Bohdan Ulihrach

Bohdan Ulihrach
Born	(1975-02-23) February 23, 1975 Kolin, Czechoslovakia
Occupation	Tennis player

Bohdan Ulihrach (born 23 February 1975, in Kolin, Czechoslovakia) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.

Career

Ulihrach began playing tennis at the age of 14, and turned professional in 1993. He won his first top-level singles title in July 1995 at Prague, where he defeated Javier Sanchez 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 runners-up at the World Team Cup. In 1997, Ulihrach beat the then-World No. 1 Pete Sampras en route to his first hardcourt final at the Indian Wells Masters. He was defeated in the final by Michael Chang. Ulihrach reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 22 in May 1997.

Ulihrach won his third top-level singles title in 1998 at Umag, defeating Magnus Norman in the final. Ulihrach reached the fourth round at both the Australian Open and the French Open, in 1999.

In 2003 he was cleared of a doping charge.

At the 2007 French Open, Ulihrach beat the number 24 seed Dominik Hrbatý 6–2, 5–7, 6–7(3), 6–4, 6–3 in the first round.

Career statistics

Masters Series singles finals

Runner-ups (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1997	Indian Wells	Michael Chang	6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6

Career finals (9)

Singles

Wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	31 July, 1995	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Javier Sanchez	6–2, 6–2
2.	30 October, 1995	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Alberto Berasategui	6–2, 6–3
3.	27 July, 1998	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Abhineet Chowdhary	6–3, 7–6

Runner-ups (6)

• 1995
  • St. Poelten
• 1996
  • Prague
• 1997
  • Indian Wells AMS
  • Prague
• 2001
  • Bastad
  • Doha

External links

• Bohdan Ulihrach at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Ulihrach Recent Match Results
• Ulihrach World Ranking History