Cyril Suk

Cyril Suk III (born 29 January 1967) is a former professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Suk won five Grand Slam titles, one men's doubles and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and 32 ATP Tour doubles titles during his career.

Cyril Suk

Full name	Cyril Suk III
Country (sports)	Czechoslovakia (1988–92)  Czech Republic (1993–2006)
Residence	Bradenton, Florida, US
Born	(1967-01-29) 29 January 1967 (age 56) Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1988
Retired	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,651,530
Singles
Career record	1–17
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 180 (28 November 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1989, 1990)
Wimbledon	Q3 (1991)
Doubles
Career record	618–529
Career titles	32
Highest ranking	No. 7 (11 April 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1992, 1994)
French Open	QF (1991, 2001, 2002)
Wimbledon	QF (1994, 2002, 2003)
US Open	W (1998)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	F (1995, 1998)
French Open	W (1991)
Wimbledon	W (1992, 1996, 1997)
US Open	F (1995)

Early life

Suk was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, a member of a prominent Czech tennis family. His mother, Věra Suková, was a women's singles finalist at Wimbledon in 1962. His father, Cyril Suk II, was President of the Czechoslovak Tennis Federation. His sister, Helena Suková, was an even more successful professional player on the women's tour who teamed-up with Suk to win three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in the 1990s.^[1]

Juniors

In 1985, Suk partnered fellow-Czech Petr Korda to win the boys' doubles title at the French Open. Suk and Korda were ranked the joint-World No. 1 junior doubles players that year.

Career

Suk claimed his first Grand Slam mixed doubles title in 1991 at the French Open, partnering sister Helena. In 1992, he teamed up with Larisa Neiland to win the Wimbledon mixed doubles title. He went on to win the Wimbledon mixed doubles crown on two further occasions partnering Helena – in 1996 and 1997. In 1998, Suk teamed up with Sandon Stolle to win the US Open men's doubles title.

Suk's career-high doubles ranking was World No. 7 in 1994. (In singles, his career-high ranking was World No. 180 in 1988. He has largely focused on doubles play during his career.)

Suk was selected as captain of the Czech Republic's Davis Cup team for the 2003 season.

Suk married his wife Lenka in 1991. They have a son, Cyril IV (born 1992), who is a PGA Tour professional and a daughter, Natalie Mia (born 1996), who is also playing tennis, mostly on ITF Tour.

Career finals

Doubles (32 titles – 27 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (2) ATP International Series Gold (7) ATP Tour (22)

