Petr Pála

Petr Pála
Pála winning the Fed Cup 2016
Nation:	Czech Republic
Birthday:	2nd October 1975
Size:	193 cm
1st professional season:	1993
Resignation:	2009
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 1,106,011
singles
Career record:	0: 1
Highest ranking:	286 (June 24 1996)
Double
Career record:	206: 235
Career title:	7th
Highest ranking:	10 (August 6, 2001)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Petr Pála (born October 2, 1975 in Prague , then Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech tennis player .

Career

The doubles specialist was able to win seven doubles tournaments on the ATP Tour and reach the finals ten more times. The high point of his career was in 2001 when he reached the final of the doubles competition at the French Open and the Tennis Masters Cup in Bangalore, both times with his partner Pavel Vízner , but lost there.

His highest single placement was 286th place in June 1996, while he reached the top 10 in the double world rankings in August 2001.

His father František Pála also played on the ATP Tour from 1968 to 1979 and reached the Monte Carlo final in 1972 (he was defeated by Ilie Năstase in three straight sets). After his active career, he became the coach of his son Petr.

Since 2008 he has been the team principal of the Czech Fed Cup team , with which he won the title every year from 2011 to 2016 - except for 2013.

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 ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 (7)

Title after covering Hard Court (2) Sand (5) Lawn (0) Carpet (0)

Double

Victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 21, 2001	St. Poelten (1)	sand	David Rikl	Jaime Oncins Daniel Orsanic	6: 3, 5: 7, 7: 5
2.	May 20, 2002	St. Poelten (2)	sand	David Rikl	Mike Bryan Michael Hill	7: 5, 6: 4
3.	May 17, 2004	St. Poelten (3)	sand	Mariano Hood	Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl	3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4
4th	July 25, 2005	Umag (1)	sand	Jiří Novák	Michal Mertiňák David Škoch	6: 3, 6: 3
5.	January 2, 2006	Chennai	Hard court	Michal Mertiňák	Prakash Amritraj Rohan Bopanna	6: 2, 7: 5
6th	October 9, 2006	Vienna	Hard court (i)	Pavel Vízner	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	6: 4, 3: 6, [12:10]
7th	July 20, 2008	Umag (2)	sand	Michal Mertiňák	Carlos Berlocq Fabio Fognini	2: 6, 6: 3, [10: 5]

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 15, 1999	San Marino	sand	Pavel Vízner	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	3: 6, 2: 6
2.	October 22, 2000	Shanghai	Hard court	Pavel Vízner	Paul Haarhuis Sjeng Schalken	2: 6, 6: 3, 4: 6
3.	November 26, 2000	Stockholm	Hard court (i)	Pavel Vízner	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3: 6, 2: 6
4th	February 25, 2001	Rotterdam	Hard court (i)	Pavel Vízner	Jonas Björkman Roger Federer	3: 6, 0: 6
5.	June 10, 2001	French Open	sand	Pavel Vízner	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6: 7 5 , 3: 6
6th	February 3, 2002	Bangalore	Hard court	Pavel Vízner	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	7: 6 6 , 6: 7 2 , 4: 6, 4: 6
7th	May 5, 2002	Munich	sand	Pavel Vízner	Petr Luxa Radek Štěpánek	0: 6, 7: 6 4 , [9:11]
8th.	August 25, 2002	long Island	Hard court	Pavel Vízner	Mahesh Bhupathi Mike Bryan	3: 6, 4: 6
9.	June 13, 2004	Hall	race	Tomáš Cibulec	Leander Paes David Rikl	2: 6, 5: 7
10.	October 10, 2004	Tokyo	Hard court	Jiří Novák	Jared Palmer Pavel Vízner	0: 6, 7: 6 4 , [9:11]

Web links

Commons : Petr Pála  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile Petr Pála (English)
• ITF profile Petr Pála (English)