Vít Kopřiva (born 15 June 1997) is a
Czech tennis player. He has a career-high
ATP
ATP may refer to:
Companies and organizations
* Association of Tennis Professionals, men's professional tennis governing body
* American Technical Publishers, employee-owned publishing company
* ', a Danish pension
* Armenia Tree Project, non ...
singles ranking of No. 124 achieved on 18 July 2022. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 264 achieved on 13 June 2022.
Kopřiva has won 1
ATP Challenger
The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP T ...
single title at the
2022 UniCredit Czech Open
The 2022 UniCredit Czech Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 29th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Prostějov, Czech Republic between 30 May and 4 J ...
in
Prostějov and 1 ATP doubles title at the
2021 Aspria Tennis Cup in Milan with
Jiří Lehečka.
Professional career
2021: ATP and Top 200 debut
On his ATP debut, ranked at a then career-high of World No. 249 in singles, at the
2021 Swiss Open Gstaad
The 2021 Swiss Open Gstaad is a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is the 53rd edition of the Swiss Open, and part of the ATP Tour 250 Series of the 2021 ATP Tour. It take place at the Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad, Switze ...
, Kopřiva defeated
Denis Shapovalov for his career-best and first top-10 win. He was the lowest-ranked player to beat a Top 10 opponent since then World No. 698
Thanasi Kokkinakis defeated then World No. 6
Milos Raonic at The Queen's Club in
2017
File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...
. Kopřiva advanced to the semifinals after beating
Mikael Ymer in straight sets. He was the second player to reach the semifinals on his ATP Tour debut since May 2012, joining 2021 Córdoba champion,
Juan Manuel Cerundolo
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of '' John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, ...
. His run would come to an end in the semifinals against
Casper Ruud.
2022: Maiden Challenger title, Top 150 debut
He won his maiden Challenger at the
2022 UniCredit Czech Open
The 2022 UniCredit Czech Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 29th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Prostějov, Czech Republic between 30 May and 4 J ...
in Prostějov defeating his 19-year-old compatriot
Dalibor Svrčina 6–2, 6–2.
As a result, he reached the top 150 at World No. 146 on 6 June 2022.
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals
Singles: 15 (6 titles, 9 runner-ups)
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
Wins over top 10 players
Kopřiva has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Notes
References
External links
*
*
1997 births
Living people
Czech male tennis players
People from Bílovec
Sportspeople from the Moravian-Silesian Region
{{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub