Ctislav Doseděl (; born 10 August 1970), also known as Sláva Doseděl, is a
Czech
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former
tennis player
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. He turned professional in 1989.
Career
Doseděl won three singles titles and one doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached the quarter-finals of the
1999 US Open by defeating
Jim Courier
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,
Fernando Meligeni
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,
Fredrik Jonsson and
Jiří Novák
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Career
Novák turned professional in 1993 and won seven singles and 18 doubles ...
before losing to
Todd Martin
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. He also got to the semifinals of the
1994 Rome Masters and achieved his career-high
ATP singles ranking of World No. 26 in October 1994. His tennis career ended with the
2001 US Open.
Doseděl is still involved in professional tennis post retirement and is, as of June 2012, coaching top 100 singles player
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and most recently top 250 player
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of the Czech Republic.
Personal life
Doseděl appeared in a 1999 Czech movie titled "Life Water" (''Voda života''), telling the life of
Vincent Priessnitz
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who found cure for high fever during the 19th century.
ATP career finals
Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 12 (5–7)
Doubles: 5 (3–2)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
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1970 births
Living people
Czech expatriate sportspeople in Monaco
Czech male tennis players
Czechoslovak male tennis players
Olympic tennis players for the Czech Republic
Sportspeople from Přerov
Tennis players from the Olomouc Region
Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
21st-century Czech sportsmen
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