Pavel Šnobel (born 28 February 1980) is a left-handed,
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former
tennis
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player. He reached his career-high rankings of world No. 154 in singles February 2009 and No. 110 in doubles in February 2006.
Juniors career
Šnobel was year-end No. 131 in 1997 in the junior world rankings.
Professional career
In 2008, Šnobel won Croatia F2 in February and reached a Challenger semifinal in March in
Sarajevo
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, and a Challenger quarterfinal in Korea in April. But his ranking slipped back down below 300 by April. In Uzbekistan in May, he won the Challenger in
Fergana
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a week after being runner-up in Uzbekistan F2, to improve his ranking back to No. 219.
In June, Šnobel qualified in singles for the
2008 Wimbledon Championships
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, beating No. 159
Dušan Vemić
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Professional career
Vemić turned professional in 1995. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 1 ...
, No. 474
Antony Dupuis
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Personal life
Dupuis began playing tennis at the age of nine with his father Xavier. He mentioned in an interview once that he prefers clay and hard ...
, and No. 130
Flavio Cipolla
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.
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Snobel World ranking history
1980 births
Czech male tennis players
Summer World University Games medalists in tennis
Sportspeople from Havířov
Tennis players from the Moravian-Silesian Region
Living people
FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Czech Republic
Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade
21st-century Czech sportsmen
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