David Rikl

David Rikl

Country (sports)	Czech Republic Czechoslovakia
Residence	London, England
Born	(1971-02-27) 27 February 1971 Brandýs, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1989
Retired	2005
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,063,257
Singles
Career record	54–94
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 41 (2 May 1994)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1994)
French Open	2R (1994, 1995, 1996)
Wimbledon	3R (1997)
US Open	2R (1996)
Doubles
Career record	390–232
Career titles	30
Highest ranking	No. 4 (20 August 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2000, 2003)
French Open	SF (2003)
Wimbledon	F (2001)
US Open	F (2004)

David Rikl (born 27 February 1971) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His success came mostly in doubles, winning 30 titles and finishing runner-up at the 2004 US Open and 2001 Wimbledon Championships Doubles events. He also achieved a singles ranking of world No. 41 in May 1994.

Tennis career

Juniors

As a junior Rikl excelled at doubles, reaching the semi-finals of the French Open and Australian Open and the final of Wimbledon.

Junior Grand Slam results – Singles:

Australian Open: 3R (1989)
French Open: 2R (1989)
Wimbledon: 2R (1989)
US Open: 1R (1988)

Junior Grand Slam results – Doubles:

Australian Open: SF (1989)
French Open: SF (1984)
Wimbledon: F (1983)
US Open: 1R (1988)

Pro tour

Rikl turned professional in 1989.

In singles, he won five Challenger tournaments and achieved his greatest slam performance in 1997, reaching the third round of Wimbledon.

Rikl retired from the professional tour in 2005 and currently resides in London.

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 14 of his titles with Novák, the pair winning 9 of Rikl's titles consecutively.

Last years

David's son Patrik also plays tennis.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2001	Wimbledon	Grass	Jiří Novák	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Loss	2004	US Open	Hard	Leander Paes	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3–6, 3–6

Career finals

Doubles (30 titles, 22 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (4) ATP International Series Gold (4) ATP International Series (22)

