Hynek Bartoň (born 5 April 2004) is a Czech professional

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player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 331, achieved on 30 June 2025, and a doubles ranking of No. 264, achieved on 30 June 2025.

Early life

Bartoň grew up in

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. His father, Miroslav, is a former handball player. His older brother, Dominik, played collegiate tennis for the

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. Bartoň played for

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before moving to TK Sparta Prague.

Junior career

In July 2021, Bartoň won the J3 Moravia Steel Sparta Cup in

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. In June 2022, he won the J1 ITF German Juniors in

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, defeating top seed

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in the final. That August, he won the

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Junior, a prestigious junior tournament in the Czech Republic. The following month, he reached the boys' singles quarterfinals of the US Open.

Professional career

In September 2022, after winning the Pardubice Junior tournament the previous month, Bartoň also won the $25k Pardubice Open as a wildcard. En route to the title, he defeated second seed

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and third seed Felix Gill in the final. In June 2023, he made his Challenger debut after qualifying for the Czech Open, and upset eighth seed

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in the first round. Later that month, he reached the final of the $15k

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Open, but lost to Svyatoslav Gulin. In August, he reached the final of the $25k BKT Advantage Cup in

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, but lost to third seed Juan Bautista Torres. In October, he reached the second round of the Ortisei Challenger after defeating

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. In July 2024, he and partner

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reached the doubles semifinals of the

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after upsetting the top-seeded team of

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and

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. He won his first Challenger doubles title in May 2025 at the Tunis Open, partnering compatriot

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and defeating Siddhant Banthia and

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in the final.

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bartoň, Hynek 2004 births Living people 21st-century Czech sportsmen Czech male tennis players People from Kopřivnice Sportspeople from Nový Jičín