František Čermák

František Čermák

Country	Czech Republic
Residence	Kostice, Czech Republic
Born	(1976-11-14) 14 November 1976 Valtice, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,243,388
Singles
Career record	9–16
Career titles	0 1 Challenger, 10 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 201 (27 October 2003)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2001)
French Open	Q2 (2003)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2000, 2001)
US Open	Q2 (2000)
Doubles
Career record	383–286
Career titles	29
Highest ranking	No. 14 (1 February 2010)
Current ranking	No. 69 (9 December 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2004, 2007, 2008, 2012)
French Open	3R (2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011)
Wimbledon	3R (2005, 2008)
US Open	3R (2003, 2012)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	F (2013)
French Open	W (2013)
US Open	SF (2012)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (2012)
Last updated on: 8 December 2013.

František Čermák (born 14 November 1976, in Valtice, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional tennis player. He has won 28 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, and has been a finalist 20 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 14 in February 2010. He usually plays doubles with Filip Polášek. In mixed doubles, Čermák and partner Lucie Hradecká reached the final of the 2013 Australian Open and Won the 2013 French Open

In singles, Čermák won 1 Challenger title and 10 Futures titles, reaching a career-high singles ranking of World No. 201 in October 2003.

Čermák was a member of the winning Czech Republic team in the 2012 Davis Cup.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2013	Australian Open	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Jarmila Gajdošová Matthew Ebden	3–6, 5–7
Winner	2013	French Open	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor	1–6, 6–4, [10–6]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 51 (29 titles, 22 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	21 July 2002	Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia	Clay	Julian Knowle	Albert Portas Fernando Vicente	6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	28 July 2002	Orange Prokom Open, Sopot, Poland	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Jeff Coetzee Nathan Healey	7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	29 September 2002	Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Palermo, Italy	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Lucas Arnold Ker Luis Lobo	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	5 January 2003	Chennai Open, Chennai, India	Hard	Leoš Friedl	Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann	6–7(1–7), 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up	3.	16 February 2003	Movistar Open, Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Agustín Calleri Mariano Hood	3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Winner	3.	13 April 2003	Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Devin Bowen Ashley Fisher	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	13 July 2003	Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Leander Paes David Rikl	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	3 August 2003	Orange Prokom Open, Sopot, Poland	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	4–6, 7–6(9–7), 3–6
Runner-up	6.	28 September 2003	Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Palermo, Italy	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3), 4–6
Runner-up	7.	18 April 2004	Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Juan Ignacio Chela Gastón Gaudio	2–6, 1–6
Winner	4.	25 July 2004	Generali Open, Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Lucas Arnold Ker Martín García	6–3, 7–5
Winner	5.	15 August 2004	Orange Prokom Open, Sopot, Poland	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Martín García Sebastián Prieto	2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Winner	6.	13 February 2005	ATP Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Leoš Friedl	José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto	6–2, 7–5
Winner	7.	20 February 2005	Brasil Open, Costa Do Sauipe, Brazil	Clay	Leoš Friedl	José Acasuso Ignacio González King	6–4, 6–4
Winner	8.	10 April 2005	Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Martín García Luis Horna	6–4, 6–3
Winner	9.	1 May 2005	Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Juan Ignacio Chela Tommy Robredo	6–3, 6–4
Winner	10.	10 July 2005	Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Michael Kohlmann Rainer Schüttler	7–6(8–6), 7–6(13–11)
Runner-up	8.	15 January 2006	Medibank International, Sydney, Australia	Hard	Leoš Friedl	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	5 February 2006	Movistar Open, Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Leoš Friedl	José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Winner	11.	19 February 2006	ATP Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Vasilis Mazarakis Boris Pašanski	6–1, 6–2
Winner	12.	5 March 2006	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Potito Starace Filippo Volandri	7–5, 6–2
