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player and now coach from the Czech Republic.

Biography

Krupa was a doubles specialist, most successful during his partnership with countryman

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. The pair made the semi-finals of the 1993

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and were finalists at the

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in 1994. They were unable to compete in the Prague final, giving opponents

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the title in a walkover. In 1999 he made another ATP Tour semi-final, at the International Raiffeisen Grand Prix tournament in Sankt Pölten, with

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, in a run which included a win over second seeds

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and

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. He won a total of four titles on the Challenger circuit. As a coach he is most famous for his involvement with

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, who he coached from 2009 to 2014, during which time he made the final of Wimbledon. Prior to this he worked with

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. More recently he has been the coach of

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and

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ATP Tour career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Challenger titles

Doubles: (4)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krupa, Tomas 1972 births Living people Czech male tennis players Czech tennis coaches