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Vít Kopřiva
Kopřiva at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Czech Republic
ResidenceProstějov, Czech Republic
Born (1997-06-15) 15 June 1997 (age 27)
Bílovec, Czech Republic
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2015
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJaroslav Pospíšil
Prize moneyUS $830,324
Singles
Career record6–12
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 111 (25 September 2023)
Current rankingNo. 150 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
French OpenQ2 (2024)
Wimbledon1R (2024)
US OpenQ1 (2021, 2023, 2024)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 261 (17 October 2022)
Current rankingNo. 764 (21 October 2024)
Last updated on: 21 October 2024.

Vít Kopřiva (born 15 June 1997) is a Czech professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 111 achieved on 25 September 2023. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 261 achieved on 17 October 2022.[1] He is currently the No. 4 Czech player.[2]

Kopřiva has won four ATP Challenger singles and two doubles titles.

Professional career

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2021: ATP and Top 200 debut, first top-10 win

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He won his maiden Challenger doubles title at the 2021 Aspria Tennis Cup in Milan with Jiří Lehečka.

On his ATP debut, ranked at a then career-high of World No. 249 in singles, at the 2021 Swiss Open Gstaad, Kopřiva defeated Denis Shapovalov for his career-best and first top-10 win.[3] He was the lowest-ranked player to beat a Top 10 opponent since then World No. 698 Thanasi Kokkinakis defeated then World No. 6 Milos Raonic at The Queen's Club in 2017. Kopřiva advanced to the semifinals after beating Mikael Ymer in straight sets. He was the second player to reach the semifinals on his ATP Tour debut since May 2012, joining 2021 Córdoba champion, Juan Manuel Cerundolo.[4] His run would come to an end in the semifinals against Casper Ruud.

2022-2023: First Challenger singles titles, Top 115 debut

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He won his maiden Challenger at the 2022 UniCredit Czech Open in Prostějov defeating his 19-year-old compatriot Dalibor Svrčina 6–2, 6–2.[5] As a result, he reached the top 150 at World No. 146 on 6 June 2022 and a month later the top 125 on 18 July 2022.

He fell in the first round of qualifying at the US Open.[6] Despite this result, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 111 on 18 September 2023 following two Challenger titles during the season, in July and August.

2024: Grand Slam and Masters debuts

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He qualified for the 2024 Australian Open making his Grand Slam debut.[7]

He also qualified for the 2024 Qatar ExxonMobil Open but lost in the first round to Fábián Marozsán.[8] He made his Masters debut at the 2024 Miami Open after qualifying into the main draw with wins over Rei Sakamoto and JJ Wolf. He lost to Christopher O'Connell in the first round.[9]

He also qualified for his second career major at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships[10] and lost to Novak Djokovic.

He won his fourth Challenger title at the 2024 Szczecin Open with a win over Andrea Pellegrino.[11]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (4–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2022 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Czech Republic Dalibor Svrčina 6–2, 6–2
Win 2–0 July 2023 Verona, Italy Challenger Clay Ukraine Vitaliy Sachko 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–2
Win 3–0 Sep 2023 Tulln an der Donau, Austria Challenger Clay India Sumit Nagal 6–2, 6–4
Loss 3–1 Aug 2024 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland Challenger Hard Switzerland Marc-Andrea Hüsler 1–6, 4–6
Win 4–1 Sep 2024 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay Italy Andrea Pellegrino 7–5, 6–2

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2021 Milan, Italy Challenger Clay Czech Republic Jiří Lehečka Germany Dustin Brown
Austria Tristan-Samuel Weissborn 		6–4, 6–0
Win 2–0 Sep 2022 Braga, Portugal Challenger Clay Czech Republic Jaroslav Pospíšil India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Indonesia Christopher Rungkat 		3–6, 6–3, [10–4]

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 14 (5 titles, 9 runner-ups)

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Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (5–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (5–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2016 Slovakia F4, Bratislava Futures Clay Czech Republic Václav Šafránek 6–7(6–8), 1–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2016 Egypt F24, Cairo Futures Clay Czech Republic Jaroslav Pospíšil 5–7, 4–6
Win 1–2 Sep 2016 Egypt F25, Cairo Futures Clay Argentina Mateo Nicolás Martínez 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss 1–3 Mar 2017 Greece F2, Heraklion Futures Hard Belarus Yaraslav Shyla 3–6, 3–6
Win 2–3 May 2018 Poland F4, Ustroń Futures Clay Italy Dante Gennaro 7–5, 6–1
Loss 2–4 Jul 2018 Czech Republic F5, Ústí nad Orlicí Futures Clay Czech Republic David Poljak 4–6, 4–6
Win 3–4 Oct 2018 Turkey F31, Antalya Futures Clay Sweden Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș 7–6(7–5), 3–1 Ret.
Loss 3–5 Nov 2018 Greece F8, Heraklion Futures Hard Slovenia Tom Kočevar-Dešman 6–7(1–7), 2–6
Loss 3–6 Dec 2018 Egypt F30, Cairo Futures Clay Italy Riccardo Bonadio 2–6, 0–6
Loss 3–7 Feb 2019 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt WTT Hard Chinese Taipei Wu Tung-lin 3–6, 3–6
Win 4–7 Mar 2019 M15 Tabarka, Tunisia WTT Clay Spain Pol Toledo Bagué 5–7, 6–1,1–0 ret.
Win 5–7 May 2019 M15 Prague, Czech Republic WTT Clay Czech Republic Patrik Rikl 6–2, 6–3
Loss 5–8 Sep 2019 M25 Győr, Hungary WTT Clay Dominican Republic Roberto Cid Subervi 1–6, 0–6
Loss 5–9 Sep 2019 M25 Říčany, Czech Republic WTT Clay Czech Republic Michael Vrbenský 3–6, 6–3, 2–6

Wins over top 10 players

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Kopřiva has a 1–1 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Season 2021 Total
Wins 1 1
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score VKR
2021
1. Canada Denis Shapovalov 10 Swiss Open, Switzerland Clay 2R 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 249

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Vit Kopriva | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "ATP Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles)". ATP Tour. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Vit Kopriva Shocks Shapovalov in Gstaad".
  4. ^ "Five Things to Know About Vit Kopriva, Who Idolised Roger Federer".
  5. ^ "Kopriva Earns Maiden Challenger Crown in Prostějov". 4 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Maxime Cressy Advances In US Open Qualifying".
  7. ^ "Melbourne memories drive Mensik to main draw berth".
  8. ^ "Zhang shines as Fucsovics eliminates Bautista Agut".
  9. ^ "O'Connell flies into Miami second round for the first time". 21 March 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Pouille headlines quartet of French qualifiers at Wimbledon". ATPtour.com. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Kopřiva po vyřazení z daviscupové nominace vyhrál challenger ve Štětíně" (in Czech). české noviny. 15 September 2024.
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