Titles by surface Hard (12) Clay (9) Grass (6) Carpet (5)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1989	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Florin Segărceanu	Petr Korda   Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 4–6
Win	1.	1989	St. Vincent, Italy	Clay	Josef Čihák	Massimo Cierro   Alessandro de Minicis	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2.	1991	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	Omar Camporese   Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 6–7
Loss	3.	1991	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Tom Nijssen	Paul Haarhuis   Mark Koevermans	3–6, 3–6
Win	2.	1991	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Vojtěch Flégl	Libor Pimek   Daniel Vacek	6–4, 6–2
Win	3.	1991	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Tom Nijssen	Jeremy Bates   Kevin Curren	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win	4.	1991	Lyon, France	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	Steve DeVries   David Macpherson	7–6, 6–3
Loss	4.	1991	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	John Fitzgerald   Anders Järryd	5–7, 2–6
Win	5.	1992	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	John Fitzgerald   Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	5.	1992	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Petr Korda	Hendrik Jan Davids   Libor Pimek	W/O
Win	6.	1992	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Tom Nijssen	Karel Nováček   David Rikl	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6.	1992	Bolzano, Italy	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	Anders Järryd   Bent-Ove Pedersen	1–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	7.	1993	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	Mark Kratzmann   Wally Masur	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	7.	1993	Halle, Germany	Grass	Petr Korda	Mike Bauer   Marc-Kevin Goellner	7–6, 5–7, 6–3
Win	8.	1993	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Tom Nijssen	Gary Muller   Piet Norval	7–6, 6–3
Win	9.	1993	New Haven, United States	Hard	Daniel Vacek	Steve DeVries   David Macpherson	6–3, 7–6
Loss	8.	1993	Paris, France	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	Byron Black   Jonathan Stark	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Win	10.	1994	Oahu, United States	Hard	Tom Nijssen	Alex O'Brien   Jonathan Stark	6–4, 6–4
Win	11.	1994	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	Hendrik Jan Davids   Piet Norval	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	9.	1995	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Daniel Vacek	Grant Connell   Patrick Galbraith	2–6, 2–6
Win	12.	1995	Nice, France	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Luke Jensen   David Wheaton	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win	13.	1995	Rome, Italy	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Jan Apell   Jonas Björkman	6–3, 6–4
Loss	10.	1995	Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Petr Korda	Olivier Delaître   Jeff Tarango	6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Win	14.	1995	Long Island, United States	Hard	Daniel Vacek	Rick Leach   Scott Melville	5–7, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	11.	1995	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Mark Keil   Jeff Tarango	4–6, 6–7
Win	15.	1995	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Daniel Vacek	Mark Keil   Peter Nyborg	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	12.	1995	Essen, Germany	Carpet	Daniel Vacek	Jacco Eltingh   Paul Haarhuis	5–7, 4–6
Loss	13.	1996	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Hendrik Jan Davids	David Adams   Marius Barnard	3–6, 7–5, 6–7
Loss	14.	1996	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Mark Knowles   Daniel Nestor	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	15.	1996	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	Petr Korda	Jim Grabb   Richey Reneberg	6–7, 6–4, 4–6
Win	16.	1996	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet	Sandon Stolle	Ján Krošlák   Karol Kučera	7–6, 6–3
Loss	16.	1997	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Sander Groen   Goran Ivanišević	6–7, 3–6
Loss	17.	1997	Antwerp, Belgium	Hard (i)	Sandon Stolle	David Adams   Olivier Delaître	6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Loss	18.	1997	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Sandon Stolle	Mark Philippoussis   Patrick Rafter	2–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	17.	1997	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Martin Damm	David Adams   Fabrice Santoro	6–4, 6–3
Win	18.	1998	Scottsdale, United States	Hard	Michael Tebbutt	Kent Kinnear   David Wheaton	4–6, 6–1, 7–6
Loss	19.	1998	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Daniel Orsanic	Gustavo Kuerten   Fernando Meligeni	4–6, 5–7
