Tomáš Cibulec

Tomáš Cibulec

Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Havířov, Czech Republic
Born	(1978-01-15) 15 January 1978 Havířov, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1996
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$721,654
Singles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 646 (3 August 1998)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	N/A
French Open	N/A
Wimbledon	N/A
US Open	N/A
Doubles
Career record	141–182 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 21 (17 March 2003)

Tomáš Cibulec (born 15 January 1978 in Havířov, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic) is a retired professional Czech tennis player who turned professional in 1996. Cibulec reached his highest singles ranking on 3 August 1998, becoming world number 646. His highest doubles ranking is world number 21, which he reached on 17 March 2003. A winner of three ATP doubles titles, Cibulec resides in Havířov, the city of his birth. Jindrich and Anna Cibulec are his parents. Before Cibulec became a professional, he became a tennis player at when he was seven. He liked Stefan Edberg and Czechoslovak Miloslav Mečíř as a child. He likes clay and feels his volley as his strength. ^[1]

Tennis career

Cibulec has successfully partnered with compatriots Ota Fukárek, Leoš Friedl, Petr Pála, Pavel Vízner and Croatian Lovro Zovko. He also reached the 2002 French Open doubles semifinals with Leander Paes. However, Cibulec has only won ATP doubles tournaments with Vízner and Friedl. He has reached one final with Futarek, won one out of three finals with Friedl, lost in one final with both Pála, has won two out of five doubles finals with Vízner, and lost in one final with Zovko.

In 2007, Cibulec and Zovko made the final of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, but the pairing lost to at-home Russians Dmitry Tursunov and former singles number one Marat Safin 6–2, 6–4 in the final. En route, however, Cibulec and Zovko defeated 2007 French Open and 2007 U.S. Open finalists Lukáš Dlouhý and Cibulec's former partner Pavel Vízner 6–2, 6–2. At moscow, Dlouhý and Vízner were the second-seeded doubles entrants.

As of 28 October 2007, Cibulec is 60th in doubles rankings.

ATP Tour Titles

Doubles (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	24 July 2000	San Marino	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Gastón Etlis Jack Waite	7–6 (1), 7–5
2.	24 February 2003	Copenhagen, Denmark	Hard	Pavel Vízner	Michael Kohlmann Julian Knowle	7–5, 5–7, 6–2
3.	14 July 2003	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Pavel Vízner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Kevin Ullyett	3–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles Finalist (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	31 December 2001	Chennai	Hard	Ota Fukárek	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	5–7, 6–2, 7–5
2.	6 January 2003	Auckland	Hard	Leoš Friedl	David Adams Robbie Koenig	7–6 (5), 3–6, 6–3
3.	23 January 2003	Milan	Carpet	Pavel Vízner	Radek Štěpánek Petr Luxa	6–4, 7–6 (4)
4.	10 February 2003	Marseille	Hard	Pavel Vízner	Sébastien Grosjean Fabrice Santoro	6–1, 6–4
5.	17 May 2004	Sankt Pölten	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Mariano Hood Petr Pála	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
6.	7 June 2004	Halle	Grass	Petr Pála	Leander Paes David Rikl	6–2, 7–5
7.	13 June 2005	s'Hertogenbosch	Grass	Leoš Friedl	Cyril Suk Pavel Vízner	6–3, 6–4
8.	8 October 2007	Moscow	Hard	Lovro Zovko	Marat Safin Dmitry Tursunov	6–4, 6–2

References

External links

• Tomáš Cibulec at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Tomáš Cibulec at the International Tennis Federation