Tomáš Šmíd
Tomáš Šmíd 
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 Czechoslovakia
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| Birthday: | May 20, 1956 | ||||||||||||
| Size: | 190 cm | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 79 kg | ||||||||||||
| 1st professional season: | 1976 | ||||||||||||
| Resignation: | 1992 | ||||||||||||
| Playing hand: | Right | ||||||||||||
| Prize money: | $ 3,699,063 | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 516: 333 | ||||||||||||
| Career title: | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 11 (July 16 1984) | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 659: 318 | ||||||||||||
| Career title: | 55 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 1 (December 17 1984) | ||||||||||||
| Weeks as No. 1: | 34 | ||||||||||||
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| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | |||||||||||||
Tomáš Šmíd (born May 20, 1956 in Plzeň ) is a former Czechoslovak tennis player .
The doubles specialist has won 55 doubles titles in his career and was number 1 in the doubles world rankings in 1984 . But Šmíd was also successful in singles. His nine tournament victories also include winning the title in 1979 at the Mercedes Cup at the Weissenhof in Stuttgart and his success at the International Bavarian Championships in 1983 in Munich . His best placement in the individual world rankings was 11th (1984)
Šmíd was Boris Becker's coach from 1991 to 1992 .
Grand Slam title (doubles)
| year | competition | partner | Final opponent | Result |
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| 1986 |
 French Open
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 John Fitzgerald
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 Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd
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3: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6, 7: 6, 14:12 |
| 1984 |
 US Open
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John Fitzgerald
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Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd
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7: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3 |
Davis Cup
Šmíd competed 67 times for Czechoslovakia in the Davis Cup. He won 22 of 37 singles and 20 of 30 doubles games.
His greatest success was the overall Davis Cup victory for Czechoslovakia in 1980. In the final, the team defeated Italy 4-1. Šmíd won his first single against Adriano Panatta and his doubles alongside Ivan Lendl against Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta and lost the single against Corrado Barazzutti . Lendl won his two individual games.
In the 1985 semi-finals, Šmíd was the clear favorite against Michael Westphal from the Federal Republic of Germany in a five-set game with 8: 6, 6: 1, 5: 7, 9:11 and 15:17; with 85 games the singles with the most games in the Davis Cup. The match on October 4, 1985 lasted 5 hours, 29 minutes. Czechoslovakia finally lost 5-0.
Web links
- ATP profile of Tomáš Šmíd (English)
- ITF profile of Tomáš Šmíd (English)
- Davis Cup stats by Tomáš Šmíd (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Who will finally kick Boris in the butt?", Sport-Bild from May 26, 1993, p. 40f
- ↑ Davis Cup against Tomáš Šmíd, report and video on tennisnet.com
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Šmíd, Tomáš |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovak tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Plzeň , Czechoslovakia |