František Čermák

František Čermák
František Čermák at the 2013 French Open
Nickname:	Čermis
Nation:	Czech Republic
Birthday:	November 14, 1976
Size:	193 cm
Weight:	80 kg
1st professional season:	1998
Resignation:	2016
Playing hand:	Right
Trainer:	Nikola Martin
Prize money:	$ 2,418,073
singles
Career record:	9:16
Highest ranking:	201 (October 27, 2003)
Double
Career record:	410: 315
Career title:	31
Highest ranking:	14 (February 1, 2010)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

František Čermák (born November 14, 1976 in Valtice , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech tennis player and coach.

Career

The right-handed doubles specialist won 31 tournaments on the ATP Tour , the first 20 all on clay. He won most of the titles with his compatriot Leoš Friedl , with whom he formed a solid pairing from 2002 to 2007. From 2009 he was successful together with the Slovak Michal Mertiňák , with whom he won five tournaments in the 2009 season and another title in 2010 and 2012.

His greatest success at a Grand Slam tournament was the 2013 French Open in mixed alongside Lucie Hradecká . In the doubles competitions he reached at least the last sixteen in all four Grand Slam tournaments.

He achieved his best world rankings in October 2003 with position 201 in singles and in February 2010 with position 14 in doubles.

In 2016, Čermák took over the coaching role of his compatriot Petra Kvitová . The employment relationship was terminated after just five months. During this time Kvitová u. a. Bronze at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. In February 2016 he also played his last game on one of the professional tours on the Challenger Tour .

Davis Cup

In 2005 (lost double against the German pairing Haas / Waske) and 2012, Čermák each had an assignment for the Czech Davis Cup team . In the 2012 season, the team qualified for the second time after 2009 for the Davis Cup final, which was held in Prague . Čermák was not in the squad in the final against Spain , which the Czech Republic won 3-2. In the first round match against Italy he lost his singles against Simone Bolelli in straight sets.

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam Tennis Masters Cup ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 (5) ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 (26) ATP Challenger Tour (16)

Title after covering Hard Court (5) Sand (25) Grass (1)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 20, 2000	Brixen	sand	Sergio Roitman	5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 1

