Dominik Hrbatý
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| Nickname(s) | The Dominator | |
| Country |  Slovakia |
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| Residence | Monte Carlo, Monaco | |
| Date of birth | January 4, 1978 | |
| Place of birth | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (Now Slovakia) | |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |
| Weight | 76 kg (170 lb/12.0 st) | |
| Turned pro | 1996 | |
| Plays | Right | |
| Career prize money | US$6,736,545 | |
| Singles | ||
| Career record: | 350-301 | |
| Career titles: | 6 | |
| Highest ranking: | 12 (October 18, 2005) | |
| Grand Slam results | ||
| Australian Open | QF (2001, 2005) | |
| French Open | SF (1999) | |
| Wimbledon | 3rd (2004) | |
| US Open | QF (2004) | |
| Doubles | ||
| Career record: | 148-205 | |
| Career titles: | 2 | |
| Highest ranking: | 14 (November 13, 2000) | |
Dominik Hrbatý (born January 4, 1978, Bratislava) is a professional tennis player from Slovakia. Hrbatý has won six ATP titles and has been ranked as high as No. 12 in the world on October 18, 2004.
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[edit] Personal life
Hrbatý was born on 4 January 1978 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. His father was an architecture engineer and younger brother is an umpire. When he was younger, Hrbatý was European junior competitor in skiing and from the age of 11, he focused on tennis full time.
[edit] Tennis career
Hrbatý turned professional in 1996. During the year he reached six Challenger finals and achieved a 35-15 match record. He ended the year as the youngest player in the top 100.
In 1997, Hrbatý won the Kosice Challenger title defeating Nicolas Lapentti. He also reached his first ATP Tour final in Palermo, losing to Alberto Berasategui. His first doubles success on the Tour was reaching the final of Umag with Karol Kucera.
Hrbatý broke through for his first ATP title in 1998 in San Marino and defended his title in Kosice. He continued his form into 1999 capturing his second title in Prague. His greatest breakthrough was reaching the semi-finals of Roland Garros where he defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Marcelo Rios before falling to eventual winner, Andre Agassi.
Despite not winning a title in 2000, Hrbatý reached three finals in Monte Carlo, St. Petersburg and Brighton. During the year he helped Slovakia win the ATP World Team Championship where he had wins over Pete Sampras and Kafelnikov. While not winning a title in singles, he won the Rome Masters doubles title with Martin Damm and reached another three finals.
2001 got off to a quick start for Hrbatý, winning in Auckland for his third ATP title. Backed up that win with a quarter-finals appearance at the Australian Open. On his way he defeated number two seed, Marat Safin. Other notable singles results were reaching the semi-finals in Dubai, Tashkent and Moscow. Hrbatý helped Slovakia back into the World Group stage in Davis Cup by defeating Nicolas Massu and Rios in 5 sets coming from 2 sets down in each match.
Hrbatý had an average year in 2002 where he finished out of the top 50 for the first time since 1996. He won a Challenger title in Biella. In 2003, Hrbatý made the final in Auckland losing to Gustavo Kuerten. Also made the semi-finals in Casablanca and Umag. Defeated Andy Roddick in the Davis Cup to ended the American's 19 match winning streak.
Hrbatý best season in his career to date was in 2004. Started the season with back to back title wins in Auckland and Adelaide. Then won his sixth career title in Marseille and then made it to the final in Casablanca. Achieved his one of his best wins by defeating World No. 1 Roger Federer in Cincinnati and then made it to the quarter-finals of the US Open.
In 2005, Hrbatý finished in the top 20 despite not reaching a singles final. His best results were semi-finals in Los Angeles, Metz and Basel. He had good success in the ATP Masters Series in Miami, Rome and Montreal where he reached the quarter-finals.
Also in 2005, Hrbatý helped Slovkia reach the Davis Cup final against Croatia. He compiled a 6-1 singles record during the season. Inflicted Ivan Ljubicic's only singles loss in the final but Slovkia lost the final 2-3.
2006 was mixed year for Hrbatý. Reached his second Tennis Masters Series title final in Paris losing to Nikolay Davydenko. This helped him finish in the top 25 in the year end rankings. Other results were semi-finals in Los Angeles and Vienna and a quarter-finals in Beijing.
Hrbatý's form started to drop in 2007. He was plagued by an elbow injury which severely limited his play in the season.
[edit] Trivia
Hrbatý enjoys mountain biking, fishing and skiing. He speask four languages fluently Slovakian, Czech, German and English. He is a self-proclaimed movie fanatic.