Win	19.	1998	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Mark Knowles   Daniel Nestor	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Win	20.	1999	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Donald Johnson	Aleksandar Kitinov   Eric Taino	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	21.	2000	s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Martin Damm	Paul Haarhuis   Sandon Stolle	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–5)
Win	22.	2000	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Pablo Albano	Joshua Eagle   Andrew Florent	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	20.	2001	s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Martin Damm	Paul Haarhuis   Sjeng Schalken	4–6, 4–6
Loss	21.	2002	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Martín García	Jonas Björkman   Todd Woodbridge	6–7, 6–7
Win	23.	2002	Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Martin Damm	David Adams   Ben Ellwood	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), [10–5]
Win	24.	2002	Rome, Italy	Clay	Martin Damm	Wayne Black   Kevin Ullyett	7–5, 7–5
Win	25.	2002	s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Martin Damm	Paul Haarhuis   Brian MacPhie	7–6^(8–6), 6–7^(6–8), 6–4
Win	26.	2003	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Martin Damm	Mark Knowles   Daniel Nestor	6–4, 7–6^(10–8)
Loss	22.	2003	Halle, Germany	Grass	Martin Damm	Jonas Björkman   Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 4–6
Win	27.	2003	s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Martin Damm	Donald Johnson   Leander Paes	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	28.	2003	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Martin Damm	Jürgen Melzer   Alexander Peya	6–4, 6–4
Loss	23.	2003	Long Island, United States	Hard	Martin Damm	Robbie Koenig   Martín Rodríguez	3–6, 6–7
Win	29.	2004	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Martin Damm	Stefan Koubek   Andy Roddick	6–2, 6–4
Loss	24.	2004	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Martin Damm	Mark Knowles   Daniel Nestor	5–7, 3–6
Win	30.	2004	s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Martin Damm	Lars Burgsmüller   Jan Vacek	6–3, 7–6^(7–9), 6–3
Win	31.	2004	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Martin Damm	Gastón Etlis   Martín Rodríguez	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	25.	2005	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Pavel Vízner	Jonathan Erlich   Andy Ram	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	32.	2005	s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Pavel Vízner	Tomáš Cibulec   Leoš Friedl	6–3, 6–4
Loss	26.	2006	Pörtschach, Austria	Clay	Oliver Marach	Paul Hanley   Jim Thomas	3–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss	27.	2006	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Oliver Marach	Philipp Kohlschreiber   Stefan Koubek	2–6, 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	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Career SR	Career win–loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	QF	2R	QF	2R	3R	2R	3R	1R	A	1R	1R	3R	2R	2R	3R	A	0 / 17	21–17
French Open	A	2R	2R	2R	2R	QF	2R	2R	3R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	QF	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	0 / 21	21–21
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	2R	1R	3R	1R	2R	QF	1R	2R	3R	3R	1R	3R	2R	QF	QF	3R	3R	3R	1R	0 / 20	27–20
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	3R	3R	QF	2R	1R	QF	W	3R	1R	2R	1R	QF	3R	QF	1R	1R	1 / 18	28–17
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	1 / 76	N/A
Annual win–loss	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–3	2–4	6–4	6–4	5–4	11–4	3–4	4–4	6–4	10–3	2–4	2–3	4–4	6–4	9–4	5–4	7–4	5–4	0–3	N/A	97–75
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	These Were Not ATP Masters Series Before 1990				A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	QF	2R	1R	A	0 / 11	6–11
Miami					A	1R	3R	2R	2R	2R	3R	3R	QF	QF	2R	2R	2R	QF	QF	1R	QF	A	0 / 16	14–16
Monte Carlo					2R	1R	SF	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	SF	1R	2R	QF	QF	SF	2R	1R	A	0 / 16	12–16
Rome					QF	1R	1R	SF	1R	W	1R	SF	2R	SF	A	SF	W	SF	2R	1R	1R	A	2 / 16	27–14
Hamburg					SF	QF	SF	2R	QF	1R	1R	A	2R	2R	A	1R	2R	QF	2R	1R	1R	A	0 / 15	10–15
Canada					A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	QF	1R	1R	1R	2R	SF	2R	2R	1R	A	0 / 12	9–10
Cincinnati					A	A	A	A	QF	1R	F	QF	2R	2R	1R	QF	SF	QF	2R	2R	1R	A	0 / 13	15–13
Madrid (Stuttgart)					2R	F	QF	QF	2R	F	2R	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	QF	QF	SF	A	A	A	0 / 14	15–14
Paris					A	1R	QF	F	2R	2R	QF	2R	QF	1R	A	QF	2R	1R	QF	A	A	A	0 / 13	13–13
Masters Series SR	N/A				0 / 4	0 / 6	0 / 7	0 / 6	0 / 7	1 / 8	0 / 8	0 / 7	0 / 9	0 / 9	0 / 5	0 / 9	1 / 9	0 / 9	0 / 9	0 / 7	0 / 7	0 / 0	2 / 126	N/A
Annual win–loss	N/A				7–4	5–6	8–7	8–6	3–7	8–7	9–8	8–6	9–9	10–9	1–5	9–9	13–8	10–8	8–9	3–7	2–7	0–0	N/A	121–122
Year-end ranking	153	108	88	88	75	18	17	9	24	8	32	23	11	41	58	35	14	16	16	26	37	–	N/A

References

1. "ATP Player Profile". ATP. Retrieved 29 March 2012.

External links

• Cyril Suk at the Association of Tennis Professionals  
• Cyril Suk at the International Tennis Federation  
• Cyril Suk at the Davis Cup