David Rikl

David Rikl
Nation:	Czech Republic
Birthday:	February 27, 1971
Size:	178 cm
Weight:	68 kg
1st professional season:	1989
Resignation:	2005
Playing hand:	Left
Prize money:	$ 3,063,257
singles
Career record:	54:94
Highest ranking:	41 (May 2 1994)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	390: 232
Career title:	30th
Highest ranking:	4 (August 20, 2001)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

David Rikl (born February 27, 1971 in Brandýs , then ČSSR ) is a former Czech tennis player .

Career

Rikl was a doubles specialist and won 30 titles on the ATP Tour in his career . He was twice in the final of a Grand Slam , but lost both. At Wimbledon he failed in 2001 at the side of his compatriot Jiří Novák to the Americans Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer in four sets. Three years later at the US Open he moved into the final unset with Leander Paes , where they clearly lost to Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor . Rikl celebrated his success with various partners, including Novák, Paes and the Russian Jewgeni Kafelnikow . With a total of 13 joint titles and a further 16 finals, he was by far the most successful together with Novák. Rikl achieved his highest position in the ATP double world rankings on August 20, 2001 with rank 4. Even if he never won a title in singles, he was listed on May 2, 1994 with rank 41 in the top 50 of the world rankings in singles.

In 2005 Rikl ended his active career.

successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

ATP World Tour Finals

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (4)

ATP World Tour 500 (4)

ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 (22)

Double

Victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	October 13, 1991	Tel Aviv	Hard court	Michiel Schapers	Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle	6: 2, 6: 7, 6: 3
2.	July 6, 1992	Newport	race	Royce Deppe	Paul Annacone David Wheaton	6: 4, 6: 4
3.	October 25, 1993	Santiago de Chile (1)	sand	Mike Bauer	Christer Allgårdh Brian Devening	7: 6, 6: 4
4th	April 4, 1994	Barcelona	sand	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jim Courier Javier Sánchez	5: 7, 6: 1, 6: 4
5.	April 25, 1994	Munich	sand	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Boris Becker Petr Korda	7: 6, 7: 5
6th	May 9, 1994	Rome	sand	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Wayne Ferreira Javier Sánchez	6: 1, 7: 5
7th	17th October 1994	Vienna	carpet	Mike Bauer	Alexander Antonitsch Greg Rusedski	7: 6, 6: 4
8th.	September 11, 1995	Bogota (1)	sand	Jiří Novák	Steve Campbell MaliVai Washington	7: 6, 6: 2
9.	October 23, 1995	Santiago de Chile (2)	sand	Jiří Novák	Shelby Cannon Francisco Montana	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 1
10.	March 25, 1996	Casablanca	sand	Jiří Novák	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	7: 6, 6: 3
11.	September 9, 1996	Bogota (2)	sand	Nicolás Pereira	Pablo Campana Nicolás Lapentti	6: 3, 7: 6
12.	October 13, 1997	Ostrava	carpet	Jiří Novák	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	6: 2, 6: 4
13.	August 10, 1998	San Marino	sand	Jiří Novák	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto	6: 4, 7: 6
14th	August 17, 1998	Indianapolis	Hard court	Jiří Novák	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6: 2, 7: 6
15th	October 26, 1998	Mexico city	sand	Jiří Novák	Daniel Orsanic David Roditi	6: 4, 6: 2
16.	February 7, 2000	Dubai (1)	Hard court	Jiří Novák	Robbie Koenig Peter Tramacchi	6: 2, 7: 5
17th	July 10, 2000	Gstaad (1)	Hard court	Jiří Novák	Jérôme Golmard Michael Kohlmann	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
18th	July 17, 2000	Stuttgart (1)	sand	Jiří Novák	Lucas Arnold Ker Donald Johnson	5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 3
19th	October 30, 2000	Madrid	Hard court	Jiří Novák	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
20th	March 19, 2001	Miami	Hard court	Jiří Novák	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	7: 5, 7: 6
21st	May 21, 2001	St. Poelten (1)	sand	Petr Pála	Jaime Oncins Daniel Orsanic	6: 3, 5: 7, 7: 5
22nd	July 30, 2001	Montreal	Hard court	Jiří Novák	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
23.	May 20, 2002	St. Poelten (2)	sand	Petr Pála	Mike Bryan Michael Hill	7: 5, 6: 4
24.	June 10, 2002	Gstaad (2)	sand	Joshua Eagle	Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi	7: 6, 6: 4
25th	June 25, 2002	Hall (1)	race	David Prinosil	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	4: 6, 7: 6, 7: 5
26th	July 15, 2002	Stuttgart (2)	sand	Joshua Eagle	David Adams Gastón Etlis	6: 3, 6: 4
27.	February 24, 2003	Dubai (2)	Hard court	Leander Paes	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6: 3, 6: 0
28.	July 7, 2003	Gstaad (3)	sand	Leander Paes	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	6: 3, 6: 3
29	June 7, 2004	Hall (2)	race	Leander Paes	Tomáš Cibulec Petr Pála	6: 2, 7: 5
30th	July 5, 2004	Gstaad (4)	sand	Leander Paes	Marc Rosset Stanislas Wawrinka	6: 4, 6: 2

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	July 8, 2001	Wimbledon	race	Jiří Novák	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	4: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 7
2.	September 13, 2004	US Open	Hard court	Leander Paes	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3: 6, 3: 6

* Only Grand Slam tournaments are included in the finals.

Personal

On June 14, 2003 he married the tennis player Adriana Gerši , with whom he has three children.

Web links

• ATP profile of David Rikl (English)
• ITF Profile of David Rikl (English)
• Davis Cup stats by David Rikl (English)