Dominik Hrbatý

Dominik Hrbatý
Dominik Hrbatý 2006
Nickname:	The Dominator
Nation:	Slovakia
Birthday:	4th January 1978
Size:	183 cm
Weight:	79 kg
1st professional season:	1996
Resignation:	2012
Playing hand:	Right
Trainer:	Tibor Toth
Prize money:	$ 7,070,095
singles
Career record:	359: 318
Career title:	6th
Highest ranking:	12 (October 18, 2004)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	150: 211
Career title:	2
Highest ranking:	14 (November 13, 2000)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Dominik Hrbatý (born January 4, 1978 in Bratislava , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Slovak tennis player .

Hrbatý won six ATP tournaments in his career (1998 in San Marino , 1999 in Prague , 2001 in Auckland and 2004 in Auckland, Adelaide and Marseille ) and was also in the final of six other tournaments. His greatest success in a Grand Slam tournament he achieved in 1999 when he reached the semi-finals at the French Open, where he was defeated by the eventual winner Andre Agassi in four sets. In his first professional season in 1996, he was named ATP Newcomer of the Year . On November 22, 2010, Hrbatý announced his retirement from professional tennis. Nevertheless, he took part in a total of four tournaments in 2011 and 2012.

Next to Nikolai Dawydenko, Hrbatý is the only player who has a positive match record against Rafael Nadal . In a total of four clashes, he was able to beat Nadal three times.

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam Tennis Masters Cup ATP World Tour Finals ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1) ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 Series ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 Series (7) ATP Challenger Tour (10)

Title after covering Hard Court (5) Sand (3) Lawn (0) Carpet (0)

singles

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 16, 1998	San Marino	sand	Mariano Puerta	6: 2, 7: 5
2.	May 2, 1999	Prague	sand	Ctislav Doseděl	6: 2, 6: 2
3.	January 14, 2001	Auckland (1)	Hard court	Francisco Clavet	6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 3
4th	January 11, 2004	Adelaide	Hard court	Michaël Llodra	6: 4, 6: 0
5.	January 18, 2004	Auckland (2)	Hard court	Rafael Nadal	4: 6, 6: 2, 7: 5
6th	February 29, 2004	Marseille	Hard court (i)	Robin Soderling	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 11, 1996	Pilsen	sand	Sergio Cortés	6: 3, 6: 2
2.	October 20, 1996	Mallorca	sand	Dirk Dier	6: 3, 6: 2
3.	May 18, 1997	Kosice (1)	sand	Nicolás Lapentti	6: 4, 6: 4
4th	May 17, 1998	Košice (2)	sand	Fernando Meligeni	7: 5, 6: 4
5.	June 16, 2002	Biella	sand	José Acasuso	6: 4, 6: 7 4 , 6: 4
6th	November 13, 2005	Bratislava	Hard court (i)	Daniele Bracciali	7: 5, 6: 1

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 5, 1997	Palermo	sand	Alberto Berasategui	4: 6, 2: 6
2.	April 24, 2000	Monte Carlo	sand	Cédric Pioline	4: 6, 6: 7 3 , 6: 7 6
3.	November 12, 2000	St. Petersburg	Hard court (i)	Marat Safin	6: 2, 4: 6, 4: 6
4th	November 26, 2000	Brighton	Hard court (i)	Tim Henman	2: 6, 2: 6
5.	January 12, 2003	Auckland	Hard court	Gustavo Kuerten	3: 6, 5: 7
6th	May 23, 2004	Casablanca	sand	Santiago Ventura	3: 6, 6: 1, 4: 6
7th	November 5, 2006	Paris	Carpet (i)	Nikolai Davydenko	1: 6, 2: 6, 2: 6

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 14, 2000	Rome	sand	Martin Damm	Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 3
2.	September 16, 2001	Tashkent	Hard court	Julien Boutter	Marius Barnard Jim Thomas	6: 4, 3: 6, [13:11]

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 15, 2002	Biella	sand	Giorgio Galimberti	Ashley Fisher Nathan Healey	3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
2.	February 7, 2004	Wroclaw	Hard court (i)	Michael Kohlmann	Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Łukasz Kubot	7: 5, 6: 3
3.	June 5, 2004	Prostějov	sand	Jaroslav Levinsky	Travis Parrott Tripp Phillips	6: 4, 6: 4
4th	April 25, 2009	Sofia	sand	David Škoch	James Auckland Peter Luczak	6: 2, 6: 4

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 16, 1997	Umag	sand	Karol Kučera	Dinu Pescariu Davide Sanguinetti	6: 7, 4: 6
2.	August 9, 1998	Amsterdam	sand	Karol Kučera	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3: 6, 2: 6
3.	March 26, 2000	Miami	Hard court	Martin Damm	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3: 6, 4: 6
4th	October 8, 2000	Hong Kong	Hard court	David Prinosil	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	1: 6, 2: 6
5.	October 29, 2000	Basel	Carpet (i)	Roger Federer	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 7
6th	October 31, 2004	St. Petersburg	Carpet (i)	Jaroslav Levinsky	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	3: 6, 2: 6

Balance sheet

competition	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
Australian Open	-	2	-	3	AF	VF	3	1	4th	VF	1	1	1	4th
French Open	Q	Q	1	1	3	1	2	2	1	2	2	HF	3	1
Wimbledon	Q	Q	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
US Open	-	Q	1	1	1	4th	VF	2	3	2	4th	1	2	1

VF = quarter-finals HF = semi-finals F = final S = victory number = preliminary round

Web links

Commons : Dominik Hrbatý  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Dominik Hrbatý (English)
• ITF profile of Dominik Hrbatý (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Dominik Hrbatý (English)
• Dominik Hrbatý in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hrbaty retires , sport1.de of November 22, 2010
2. ↑ [1] , atpworldtour.com "Head to Head"