Titles by surface Hard (8) Clay (17) Grass (3) Carpet (2)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 1991	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Michiel Schapers	Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Win	2–0	Jul 1992	Newport, Rhode Island	Grass	Royce Deppe	Paul Annacone David Wheaton	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Oct 1992	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Karel Nováček	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–2	Mar 1993	Zaragoza	Carpet	Mike Bauer	Martin Damm Karel Nováček	6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	2–3	Oct 1993	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Mike Bauer	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–3	Oct 1993	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Mike Bauer	Christer Allgårdh Brian Devening	7–6, 6–4
Win	4–3	Apr 1994	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jim Courier Javier Sánchez	5–7, 6–1, 6–4
Win	5–3	Apr 1994	Munich, Germany	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Boris Becker Petr Korda	7–6, 7–5
Win	6–3	May 1994	Rome, Italy	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Wayne Ferreira Javier Sánchez	6–1, 7–5
Win	7–3	Oct 1994	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Mike Bauer	Alex Antonitsch Greg Rusedski	7–6, 6–4
Loss	7–4	Aug 1995	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Jiří Novák	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot	5–7, 6–1, 6–7
Win	8–4	Sep 1995	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Jiří Novák	Steve Campbell MaliVai Washington	7–6, 6–2
Win	9–4	Oct 1995	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Jiří Novák	Shelby Cannon Francisco Montana	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Loss	9–5	Nov 1995	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Jiří Novák	Emilio Sánchez Sergio Casal	6–2, 6–7, 6–7
Loss	9–6	Nov 1995	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Jiří Novák	Vince Spadea Christo van Rensburg	3–6, 3–6
Win	10–6	Mar 1996	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Jiří Novák	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	7–6, 6–3
Win	11–6	Sep 1996	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Nicolás Pereira	Pablo Campana Nicolás Lapentti	6–3, 7–6
Loss	11–7	Nov 1996	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Jiří Novák	Rick Leach Andrei Olhovskiy	6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Win	12–7	Oct 1997	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Jiří Novák	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	6–2, 6–4
Win	13–7	Aug 1998	San Marino	Clay	Jiří Novák	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto	6–4, 7–6
Loss	13–8	Aug 1998	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Jiří Novák	Neil Broad Pieter Norval	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	14–8	Aug 1998	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	Hard	Jiří Novák	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–2, 7–6
Loss	14–9	Oct 1998	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Jiří Novák	Pablo Albano Daniel Orsanic	6–7, 3–6
Win	15–9	Nov 1998	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Jiří Novák	Daniel Orsanic David Roditi	6–4, 6–2
Loss	15–10	Jan 1999	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Jiří Novák	Jeff Tarango Daniel Vacek	5–7, 5–7
Loss	15–11	Apr 1999	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Jiří Novák	Tomás Carbonell Donald Johnson	3–6, 6–2, 1–6
Loss	15–12	Apr 1999	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Jiří Novák	Olivier Delaître Tim Henman	2–6, 3–6
Loss	15–13	Oct 1999	Basle, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Jiří Novák	Aleksandar Kitinov Brent Haygarth	6–0, 4–6, 5–7
Win	16–13	Feb 2000	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Jiří Novák	Robbie Koenig Peter Tramacchi	6–2, 7–5
Win	17–13	Jul 2000	Gstaad, Switzerland	Hard	Jiří Novák	Jérôme Golmard Michael Kohlmann	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	18–13	Jul 2000	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Jiří Novák	Lucas Arnold Donald Johnson	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Win	19–13	Oct 2000	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard	Jiří Novák	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	19–14	Oct 2000	Vienna, Austria	Hard	Jiří Novák	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Nenad Zimonjić	4–6, 4–6
Loss	19–15	Oct 2000	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Jiří Novák	Jonas Björkman David Prinosil	2–6, 3–6
Loss	19–16	Feb 2001	Copenhagen, Denmark	Hard	Jiří Novák	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	3–6, 3–6
Win	20–16	Mar 2001	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Jiří Novák	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	7–5, 7–6
Win	21–16	May 2001	Saint Poelten, Austria	Clay	Petr Pála	Jaime Oncins Daniel Orsanic	6–3, 5–7, 7–5
Loss	12.	Jul 2001	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Jiří Novák	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	22.	Jul 2001	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Jiří Novák	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	13.	Oct 2001	Vienna, Austria	Hard	Jiří Novák	Martin Damm Radek Štěpánek	3–6, 2–6
Loss	14.	Jan 2002	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Jiří Novák	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	15.	Mar 2002	Acapulco	Clay	Martin Damm	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	1–6, 6–3, [2–10]
Win	23.	May 2002	Saint Poelten, Austria	Clay	Petr Pála	Mike Bryan Michael Hill	7–5, 6–4
Win	24.	Jun 2002	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Joshua Eagle	Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi	7–6, 6–4
Win	25.	Jun 2002	Halle, Germany	Grass	David Prinosil	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	4–6, 7–6, 7–5
Win	26.	Jul 2002	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Joshua Eagle	David Adams Gastón Etlis	6–3, 6–4
Win	27.	Feb 2003	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Leander Paes	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 6–0
Loss	19.	Apr 2003	Miami, US	Hard	Leander Paes	Roger Federer Max Mirnyi	5–7, 3–6
Win	28.	Jul 2003	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Leander Paes	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	6–3, 6–3
Win	29.	Jun 2004	Halle, Germany	Grass	Leander Paes	Tomáš Cibulec Petr Pála	6–2, 7–5
Win	30.	Jul 2004	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Leander Paes	Marc Rosset Stanislas Wawrinka	6–4, 6–2
Loss	20.	Sep 2004	New York, US	Hard	Leander Paes	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3–6, 3–6

Doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	2R	QF	2R	2R	QF	A	A	0 / 7	9–7
French Open	A	A	A	3R	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	3R	QF	3R	3R	SF	2R	1R	0 / 15	20–15
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	3R	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	3R	F	QF	SF	2R	1R	0 / 13	20–13
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	QF	2R	3R	1R	3R	2R	1R	F	A	0 / 12	15–12
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	1–2	3–4	2–3	1–3	4–3	2–3	6–4	8–4	10–4	7–4	11–4	7–3	0–2	0 / 47	64–47
Masters Series
Indian Wells	NME			A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	1R	1R	2R	SF	1R	A	0 / 6	5–6
Miami	NME			A	A	A	A	1R	3R	A	3R	A	2R	QF	W	2R	F	QF	1R	1 / 10	15–9
Monte Carlo	NME			1R	A	A	A	1R	QF	2R	A	A	F	QF	QF	2R	2R	A	A	0 / 9	12–9
Rome	NME			1R	A	A	A	W	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	A	1 / 8	7–7
Hamburg	NME			1R	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A	QF	QF	1R	1R	SF	SF	A	0 / 8	11–8
Canada	NME			A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	W	SF	QF	2R	A	1 / 7	10–6
Cincinnati	NME			A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	SF	QF	2R	2R	A	A	0 / 6	6–6
Madrid (Stuttgart)	NME			A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	W	SF	2R	SF	1R	A	1 / 6	10–5
Paris	NME			A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 6	0–6
Win–loss	N/A			0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–4	4–2	3–2	1–1	0–0	9–9	13–8	16–7	7–9	11–9	7–7	0–1	4 / 66	76–62
Year-end ranking	894	676	220	122	109	71	99	27	49	53	54	43	29	11	7	20	14	23	499

External links

• David Rikl at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• David Rikl at the International Tennis Federation
• David Rikl at the Davis Cup