Bohdan Ulihrach
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Monte Carlo, Monaco |
Born | Kolín, Czechoslovakia | 23 February 1975
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Turned pro | 1993 |
Retired | 2009 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $3,553,302 |
Singles | |
Career record | 230–246 |
Career titles | 3 |
Highest ranking | No. 22 (5 May 1997) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (1999) |
French Open | 4R (1999) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1996) |
US Open | 2R (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 9–25 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 286 (26 July 2004) |
Bohdan Ulihrach (born 23 February 1975) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.
Career
Ulihrach turned professional in 1993. He won his first top-level singles title in July 1995 at Prague, where he defeated Javier Sánchez in the final. His second followed three months later at Montevideo, where he beat Alberto Berasategui in the final.
In 1996, Ulihrach was part of the Czech Republic team which finished runner-up at the World Team Cup. In 1997, en-route to his first hardcourt final at the Indian Wells Masters, Ulihrach beat the then-world No. 1, Pete Sampras. In the final, he was defeated by Michael Chang. Ulihrach reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 22 in May 1997.
He reached the fourth round at both the Australian Open and the French Open, in 1999.
In 2003, Ulihrach was cleared of a doping charge.[1]
At the 2007 French Open, he beat the No. 24 seed Dominik Hrbatý in the first round in five sets.
ATP career finals
Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 19 June 1995 | Sankt Pölten, Austria | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
Win | 1. | 31 July 1995 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 2. | 30 October 1995 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 2. | 29 April 1996 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 6–1, 3–6 |
Loss | 3. | 10 March 1997 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 4. | 28 April 1997 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 7–5, 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 3. | 27 July 1998 | Umag, Croatia | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 7–6(7–0) |
Loss | 5. | 1 January 2001 | Doha, Qatar | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
Loss | 6. | 9 July 2001 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 3–6 |
References
- ^ "Rusedski Cleared of Doping Offence". Medical News Today. 2004-03-10. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
External links
- Bohdan Ulihrach at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.
- Bohdan Ulihrach at the Davis Cup
- Ulihrach World Ranking History