Pavel Kudrnáč (born 11 February 1974) is a former professional

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player from the Czech Republic.

Biography

As a junior, Kudrnáč competed in the boys singles and doubles events at the

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. He was a leading collegiate player during his time at

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. In 1998 he topped the

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rankings and was honoured with the Senior Player of the Year award. Kudrnáč, who comes from

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, represented the Czech Republic in multiple editions of the

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, most notably at the 1999 event, where he was a gold medalist in the men's doubles. On the professional tour he was a doubles specialist and regularly partnered fellow Czech

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. With the exception of his first tournament, the 1995 Prague Open with

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, he played beside Kovačka in all of his ATP Tour appearances, which included making the semi-finals at

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in 2000. They competed in the 2000 US Open, beaten in the first round by Argentina's

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and Sebastián Prieto. At

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level, the pair won a total of three doubles titles.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kudrnac, Pavel 1974 births Living people Czech male tennis players Universiade medalists in tennis Oklahoma State Cowboys tennis players Sportspeople from Plzeň FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Czech Republic Universiade silver medalists for the Czech Republic Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade 20th-century Czech people