Dalibor Svrčina (born 2 October 2002) is a Czech
tennis
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player. He has achieved a career-high
ATP singles ranking of World No. 167 on 18 July 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 341 on 7 November 2022.
Junior career
He achieved a career-high
ITF juniors ranking of World No. 8.
Svrčina and his partner
Jonáš Forejtek
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won the
2019 Australian Open boys' doubles title, beating
Emilio Nava
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and Cannon Kingsley in the finals.
Professional career
2021: First Challenger title, Top 300 debut
In August Svrčina won his first Challenger title as a wildcard at the
2021 ATP Prague Open where he defeated
Dmitry Popko
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. As a result he reached the top 350 at a career-high of No. 334 on 16 August 2021. He reached the top 300 on 15 November 2021 at No. 298.
2022: Top 200 debut
In April Svrčina reached his second Challenger final at the
2022 ATP Prague Open where he lost to
Sebastian Ofner
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Pro ...
. As a result he reached the top 200 at a career-high of World No. 199 on 2 May 2022.
2023: Grand Slam debut and first ATP & Major win
In January, Svrčina qualified for the
2023 Australian Open
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to make his Grand Slam debut. He defeated
Jaume Munar
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for his first ATP and Grand Slam win.
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Performance Timeline
''Current through the
2023 French Open qualifying''
Challenger and World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 6 (2–4)
Junior Grand Slam finals
Boys' doubles
References
External links
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2002 births
Living people
Czech male tennis players
Australian Open (tennis) junior champions
Sportspeople from Ostrava
Tennis players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
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