Pavel Vízner

Pavel Vízner (born July 15, 1970 in Prague) is a professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. Together with Petr Pála he reached the men's doubles final of the 2001 French Open tournament but lost to Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes (6-7, 3-6). He reached another doubles final with Lukas Dlouhy, losing a tight match to Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor at the 2007 French Open. He turned professional in 1990, and achieved a career high doubles ranking of World Number 13 on August 6, 2001.

Vízner has won 15 ATP doubles titles in his career.

Career

1990-1995

While Vízner had played tournaments in 1988 and 1989 before professionalism in 1990, he won his first title in Prague in 1993 on the Challenger circuit, defeating Swedes Tomas Nydahl and Mikael Tillstrom in the final, partnered by David Rikl, also a future superb player with a higher doubles ranking and ultimately more success. He won aonother minor title in Guayaquil, Ecuador later in 1995.

Pavel broke through in 1996, winning a total of five titles; three of them being major titles. His first major title that he won was at Saint Poelten, with Ctislav Doseděl where they defeated David Adams and Menno Oosting in the final. His next title he won with Paul Kilderry over Anders Jarryd and number 7 doubles player Mark Knowles in a tournament in Rosmalen, in The Netherlands. En route, he and partner Kilderry beat the 4th, 7th, 12th, and 14th-ranked doubles players. He won another title yet again in Gstaad, Poland, beating David Macpherson and Trevor Kronemann in the final, aside Jiří Novák (a doubles talent in a later day) In Grand Slam men's doubles performance, he participated in the French Open and made the third round at Wimbledon. He ended 1996 ranked 28, having had broken into the top 100 for doubles.

External Links

• Pavel Vízner at the Association of Tennis Professionals