Ivo Minář (born 21 May 1984) is a former professional male
tennis
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player from the
Czech Republic
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. On 20 July 2009 Minář reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 62. His brother
Jan is also a professional player, who has been ranked in the top 200 in the world.
Minář was a member of the winning Czech Republic team in the
2012 Davis Cup.
Minář also worked as coach of Czech tennis player
Kristýna Plíšková
Kristýna Plíšková (; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech inactive professional tennis player. In her career, she won one singles title and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, with three titles on the WTA Challenger Tour (two in doubles). She a ...
.
Career
Minář won the European junior championships in
Klosters when he was 16, defeating fellow Czech
Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych (; born 17 September 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in May 2015. Berdych won 13 ATP Tour singles titles, i ...
.
Professional career
In his career, he has not won an
ATP singles title, but has reached one singles final – in 2005 in
Sydney
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, where he lost to
Lleyton Hewitt
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of Australia. On his way to that final, he dispatched three future top 10 stars in
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( ; born 2 June 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 in November 2006. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournam ...
,
Fernando Verdasco
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and
Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 1000 ...
. Later that year, he qualified for the tournament in
Dubai
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and pushed World No. 1
Roger Federer
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to final set tie-break in the first round, losing 7–6
(5), 3–6, 6–7
(5).
Minář tested positive for
methylhexanamine
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on 11 July 2009 and was suspended eight months.
ATP Tour finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Challenger finals
Singles: 17 (9–8)
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
References
External links
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Minar world ranking history
1984 births
Living people
Czech male tennis players
Doping cases in tennis
Olympic tennis players for the Czech Republic
Tennis players from Prague
Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Czech sportspeople in doping cases
21st-century Czech sportsmen
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