Tomáš Anzari

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Tomáš Anzari
Country (sports)Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
(until 1992)
Czech Republic Czech Republic
(from 1993)
ResidenceOlomouc,
Czech Republic
Born (1970-06-24) 24 June 1970 (age 53)
Třinec, Czechoslovakia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1989
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$335,020
Singles
Career record1-14
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 134 (19 August 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (1992, 1993)
French OpenQ2 (1993, 1994)
WimbledonQ1 (1996)
US OpenQ1 (1992)
Doubles
Career record37–75
Career titles0
14 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 80 (22 February 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1992, 1993, 1998, 1999)
French Open3R (1990)
Wimbledon1R (1990, 1993, 1998)
US Open2R (1992, 1998)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (1990)
Last updated on: 5 October 2021.

Tomáš Anzari (born Třinec, 24 June 1970) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic and writer on psychology and stress in sports.[1][2] He was also known as Tomáš Zdražila.[3]

Career[edit]

Anzari, with countryman David Rikl, won the boys' doubles at the ITF World Championships in 1988, the same year that they were number-one-ranked juniors. The pair were runners-up in the 1988 Wimbledon Championships, losing the boys' doubles final to Jason Stoltenberg and Todd Woodbridge. He remained with Rikl after turning professional and at the 1990 French Open, their first Grand Slam tournament in the men's, they reached the third round. It would remain Anzari's best performance in a Grand Slam.[4]

He reached eight doubles semi-finals on the ATP Tour, but only once made it into the final, in 1992, when he and Carl Limberger were runners-up at the BMW Open.[5]

ATP career finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series(0–0)
ATP World Tour Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour World Series (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 1992 Munich, Germany World Series Clay Australia Carl Limberger South Africa David Adams
Netherlands Menno Oosting
6–3, 5–7, 3–6

ATP Challenger finals[edit]

Singles: 1 (0–1)[edit]

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 1994 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Carpet Slovakia Karol Kučera 0–6, 4–6

Doubles: 23 (14–9)[edit]

Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (10–6)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (2–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jan 1990 Heilbronn, West Germany Challenger Carpet Czech Republic David Rikl South Africa Byron Talbot
Sweden Jörgen Windahl
6–4, 6–4
Win 2–0 Mar 1990 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay Czech Republic David Rikl Belgium Eduardo Masso
Argentina Christian Miniussi
6–3, 6–7, 7–5
Win 3–0 Apr 1990 Zaragoza, Spain Challenger Clay Czech Republic David Rikl Spain Carlos Costa
Spain Francisco Roig
6–3, 7–6
Win 4–0 Apr 1991 Oporto, Portugal Challenger Clay Serbia and Montenegro Dimitri Poliakov Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Netherlands Mark Koevermans
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 4–1 Jun 1991 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay Czech Republic Josef Čihák Czech Republic David Rikl
France Éric Winogradsky
1–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win 5–1 Jul 1991 Oporto, Portugal Challenger Clay Czech Republic Josef Čihák Spain Juan Carlos Báguena
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
7–5, 6–2
Win 6–1 Aug 1991 Pescara, Italy Challenger Clay Czech Republic Josef Čihák Sweden Johan Donar
United States John Sobel
6–3, 6–4
Loss 6–2 Sep 1991 Merano, Italy Challenger Clay Czech Republic Josef Čihák Spain Carlos Costa
Argentina Christian Miniussi
3–6, 3–6
Win 7–2 Apr 1992 Oporto, Portugal Challenger Clay Australia Carl Limberger United States Brian Devening
Norway Bent-Ove Pedersen
3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 7–3 Jun 1992 Yvetot, France Challenger Clay Brazil Jaime Oncins Sweden Mikael Tillström
Sweden Mårten Renström
6–7, 7–5, 2–6
Win 8–3 Oct 1992 Reggio Calabria, Italy Challenger Clay South Africa Brent Haygarth Portugal João Cunha-Silva
Ukraine Dimitri Poliakov
6–4, 7–6
Loss 8–4 Oct 1992 Cherbourg, France Challenger Carpet Netherlands Joost Winnink Germany Christian Saceanu
United States Kent Kinnear
1–6, 4–6
Win 9–4 May 1994 Cali, Colombia Challenger Clay Portugal João Cunha-Silva South Africa Kirk Haygarth
United States Bill Behrens
7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Win 10–4 Nov 1994 Rogaška, Slovenia Challenger Carpet Czech Republic Jan Kodeš United Kingdom Barry Cowan
United Kingdom Andrew Richardson
6–5, 6–3
Loss 10–5 May 1995 Sliema, Malta Challenger Hard Germany Patrick Baur South Africa Marius Barnard
France Lionel Barthez
5–7, 3–6
Loss 10–6 Jul 1995 Ostend, Belgium Challenger Clay Portugal Emanuel Couto South Africa Clinton Ferreira
North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Loss 10–7 Mar 1997 Magdeburg, Germany Challenger Carpet Czech Republic Petr Luxa United States Trey Phillips
United Kingdom Chris Wilkinson
3–6, 4–6
Win 11–7 Jun 1997 Zagreb, Croatia Challenger Clay Mexico David Roditi South Africa Paul Rosner
United States Brandon Coupe
3–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win 12–7 Aug 1997 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Czech Republic David Rikl Spain Jordi Burillo
Hungary László Markovits
6–3, 6–2
Loss 12–8 Apr 1998 Espinho, Portugal Challenger Clay Spain Alberto Martín Germany Jens Knippschild
Netherlands Stephen Noteboom
6–7, 5–7
Loss 12–9 May 1998 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay Spain Alberto Martín South Africa Marius Barnard
Netherlands Stephen Noteboom
6–7, 7–6, 6–7
Win 13–9 Dec 1999 Jaipur, India Challenger Grass Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi Croatia Ivo Karlović
Kazakhstan Yuri Schukin
7–6, 4–6, 7–6
Win 14–9 Mar 2000 Bombay, India Challenger Hard Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi France Maxime Boyé
Israel Eyal Erlich
7–6(11–9), 6–4

Performance timelines[edit]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (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); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles[edit]

Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q3 Q3 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A Q2 Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami A A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Monte Carlo A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Stuttgart Q2 A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Hamburg A Q2 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%

Doubles[edit]

Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 1R A A A A 1R 1R 0 / 4 0–4 0%
French Open 3R A 2R A A A A A 2R A 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Wimbledon 1R A A 1R A A A A 1R A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
US Open A A A 2R A A A A 2R A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–loss 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–4 0–1 0 / 12 6–12 85%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Monte Carlo 1R A A A Q1 A A A A Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Stuttgart A A 1R A A A A A 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Hamburg 1R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome 1R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0 / 6 1–6 14%

Junior Grand Slam finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[edit]

Result Year Tournament Surface Partnet Opponents Score
Loss 1988 Wimbledon Grass Czech Republic David Rikl Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Jason Stoltenberg
4–6, 6–1, 5–7

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tomáš Anzari Psychologický rozbor hráče tenisu v zátěžové situaci Bachelor's thesis
  2. ^ Tomáš Anzari own bio at psychology-tenisu.cz website
  3. ^ http://www.attour.cz/file.php?id=245 "Na fotografii zleva: Tomáš Anzari (dříve Zdražila)"
  4. ^ ITF Tennis Profile
  5. ^ ATP World Tour Profile