Cyril Suk

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Cyril Suk III (born January 29, 1967 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. A doubles specialist, Suk has won one Grand Slam men's doubles title and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles during his career.

Suk comes from a prominent Czech tennis family. His mother, Věra Suková, was a women's singles finalist at Wimbledon in 1962. His father, Cyril Suk II, was President of the Czechoslovakian Tennis Federation. His sister, Helena Suková, was an even more successful professional player on the women's tour who teamed-up with Suk to win three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in the 1990s.

In 1985, Suk partnered fellow-Czech Petr Korda to win the boy's doubles title at the French Open. Suk and Korda were ranked the joint-World No. 1 junior doubles players that year.

Suk claimed his first Grand Slam mixed doubles title in 1991 at the French Open, partnering sister Helena. In 1992, he teamed up with Larisa Neiland to win the Wimbledon mixed doubles title. He went on to win the Wimbledon mixed doubles crown on two further occasions partnering Helena – in 1996 and 1997. In 1998, Suk teamed up with Sandon Stolle to win the US Open men's doubles title.

Suk's career-high doubles ranking was World No. 7 in 1994. (In singles, his career-high ranking was World No. 180 in 1988. He has largely focused on doubles play during his career.)

Suk was selected as captain of the Czech Republic's Davis Cup team for the 2003 season.

Suk married his wife Lenka in 1991. They have a son, Cyril IV (born 1992), and a daughter, Natalie Mia (born 1996).

[edit] Titles (32)

Legend Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (2) ATP Tour (29)

Titles by Surface Hard (12) Clay (9) Grass (6) Carpet (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1989	St. Vincent, Italy	Clay	Josef Cihak	Massimo Cierro Alessandro De Minicis	6–4, 6–2
2.	1991	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Vojtech Flegl	Libor Pimek Daniel Vacek	6–4, 6–2
3.	1991	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Tom Nijssen	Jeremy Bates Kevin Curren	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
4.	1991	Lyon, France	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	7–6, 6–3
5.	1992	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
6.	1992	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Tom Nijssen	Karel Nováček David Rikl	6–3, 6–4
7.	1993	Halle, Germany	Grass	Petr Korda	Mike Bauer Marc-Kevin Goellner	7–6, 5–7, 6–3
8.	1993	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Tom Nijssen	Gary Muller Piet Norval	7–6, 6–3
9.	1993	New Haven, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Vacek	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	6–3, 7–6
10.	1994	Oahu, U.S.	Hard	Tom Nijssen	Alex O'Brien Jonathan Stark	6–4, 6–4
11.	1994	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
12.	1995	Nice, France	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Luke Jensen David Wheaton	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
13.	1995	Rome, Italy	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6–3, 6–4
14.	1995	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Vacek	Rick Leach Scott Melville	5–7, 7–6, 7–6
15.	1995	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Daniel Vacek	Mark Keil Peter Nyborg	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
16.	1996	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet	Sandon Stolle	Ján Krošlák Karol Kučera	7–6, 6–3
17.	1997	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Martin Damm	David Adams Fabrice Santoro	6–4, 6–3
18.	1998	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Michael Tebbutt	Kent Kinnear David Wheaton	4–6, 6–1, 7–6
19.	1998	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
20.	1999	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Donald Johnson	Aleksandar Kitinov Eric Taino	7–5, 7–6
21.	2000	s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Martin Damm	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
22.	2000	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Pablo Albano	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
23.	2002	Delray Beach, U.S.	Hard	Martin Damm	David Adams Ben Ellwood	6–4, 6–7, 10-5
24.	2002	Rome, Italy	Clay	Martin Damm	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	7–5, 7–5
25.	2002	s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Martin Damm	Paul Haarhuis Brian MacPhie	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
26.	2003	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Martin Damm	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 7–6(8)
27.	2003	s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Martin Damm	Donald Johnson Leander Paes	7–5, 7–6(4)
28.	2003	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Martin Damm	Jürgen Melzer Alexander Peya	6–4, 6–4
29.	2004	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Martin Damm	Stefan Koubek Andy Roddick	6–2, 6–4
30.	2004	s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Martin Damm	Lars Burgsmüller Jan Vacek	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
31.	2004	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Martin Damm	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	6–7, 6–4, 7–6
32.	2005	s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Pavel Vízner	Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl	6–3, 6–4

[edit] Runner-ups (27)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1989	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Florin Segărceanu	Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–4
2.	1991	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	Omar Camporese Goran Ivanišević	6–4, 7–6
3.	1991	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Tom Nijssen	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	6–3, 6–3
4.	1991	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	7–5, 6–2
5.	1992	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Petr Korda	Hendrik Jan Davids Libor Pimek	W/O
6.	1992	Bolzano, Italy	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	Anders Järryd Bent-Ove Pedersen	6–1, 6–7, 6–3
7.	1993	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
8.	1993	Paris, France	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
9.	1995	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Daniel Vacek	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6–2, 6–2
10.	1995	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Petr Korda	Olivier Delaître Jeff Tarango	1–6, 6–3, 6–2
11.	1995	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Mark Keil Jeff Tarango	6–4, 7–6
12.	1995	Essen, Germany	Carpet	Daniel Vacek	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–5, 6–4
13.	1996	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Hendrik Jan Davids	David Adams Marius Barnard	6–3, 5–7, 7–6
14.	1996	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
15.	1996	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Petr Korda	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
16.	1997	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Sander Groen Goran Ivanišević	7–6, 6–3
17.	1997	Antwerp, Belgium	Hard (i)	Sandon Stolle	David Adams Olivier Delaître	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
18.	1997	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Sandon Stolle	Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
19.	1998	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Daniel Orsanic	Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni	6–4, 7–5
20.	2001	s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Martin Damm	Paul Haarhuis Sjeng Schalken	6–4, 6–4
21.	2002	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Martín García	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	7–6, 7–6
22.	2003	Halle, Germany	Grass	Martin Damm	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 6–4
23.	2003	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	Martin Damm	Robbie Koenig Martín Rodríguez	6–3, 7–6
24.	2004	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Martin Damm	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–5, 6–3
25.	2005	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Pavel Vízner	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
26.	2006	Pörtschach, Austria	Clay	Oliver Marach	Paul Hanley Jim Thomas	6–3, 4–6, 10-5
27.	2006	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Oliver Marach	Philipp Kohlschreiber Stefan Koubek	6–2, 6–3

[edit] External links

• ATP Tour profile for Cyril Suk