David Rikl

David Rikl

Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	London
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 2 May 1994)
Doubles
Career record	390–232
Career titles	39 (9 challenger, 30 major)
Highest ranking	4 (on 20 August 2001)
Last updated on: 25 March 2007.

David Rikl (born 27 February 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 US Open and 2001 Wimbledon Championships. However, Rikl did achieve a top-100 singles ranking when he became World No. 41 on 2 May 1994. His career-high doubles ranking was World No. 4 on 20 August 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	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
2001	Wimbledon Championships	Jiří Novák	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6
2004	US Open	Leander Paes	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–3, 6–3

Career finals

Singles runner-up (1)

1994-Jakarta (l. to Michael Chang)

Doubles wins (39)

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