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 21, 2002	Umag (1)	sand	Julian Knowle	Albert Portas Fernando Vicente	6: 4, 6: 4
2.	July 28, 2002	Sopot (1)	sand	Leoš Friedl	Jeff Coetzee Nathan Healey	7: 5, 7: 5
3.	April 13, 2003	Casablanca (1)	sand	Leoš Friedl	Devin Bowen Ashley Fisher	6: 3, 7: 5
4th	July 25, 2004	Kitzbuhel (1)	sand	Leoš Friedl	Lucas Arnold Ker Martin García	6: 3, 7: 5
5.	August 15, 2004	Sopot (2)	sand	Leoš Friedl	Martin García Sebastián Prieto	2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
6th	February 13, 2005	Buenos Aires (1)	sand	Leoš Friedl	José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto	6: 2, 7: 5
7th	February 20, 2005	Costa do Sauípe	sand	Leoš Friedl	José Acasuso Ignacio King	6: 4, 6: 4
8th.	April 10, 2005	Casablanca (2)	sand	Leoš Friedl	Martin García Luis Horna	6: 4, 6: 3
9.	May 1, 2005	Estoril	sand	Leoš Friedl	Juan Ignacio Chela Tommy Robredo	6: 3, 6: 4
10.	July 10, 2005	Gstaad (1)	sand	Leoš Friedl	Michael Kohlmann Rainer Schüttler	7: 6, 7: 6
11.	February 19, 2006	Buenos Aires (2)	sand	Leoš Friedl	Vasilis Mazarakis Boris Pašanski	6: 1, 6: 2
12.	March 5, 2006	Acapulco (1)	sand	Leoš Friedl	Potito Starace Filippo Volandri	7: 5, 6: 2
13.	August 6, 2006	Sopot (3)	sand	Leoš Friedl	Martín Garcia Sebastián Prieto	6: 3, 7: 5
14th	July 15, 2007	Gstaad (2)	sand	Pavel Vízner	Marc Gicquel Florent Serra	7: 5, 5: 7, [10: 7]
15th	July 22, 2007	Stuttgart (1)	sand	Leoš Friedl	Guillermo García-López Fernando Verdasco	6: 4, 6: 4
16.	July 20, 2008	Amersfoort	sand	Rogier Wassen	Jesse Huta Galung Igor Sijsling	7: 5, 7: 5
17th	February 23, 2009	Acapulco (2)	sand	Michal Mertiňák	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	4: 6, 6: 4, [10: 7]
18th	July 19, 2009	Stuttgart (2)	sand	Michal Mertiňák	Victor Hănescu Horia Tecău	7: 5, 6: 4
19th	August 2, 2009	Umag (2)	sand	Michal Mertiňák	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	6: 4, 6: 4
20th	September 27, 2009	Bucharest	sand	Michal Mertiňák	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	6: 2, 6: 4
21st	November 8, 2009	Valencia	Hard court (i)	Michal Mertiňák	Marcel Granollers Tommy Robredo	6: 4, 6: 3
22nd	October 3, 2010	Kuala Lumpur	Hard court (i)	Michal Mertiňák	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	7: 6 3 , 7: 6 5
23.	May 1, 2011	Belgrade	sand	Filip Polášek	Oliver Marach Alexander Peya	7: 5, 6: 2
24.	June 18, 2011	's-Hertogenbosch	race	Daniele Bracciali	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecau	6: 3, 2: 6, [10: 8]
25th	July 31, 2011	Gstaad (3)	sand	Filip Polášek	Christopher Kas Alexander Peya	6: 3, 7: 6 7
26th	October 23, 2011	Moscow (1)	Hard court (i)	Filip Polášek	Carlos Berlocq David Marrero	6: 3, 6: 1
27.	May 6, 2012	Munich	sand	Filip Polášek	Xavier Malisse Dick Norman	6: 4, 7: 5
28.	July 28, 2012	Kitzbuhel (2)	sand	Julian Knowle	Dustin Brown Paul Hanley	7: 6 4 , 3: 6, [12:10]
29	20th October 2012	Moscow (2)	Hard court (i)	Michal Mertiňák	Simone Bolelli Daniele Bracciali	7: 5, 6: 3
30th	July 27, 2014	Umag (3)	sand	Lukáš Rosol	Dušan Lajović Franko Škugor	6: 3, 6: 1
31.	19th October 2014	Moscow (3)	Hard court (i)	Jiří Veselý	Samuel Groth Chris Guccione	7: 6 2 , 7: 5

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 12, 2000	Prague	sand	Ota Fukárek	Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl	6: 4, 6: 3
2.	November 18, 2000	Osaka	Hard court	Ota Fukárek	Yaoki Ishii Eric Taino	6: 1, 7: 6 5
3.	February 17, 2001	Bombai	Hard court	Ota Fukárek	Mahesh Bhupathi Fazaluddin Syed	7: 6 4 , 4: 6, 7: 5
4th	February 24, 2001	Chandigarh	Hard court	Radek Štěpánek	Giorgio Galimberti Nir Welgreen	6: 4, 6: 2
5.	July 7, 2001	Ulm	sand	David Škoch	Brandon Coupe Tim Crichton	6: 2, 6: 4
6th	August 4, 2001	San Marino	sand	David Škoch	Devin Bowen Aleksandar Kitinov	7: 5, 6: 4
7th	October 27, 2001	Seoul	Hard court	Jaroslav Levinsky	Yves Allegro Marco Chiudinelli	5: 7, 7: 6 8 , 6: 3
8th.	May 18, 2002	Prague (1)	sand	Ota Fukárek	Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch	6: 4, 6: 3
9.	June 8, 2002	Prostějov (1)	sand	Ota Fukárek	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto	6: 3, 7: 6 5
10.	August 3, 2002	St. Petersburg	sand	Jaroslav Levinsky	Artyom Derepasko Orest Tereshchuk	6: 3, 6: 2
11.	2006	Prostějov (2)	sand	Jaroslav Levinsky	Jan Mašík Michal Tabara	6: 3, 6: 2
12.	November 8, 2008	Bratislava	Hard court (i)	Łukasz Kubot	Philipp Petzschner Alexander Peya	6: 4, 6: 4
13.	May 7, 2011	Prague (2)	sand	Lukáš Rosol	Christopher Kas Alexander Peya	6: 3, 6: 4
14th	March 22, 2014	Panama City	sand	Mikhail Jelgin	Martín Al and Guillermo Durán	4: 6, 6: 3, [10: 8]
15th	May 8, 2015	Rome	sand	Dustin Brown	Andrés Molteni Marco Trungelliti	6: 1, 6: 2