Winner	13.	6 August 2006	Orange Prokom Open, Sopot, Poland	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Martín García Sebastián Prieto	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	10.	15 October 2006	Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Jaroslav Levinský	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	11.	29 October 2006	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Jaroslav Levinský	Julien Benneteau Arnaud Clément	2–6, 7–6(7–3), [7–10]
Runner-up	12.	4 February 2007	PBZ Zagreb Indoors, Zagreb, Croatia	Carpet (i)	Jaroslav Levinský	Michael Kohlmann Alexander Waske	6–7(5–7), 6–4, [5–10]
Winner	14.	15 July 2007	Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Pavel Vízner	Marc Gicquel Florent Serra	7–5, 5–7, [10–7]
Winner	15.	22 July 2007	Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Guillermo García López Fernando Verdasco	6–4, 6–4
Winner	16.	20 July 2008	Dutch Open, Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	Rogier Wassen	Jesse Huta Galung Igor Sijsling	7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	13.	8 February 2009	Movistar Open, Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Michal Mertiňák	Pablo Cuevas Brian Dabul	3–6, 3–6
Winner	17.	28 February 2009	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Michal Mertiňák	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Winner	18.	19 July 2009	Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Michal Mertiňák	Victor Hănescu Horia Tecău	7–5, 6–4
Winner	19.	2 August 2009	Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia	Clay	Michal Mertiňák	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	6–4, 6–4
Winner	20.	26 September 2009	BRD Năstase Ţiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Michal Mertiňák	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	14.	22 October 2009	Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Michal Mertiňák	Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers	6–4, 5–7, [8–10]
Winner	21.	8 November 2009	Valencia Open 500, Valencia, Spain	Hard (i)	Michal Mertiňák	Marcel Granollers Tommy Robredo	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	15.	8 January 2010	Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha, Qatar	Hard	Michal Mertiňák	Guillermo García-López Albert Montañés	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	16.	1 August 2010	ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia	Clay	Michal Mertiňák	Leoš Friedl Filip Polášek	3–6, 6–7(7–9)
Winner	22.	3 October 2010	Proton Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Michal Mertiňák	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
Winner	23.	1 May 2011	Serbia Open, Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Filip Polášek	Oliver Marach Alexander Peya	7–5, 6–2
Winner	24.	18 June 2011	UNICEF Open, S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Daniele Bracciali	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Runner-up	17.	23 July 2011	International German Open, Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Filip Polášek	Oliver Marach Alexander Peya	4–6, 1–6
Winner	25.	31 May 2011	Credit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Filip Polášek	Alexander Peya Christopher Kas	6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Runner-up	18.	2 October 2011	Proton Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Filip Polášek	Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	19.	9 October 2011	Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Filip Polášek	Andy Murray Jamie Murray	1–6, 4–6
Winner	26.	23 October 2011	Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Filip Polášek	Carlos Berlocq David Marrero	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	20.	14 January 2012	Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Filip Polášek	Oliver Marach Alexander Peya	3–6, 2–6
Winner	27.	6 May 2012	BMW Open, Munich, Germany	Clay	Filip Polášek	Xavier Malisse Dick Norman	6–4, 7–5
Winner	28.	28 July 2012	Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Julian Knowle	Dustin Brown Paul Hanley	7–6(7–4), 3–6, [12–10]
Winner	29.	20 October 2012	Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Michal Mertiňák	Simone Bolelli Daniele Bracciali	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	21.	17 February 2013	Brazil Open, São Paulo, Brazil	Clay (i)	Michal Mertiňák	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	7–6(7–5), 2–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	22.	3 August 2013	Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Lukáš Dlouhý	Martin Emmrich Christopher Kas	4–6, 3–6

Doubles performance timeline

Key

Won tournament; or reached Final; Semifinal; Quarter-final; Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; lost in Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current as far as the US Open.

External links

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• František Čermák at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• František Čermák at the Davis Cup

v t e Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Czech male doubles tennis players as of 2 December 2013. 1. Radek Štěpánek (9 ) 2. Lukáš Dlouhý (45 ) 3. František Čermák (69 ) 4. Lukáš Rosol (72 ) 5. Tomáš Berdych (174 ) 6. Jaroslav Pospíšil (191 ) 7. Roman Jebavý (235 1) 8. Jaroslav Levinský (279 2) 9. Jiří Veselý (305 ) 10.Marek Michalicka (377 )