David Rikl

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**David Rikl**

Country	Czech Republic
Residence	London, England
Date of birth	February 27, 1971
Place of birth	Brandys, Czech Republic
Height	5'10 (177 cm)
Weight	150 lbs (68 kg)
Turned Pro	1989
Retired	2005
Plays	Left
Career Prize Money	US$3,063,257
Singles
Career record:	54 - 94
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	41 (on May 2, 1994)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open
French Open
Wimbledon
U.S. Open
Doubles
Career record:	390 - 232
Career titles:	39
Highest ranking:	4 (on August 20, 2001)
Infobox last updated on: March 25, 2007.

David Rikl (born February 27, 1971 in Brandys) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.The left-handed Rikl turned professional in 1989. The Czech lefthander's sucess came mostly in doubles as he ran up at the 2004 U.S. Open and 2001 Wimbledon Championships. However, Rikl did achieve a top-100 singles ranking when he became World Number 41 on May 2, 1994. His career-high doubles ranking was World Number 4 of which he reached on August 20, 2001. He won US$3,063,257 in prize money, and while he only ran up in one singles tournament, he won thirty-nine^[1] doubles titles. He currently resides in London. Rikl retired from the professional tour in 2005.

1 Partnership with Jiri Novak
2 Grand Slam Doubles Finals
- 2.1 Wins (0)
- 2.2 Runner-ups (2)
3 Career titles
4 References
5 External Links and sources

[edit] Partnership with Jiri Novak

Rikl won most of his titles in the early 2000s and late 1990s with compatriot Jiri Novak. He and Novak made a run to the 2001 Wimbledon Championships finals, losing to Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer in four sets. Rikl won fourteen of his titles with Novak, and at one point the titles that Rikl did win were with Novak nine times straight.

[edit] Grand Slam Doubles Finals

[edit] Wins (0)

[edit] Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score/Final
2001	Wimbledon Championships	Jiri Novak	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6
2004	U.S. Open	Leander Paes	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6-3, 6-3

[edit] Career titles

[edit] Singles (0)

[edit] Singles runner-up (1)

1994-Jakarta (l. to Michael Chang)

[edit] Doubles (39)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	January 22, 1990	Heilbronn, Germany	Carpet	Tomas Anzari	Byron Talbot Jorgen Windahl	7-6, 7-6
2.	February 26, 1990	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Tomas Anzari	Eduardo Masso Christian Miniussi	6-3, 6-7, 7-5
3.	April 2, 1990	Zaragoza, Spain	Clay	Tomas Anzari	Carlos Costa Francisco Roig	6-3, 7-6
4.	June 24, 1991	Seville, Spain	Clay	Eric Winogradsky	Josef Cihak Tomas Anzari	6-1, 6-7, 6-3
5.	February 7, 1991	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Michiel Schapers	Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle	6-2, 6-7, 6-3
6.	October 14, 1991	Cairo, Egypt	Hard	Martin Damm	Byron Black Marcos Ondruska	6-2, 6-3
7.	July 6, 1992	Newport, Rhode Island	Grass	Royce Deppe	Paul Annacome David Wheaton	6-4, 6-4
8.	November 16, 1992	Guadalajara, Mexico	Clay	Royce Deppe	Marc-Kevin Goellner Christian Saceanu	7-6, 6-4
9.	September 20, 1993	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Pavel Vízner	Tomas Nydahl Mikael Tillström	6-2, 7-6
10.	October 25, 1993	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Mike Bauer	Christer Allgardh Brian Devening	7-6, 6-4
11.	April 4, 1994	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jim Courier Javier Sánchez	5-7, 6-1, 6-4
12.	April 25, 1994	Munich, Germany	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Boris Becker Petr Korda	7-6, 7-5
13.	May 9, 1994	Rome Masters, Italy	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Wayne Ferreira Javier Sánchez	6-1, 7-5
14.	October 17, 1994	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Mike Bauer	Alex Antonitsch Greg Rusedski	7-6, 6-4
15.	June 19, 1995	Kosice, Slovakia	Clay	Jiří Novák	Jeff Tarango Adrian Voinea	7-6, 6-2
16.	September 11, 1995	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Jiří Novák	Steve Campbell MaliVai Washington	7-6, 6-2
17.	October 23, 1995	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Jiří Novák	Shelby Cannon Francisco Montana	6-4, 4-6, 6-1
18.	March 25, 1996	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Jiří Novák	Tomas Carbonell Francisco Roig	7-6, 6-3
19.	September 9, 1996	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Nicolas Pereir	Pablo Campana Nicolás Lapentti	6-3, 7-6
20.	June 3, 1997	Prostejov, Czech Republic	Clay	Jiří Novák	Scott Melville Diego Nargiso	6-4, 6-2
21.	July 28, 1997	Poznan, Poland	Clay	Tomas Anzari	Jordi Burillo László Markovits	6-3, 6-2
22.	October 13, 1997	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet	Jiří Novák	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	6-2, 6-4
23.	May 11, 1998	Kosice, Slovakia	Clay	Jiří Novák	Nebojsa Djordjevic Marcos Ondruska	7-6, 6-4
24.	August 10, 1998	San Marino	Clay	Jiří Novák	Mariano Hood Sebastian Prieto	6-4, 7-6
25.	August 17, 1998	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States	Hard	Jiří Novák	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6-2, 7-6
26.	October 26, 1998	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Jiří Novák	Daniel Orsanic David Roditi	6-4, 6-2
27.	February 7, 2000	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Jiří Novák	Robby Koenig Peter Tramacchi	6-2, 7-5
28.	July 17, 2000	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Jiří Novák	Lucas Arnold Donald Johnson	5-7, 6-2, 6-3
29.	October 30, 2000	Stuttgart Masters Indoor, Germany	Hard	Jiří Novák	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	3-6, 6-3, 6-4
30.	March 19, 2001	Miami Masters, Florida	Hard	Jiří Novák	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	7-5, 7-6
31.	May 21, 2001	Saint Poelten, Austria	Clay	Petr Pála	Jaime Oncins Daniel Orsanic	6-3 5-7 7-5
32.	May 20, 2002	Saint Poelten, Austria	Clay	Petr Pála	Bob Bryan Michael Hill	7-5, 6-4
33.	June 10, 2002	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Joshua Eagle	Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi	7-6, 6-4
34.	June 25, 2002	Halle, Germany	Grass	David Prinosil	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	4-6, 7-6, 7-5
35.	July 15, 2002	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Joshua Eagle	David Adams Gastón Etlis	6-3, 6-4
36.	February 24, 2003	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Leander Paes	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6-3, 6-0
37.	July 7, 2003	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Leander Paes	František Čermák Leos Friedl	6-3, 6-3
38.	June 7, 2004	Halle, Germany	Grass	Leander Paes	Tomas Cibulec Petr Pála	6-2, 7-5
39.	July 5, 2004	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Leander Paes	Marc Rosset Stanislas Wawrinka	6-4, 6-2

[edit] References

^ On Rikl's ATP profile, it states that Rikl won 30 titles. If you go into the Playing activity section, you'll notice that, from 1989 when he turned pro until his last title in 2004, he won more than 30 titles.