Tomáš Anzari (born

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, 24 June 1970) is a former professional

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player from the

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and writer on psychology and stress in sports. He was also known as Tomáš Zdražila.

Career

Anzari, with countryman

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, won the boys' doubles at the

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hips in 1988, the same year that they were number-one-ranked juniors. The pair were runners-up in the

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, losing the boys' doubles final to

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and

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. He remained with Rikl after turning professional and at the

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, their first Grand Slam tournament in the men's, they reached the third round. It would remain Anzari's best performance in a Grand Slam. He reached eight doubles semi-finals on the

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, but only once made it into the final, in 1992, when he and

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were runners-up at the BMW Open.ATP World Tour Profile
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ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Doubles: 23 (14–9)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

References

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