Petr Pála (born 2 October 1975) is a

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coach and former professional tennis player from the

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. Together with

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(6–7, 3–6). Pála was coached by his father František, who was a professional tennis player on the ATP tour. Pála never had the opportunity to do his singles ability justice on the ATP Tour due to injury. When he recovered from these injuries he returned immediately to the doubles tour, but could not gain entry to official ATP matches. Pála became the non-playing captain of the

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in December 2007. Since then, he has led the Fed Cup team to world titles in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018, becoming the most successful Fed Cup team captain of all time.Strength in Depth the Key for Five-Star Czech republic
WTA official website, 14 November 2016

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 runner-up

Performance timelines

Doubles

Mixed doubles

ATP career finals

Doubles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner-ups)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Doubles: 20 (10–10)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pala, Petr Czech male tennis players Czech tennis coaches Tennis players from Prague 1975 births Living people