Tomáš Zíb

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Tomáš Zíb Tennis player
Tomáš Zíb
Tomáš Zíb 2006 in Melbourne
Nation: Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Birthday: January 31, 1976
Size: 178 cm
Weight: 76 kg
1st professional season: 1995
Resignation: 2009
Playing hand: Right
Prize money: $ 1,395,816
singles
Career record: 43:97
Highest ranking: 51 (July 25, 2005)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 2R (2005)
French Open 1R (2000, 2005, 2006)
Wimbledon 2R (2005-2007)
US Open 1R (1999, 2004, 2005)
Double
Career record: 20:38
Career title: 1
Highest ranking: 65 (February 13, 2006)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 1R (2005, 2006)
French Open 2R (2005)
Wimbledon 2R (2005, 2006)
US Open 1R (2005)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Tomáš Zíb (born January 31, 1976 in Písek , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech tennis player .

Career

Zíb first celebrated success on the Challenger Tour . In his career he won seven singles titles and four more doubles. He celebrated his greatest success on the ATP World Tour in Valencia in 2006 when he and David Škoch defeated Lukáš Dlouhý and Pavel Vízner in the purely Czech final . He was also in the final once again in Acapulco . In Grand Slam tournaments , he did not get past the second round in either singles or doubles.

In 2005 and 2006 Zíb was nominated three times for the Czech Davis Cup team . He lost both his singles and doubles in the first round match against Argentina in 2005 . In the subsequent relegation game against Germany he lost to Nicolas Kiefer and Tommy Haas in the singles. It wasn't until 2006 that he won his first Davis Cup victory against Morocco : He won both singles. In 2009 he played tennis tournaments regularly for the last time.

successes

Legend (number of victories)
Grand Slam
ATP World Tour Finals
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP World Tour 500
ATP World Tour 250 (1)
ATP Challenger Tour (11)
Title after covering
Hard Court (0)
Sand (1)
Lawn (0)

singles

Tournament victories

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. July 26, 1998 FinlandFinland Tampere sand FinlandFinland Tommi Lenho 4: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6
2. August 2, 1998 TurkeyTurkey Istanbul II Hard court Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petr Luxa 4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
3. July 18, 1999 AustriaAustria Graz sand SpainSpain Juan Carlos Ferrero 7: 6 7 , 6: 1
4th July 7, 2002 GermanyGermany Eisenach sand FranceFrance Olivier Mutis 7: 6 5 , 6: 2
5. July 28, 2002 NetherlandsNetherlands Hilversum sand FranceFrance Florent Serra 7: 6 3 , 6: 1
6th August 8, 2004 PolandPoland Poses sand ArgentinaArgentina Juan Pablo Brzezicki 6: 7 4 , 7: 6 3 , 6: 3
7th April 17, 2005 BermudaBermuda Bermuda sand BelgiumBelgium Kristof Viegen 6: 7 8 , 7: 6 6 , 6: 1

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour
No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. April 10, 2006 SpainSpain Valencia sand Czech RepublicCzech Republic David Škoch Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 		6: 4, 6: 3
ATP Challenger Tour
No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. August 9, 2003 SpainSpain Segovia sand Czech RepublicCzech Republic Radek Štěpánek SpainSpain José Antonio Conde Ruben Fernández Gil
SpainSpain  		6: 3, 7: 6
2. May 11, 2008 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Ostrava sand UkraineUkraine Serhiy Stachowskyj Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jan Hernych Igor Zelenay
SlovakiaSlovakia  		7: 6 6 , 3: 6, [14:12]
3. August 17, 2008 United StatesUnited States Bronx Hard court Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý GermanyGermany Andreas Beck Martin Fischer
AustriaAustria  		3: 6, 6: 4, [11: 9]
4th September 6, 2008 GermanyGermany Dusseldorf sand Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jan Hájek Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lukáš Rosol Igor Zelenay
SlovakiaSlovakia  		1: 6, 6: 2, [10: 7]

Final participation

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. February 27, 2005 MexicoMexico Acapulco sand Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jiří Vaněk SpainSpain David Ferrer Santiago Ventura
SpainSpain  		6: 4, 1: 6, 4: 6

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Zíb, Tomáš
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Písek , Czech Republic