Hernych | 1–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 28 November 2004 | , Netherlands | Hard | Peter Wessels | 3–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 5 June 2005 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Clay | Jarkko Nieminen | 1–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 4. | 7 May 2006 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Clay | Marcel Granollers | 6–1, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 5. | 9 July 2006 | Biella, Italy | Clay | Simone Bolelli | 5–7, 6–3, 6–7(0–7) |
Winner | 6. | 2 September 2007 | Freudenstadt, Germany | Clay | Éric Prodon | 7–5, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 7. | 23 September 2007 | Szczecin, Poland | Clay | Sergio Roitman | 2–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 8. | 4 November 2007 | Busan, South Korea | Hard | Viktor Troicki | 7–6(7–2), 6–7(7–9), 6–3 |
Runner-up | 9. | 26 October 2008 | Seoul, South Korea | Hard | Hyung-Taik Lee | 4–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 10. | 2 November 2008 | Busan, South Korea | Hard | Alex Bogomolov, Jr. | 6–1, 2–0, ret. |
Winner | 11. | 29 March 2009 | Barletta, Italy | Clay | Santiago Ventura | 6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 12. | 26 April 2009 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | Florian Mayer | 6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 13. | 8 May 2010 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Simone Vagnozzi | 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 14. | 27 June 2010 | Marburg, Germany | Clay | Simone Vagnozzi | 6–2, 3–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 15. | 5 September 2010 | Como, Italy | Clay | Robin Haase | 4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 16. | 20 March 2011 | Rabat, Morocco | Clay | Peter Luczak | 7–5, 6–3 |
Winner | 17. | 22 April 2012 | Santos, Brazil | Clay | Ricardo Hocevar | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Doubles: 1 (0–1)[]
Legend |
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ATP Challenger Tour (0–1) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | February 13, 2006 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | Carpet (i) | Jan Minář | Michael Kohlmann Alexander Waske |
6–7(3–7), 3–6 |
References[]
External links[]
- 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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- Sportspeople from Prague
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