On Tour, Hrbatý is known as one of the fittest players proven by his incredible 5 set record. When growing up his idols were Ivan Lendl, Sergey Bubka, Carl Lewis and Alberto Tomba.
His nickname on Tour is "The Dominator".
[edit] Career titles
[edit] Singles titles
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | August 5, 1996 | Pilzen, Czech Republic | Clay |  Sergio Cortes |
6–3 6–2 |
| 2. | October 14, 1996 | Mallorca, Spain | Clay |  Dirk Dier |
6–3 6–2 |
| 3. | May 12, 1997 | Košice, Slovakia | Clay |  Nicolás Lapentti |
6–4 6–4 |
| 4. | May 11, 1998 | Košice, Slovakia | Clay |  Fernando Meligeni |
7–5 6–4 |
| 5. | August 10, 1998 | San Marino | Clay |  Mariano Puerta |
6–2 7–5 |
| 6. | April 26, 1999 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay |  Sláva Doseděl |
6–2 6–2 |
| 7. | January 8, 2001 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Francisco Clavet |
6–4 2–6 6–3 |
| 8. | June 10, 2002 | Biella, Italy | Clay | José Acasuso |
6–4 6–7 6–4 |
| 9. | January 5, 2004 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard |  Michaël Llodra |
6–4 6–0 |
| 10. | January 12, 2004 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Rafael Nadal |
4–6 6–2 7–5 |
| 11. | February 23, 2004 | Marseille, France | Hard Indoors |  Robin Söderling |
4–6 6–4 6–4 |
| 12. | November 7, 2005 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Hard Indoors |  Daniele Bracciali |
7–5 6–1 |
[edit] Singles performance timeline
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. This table is current through the Canada Masters, which ended on August 12, 2007.
| Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Career SR | Career win-loss |
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| Australian Open | A | 4R | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | 4R | 1R | 3R | QF | 4R | 3R | A | 0 / 11 | 21-11 |
| French Open | A | 1R | 3R | SF | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 12 | 13-12 |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 11 | 4-11 | |
| U.S. Open | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 2R | 3R | 2R | QF | 4R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 11 | 15-11 | |
| Grand Slam SR | 0 / 0 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 43 | N/A | |
| Grand Slam Win-Loss | 0–0 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 6–4 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 9–4 | 8–4 | 5–4 | 2–3 | N/A | 53-43 | |
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| Summer Olympics | A | NH | NH | NH | 1R | NH | NH | NH | 2R | NH | NH | NH | 0 / 2 | 1 - 2 | |
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| Tennis Masters Cup | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
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| Indian Wells Masters | A | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 2R | A | 0 / 10 | 3-10 |
| Miami Masters | A | 4R | 2R | QF | 4R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 3R | QF | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 12 | 15-12 |
| Monte Carlo Masters | A | 1R | A | 1R | F | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 10 | 8-10 |
| Rome Masters | A | A | A | 2R | QF | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | QF | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 8 | 9–8 |
| Hamburg Masters | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 10 | 4-10 |
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | QF | 2R | 3R | 0 / 6 | 7–6 | |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 6–7 | |
| Madrid Masters (Stuttgart) | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | A | 2R | 3R | 2R | A | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | F | A | 0 / 8 | 9–8 | |
| Career Statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Total Titles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 6 | |
| Hardcourt Win-Loss | 0–0 | 8–8 | 5–9 | 9–9 | 22-18 | 21-15 | 12-17 | 9-11 | 30-12 | 30-16 | 21-17 | 6-10 | 0-1 | N/A | 173-143 |
| Grass Win-Loss | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | N/A | 6-18 | |
| Carpet Win-Loss | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 7–6 | 4–2 | 6–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 0–0 | N/A | 39-29 | |
| Clay Win-Loss | 0–1 | 17-13 | 27-18 | 21-15 | 17-8 | 4-10 | 9–9 | 14-11 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 4–7 | N/A | 131-110 | |
| Overall Win-Loss | 0–2 | 27-24 | 34-29 | 37-31 | 44-29 | 31-30 | 23-29 | 26-26 | 42-26 | 43-26 | 32-28 | 10-19 | 0-1 | N/A | 349-300 |
| Year End Ranking | 78 | 40 | 46 | 20 | 17 | 36 | 51 | 61 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 136 | N/A | N/A | |
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
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| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Mark Philippoussis |
ATP Newcomer of the Year 1996 |
Succeeded by Julián Alonso |
