David Rikl

David Rikl

Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	London, England
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1989
Retired	2005
Plays	Left
Prize money	US$3,063,257
Singles
Career record	54–94
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	41 (on May 2, 1994)
Doubles
Career record	390–232
Career titles	39 (9 challenger, 30 major)
Highest ranking	4 (on August 20, 2001)
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 left-hander's success 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 doubles titles. He currently resides in London. Rikl retired from the professional tour in 2005.

Partnership with Jiří Novák

Rikl won most of his titles in the early 2000s and late 1990s with compatriot Jiří Novák. He and Novák 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 Novák, and at one point the titles that Rikl did win were with Novák nine times straight.

Grand Slam Doubles finals

Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score/Final
2001	Wimbledon Championships	Jiří Novák	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

Career titles

Singles runner-up (1)

1994-Jakarta (l. to Michael Chang)

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 Annacone 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	Košice, 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 Pereira	Pablo Campana Nicolás Lapentti	6–3, 7–6
20.	June 3, 1997	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Clay	Jiří Novák	Scott Melville Diego Nargiso	6–4, 6–2
21.	July 28, 1997	Poznań, 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	Košice, Slovakia	Clay	Jiří Novák	Nebojsa Djordjevic Marcos Ondruska	7–6, 6–4
24.	August 10, 1998	San Marino	Clay	Jiří Novák	Mariano Hood Sebastián 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	Mike 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 Leoš Friedl	6–3, 6–3
38.	June 7, 2004	Halle, Germany	Grass	Leander Paes	Tomáš Cibulec Petr Pála	6–2, 7–5
39.	July 5, 2004	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Leander Paes	Marc Rosset Stanislas Wawrinka	6–4, 6–2

External links and sources

David Rikl at the Association of Tennis Professionals