Josef Čihák (born 19 March 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic who competed for Czechoslovakia. He now works as a tennis coach at TK Sparta Praha.[1]
Čihák was most successful as a doubles player, reaching two doubles finals in the 1989 Grand Prix, at Båstad and Saint-Vincent, winning the latter. He had previously made doubles semi-finals at Prague and Palermo in 1987 and also Prague and Munich in 1988. As well reaching those two finals in 1989, Čihák was also a semi-finalist at the Athens Open, in the singles.[2]
At Grand Slam level he lost all of his four singles matches. The toughest opponent he came up against was Mats Wilander in the 1988 French Open, the number three seed who went on to win the tournament. He lost two five setters in 1989, at Roland Garros and Wimbledon. In doubles he won four of his 10 matches, but never made it past the second round, which he reached on four occasions, three times with countryman Cyril Suk as his partner.[3]
josef, Čihák, born, march, 1963, former, professional, tennis, player, from, czech, republic, competed, czechoslovakia, works, tennis, coach, sparta, praha, country, sports, czechoslovakiaborn, 1963, march, 1963, plzeň, czechoslovakiaheight1, turned, pro1985pl. Josef Cihak born 19 March 1963 is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic who competed for Czechoslovakia He now works as a tennis coach at TK Sparta Praha 1 Josef CihakCountry sports CzechoslovakiaBorn 1963 03 19 19 March 1963 age 60 Plzen CzechoslovakiaHeight1 85 m 6 ft 1 in Turned pro1985PlaysRight handedPrize money 241 359SinglesCareer record18 28Career titles0Highest rankingNo 72 19 October 1987 Grand Slam singles resultsFrench Open1R 1988 1989 Wimbledon1R 1988 1989 DoublesCareer record49 58Career titles1Highest rankingNo 57 20 March 1989 Grand Slam doubles resultsFrench Open2R 1988 1989 1990 Wimbledon2R 1989 Contents 1 Career 2 Grand Prix career finals 2 1 Doubles 2 1 1 3 Challenger titles 3 1 Singles 3 3 2 Doubles 11 4 References 5 External linksCareer EditCihak was most successful as a doubles player reaching two doubles finals in the 1989 Grand Prix at Bastad and Saint Vincent winning the latter He had previously made doubles semi finals at Prague and Palermo in 1987 and also Prague and Munich in 1988 As well reaching those two finals in 1989 Cihak was also a semi finalist at the Athens Open in the singles 2 At Grand Slam level he lost all of his four singles matches The toughest opponent he came up against was Mats Wilander in the 1988 French Open the number three seed who went on to win the tournament He lost two five setters in 1989 at Roland Garros and Wimbledon In doubles he won four of his 10 matches but never made it past the second round which he reached on four occasions three times with countryman Cyril Suk as his partner 3 Grand Prix career finals EditDoubles 2 1 1 Edit Result W L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 0 1 Aug 1989 Bastad Sweden Clay nbsp Karel Novacek nbsp Per Henricsson nbsp Nicklas Utgren 5 7 2 6Win 1 1 Aug 1989 Saint Vincent Italy Clay nbsp Cyril Suk nbsp Massimo Cierro nbsp Alessandro de Minicis 6 4 6 2Challenger titles EditSingles 3 Edit No Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score1 1984 Bielefeld West Germany Clay nbsp Peter Elter 6 2 7 52 1988 Pescara Italy Clay nbsp Gerardo Vacarezza 6 4 6 33 1988 Casablanca Morocco Clay nbsp David de Miguel 6 4 6 2Doubles 11 Edit No Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score1 1985 Bahia Brazil Hard nbsp Tom Nijssen nbsp Emilio Sanchez nbsp Victor Pecci 6 4 6 32 1987 Budapest Hungary Clay nbsp Cyril Suk nbsp Christer Allgardh nbsp David Engel 6 2 7 63 1988 Cairo Egypt Clay nbsp Cyril Suk nbsp Roberto Arguello nbsp Marcelo Ingaramo 6 3 6 24 1988 Agadir Morocco Clay nbsp Cyril Suk nbsp Jose Lopez Maeso nbsp Alberto Tous 6 2 6 25 1988 San Marino Clay nbsp Christer Allgardh nbsp Joao Cunha e Silva nbsp Jorgen Windahl 6 4 6 26 1988 Casablanca Morocco Clay nbsp Cyril Suk nbsp Arnaud Boetsch nbsp Denis Langaskens 6 2 6 07 1989 Casablanca Morocco Clay nbsp Mark Koevermans nbsp Marcelo Ingaramo nbsp Christian Miniussi 6 4 6 48 1989 Agadir Morocco Clay nbsp Cyril Suk nbsp Brett Dickinson nbsp Jorgen Windahl 6 3 6 39 1990 Agadir Morocco Clay nbsp Cyril Suk nbsp Omar Camporese nbsp Diego Nargiso W O10 1991 Porto Portugal Clay nbsp Tomas Anzari nbsp Juan Carlos Baguena nbsp Andres Gomez 7 5 6 211 1991 Pescara Italy Clay nbsp Tomas Anzari nbsp Johan Donar nbsp John Sobel 6 3 6 4References Edit Coaches of TK Sparta Praha ATP World Tour Profile ITF Tennis ProfileExternal links EditJosef Cihak at the Association of Tennis Professionals nbsp Josef Cihak at the International Tennis Federation nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Josef Cihak amp oldid 1142193904, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