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 29, 2002	Palermo (1)	sand	Leoš Friedl	Lucas Arnold Ker Luis Lobo	4: 6, 6: 4, 2: 6
2.	January 5, 2003	Chennai	Hard court	Leoš Friedl	Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann	6: 7 1 , 6: 7 3
3.	February 16, 2003	Viña del Mar (1)	sand	Leoš Friedl	Agustín Calleri Mariano Hood	3: 6, 6: 1, 4: 6
4th	July 13, 2003	Gstaad	sand	Leoš Friedl	Leander Paes David Rikl	3: 6, 3: 6
5.	August 3, 2003	Sopot (1)	sand	Leoš Friedl	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	4: 6, 7: 6 7 , 3: 6
6th	September 28, 2003	Palermo (2)	sand	Leoš Friedl	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	6: 7 6 , 7: 6 3 , 4: 6
7th	April 18, 2004	Estoril	sand	Leoš Friedl	Juan Ignacio Chela Gastón Gaudio	2: 6, 1: 6
8th.	January 15, 2006	Sydney	Hard court	Leoš Friedl	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	1: 6, 4: 6
9.	February 5, 2006	Viña del Mar (2)	sand	Leoš Friedl	José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto	6: 7 2 , 4: 6
10.	October 15, 2006	Moscow (1)	Carpet (i)	Jaroslav Levinsky	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	1: 6, 5: 7
11.	October 29, 2006	Lyon	Carpet (i)	Jaroslav Levinsky	Julien Benneteau Arnaud Clément	2: 6, 7: 6 3 , [7:10]
12.	February 4, 2007	Zagreb	Carpet (i)	Jaroslav Levinsky	Michael Kohlmann Alexander Waske	6: 7 5 , 6: 4, [5:10]
13.	February 8, 2009	Viña del Mar (3)	sand	Michal Mertiňák	Pablo Cuevas Brian Dabul	3: 6, 3: 6
14th	October 25, 2009	Moscow (2)	Hard court (i)	Michal Mertiňák	Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers	6: 4, 5: 7, [8:10]
15th	January 9, 2010	Doha	Hard court	Michal Mertiňák	Guillermo García-López Albert Montañés	4: 6, 5: 7
16.	August 1, 2010	Umag	sand	Michal Mertiňák	Leoš Friedl Filip Polášek	3: 6, 6: 7 7
17th	July 24, 2011	Hamburg	sand	Filip Polášek	Oliver Marach Alexander Peya	4: 6, 1: 6
18th	October 9, 2011	Tokyo	Hard court	Filip Polášek	Andy Murray Jamie Murray	1: 6, 4: 6
19th	January 14, 2012	Auckland	Hard court	Filip Polášek	Oliver Marach Alexander Peya	3: 6, 2: 6
20th	17th February 2013	São Paulo	sand	Michal Mertiňák	Bruno Soares Alexander Peya	7: 6 5 , 2: 6, [7:10]
21st	3rd August 2013	Kitzbühel	sand	Lukáš Dlouhý	Martin Emmrich Christopher Kas	4: 6, 3: 6
22nd	February 23, 2014	Delray Beach	Hard court	Mikhail Jelgin	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	2: 6, 3: 6
23.	October 25, 2015	Moscow (3)	Hard court (i)	Radu Albot	Andrei Rublev Dmitri Tursunov	6: 2, 1: 6, [6:10]

Mixed

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	6th June 2013	French Open	sand	Lucie Hradecká	Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor	1: 6, 6: 4, [10: 5]

Web links

Commons : František Čermák  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• ATP profile František Čermák (English)
• ITF profile of František Čermák (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Frantisek Cermak (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kvitova separates from Coach again. In: sport1.de. September 6, 2016, accessed November 15, 2016 .