Složil enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won 32 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 29 times, including at the French Open in.
Slozil and his partner, Renata Tomanová (also from Czechoslovakia), won the 1978 French Open mixed-doubles championship, defeating Virginia Ruzici (Romania) and Patrice Dominguez (France). The mixed doubles championship was an important event in those days, contested by top players, with John McEnroe and Mary Carillo having won the year before.
In 1985, Složil achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4.
Složil participated in eleven Davis Cup ties for Czechoslovakia from 1978 to 1986, posting a 7–2 record in doubles and a 4–2 record in singles. He was a member of the winning Czech Davis Cup team in 1980, along with teammates Ivan Lendl, Tomáš Šmíd and Jan Kodeš.
Složil served as Steffi Graf's coach from November 1986 until the end of 1991. Shortly after the start of his tenure as Graf's coach, she had her Grand Slam breakthrough year in 1987, winning six tournaments and then defeating Martina Navratilova in the French Open. Graf went on to be a finalist at Wimbledon and the US Open, losing both times to Navratilova. The next year, Graf achieved a calendar year's Grand Slam, a feat performed only twice before. She also won the 1988 Olympics singles and the Wimbledon ladies' doubles that same year.
From 1987 through 1991, coached by Složil, Graf won ten Grand Slam singles championships, winning the Australian Open (1988–89-90), the French Open (1987–88), Wimbledon (1988–89-91) and the US Open (1988–89), plus numerous side tournaments.
In 2002, he began work at the World Tennis Club in Naples, Florida. He served there as Tennis Director until 2014 when he began coaching and teaching at the Sanchez-Casal Tennis Academy, also in Naples. There he works with the junior players in the morning and continues to teach tennis to a wide range of players.
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Pavel Slozil news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Pavel Slozil born 29 December 1955 is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia Pavel SlozilCountry sports CzechoslovakiaBorn 1955 12 29 29 December 1955 age 68 Opava CzechoslovakiaHeight1 73 m 5 ft 8 in PlaysRight handedPrize money 925 242SinglesCareer record144 163Career titles2Highest rankingNo 35 12 November 1984 Grand Slam singles resultsFrench Open3R 1982 US Open2R 1985 1986 DoublesCareer record358 155Career titles32Highest rankingNo 4 18 February 1985 Grand Slam doubles resultsFrench OpenF 1984 WimbledonSF 1986 Grand Slam mixed doubles resultsFrench OpenW 1978 Medal record Summer Universiade 1977 Sofia Doubles 1977 Sofia Mixed Doubles Slozil enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles During his career he won 32 doubles titles and finished runner up an additional 29 times including at the French Open in Slozil and his partner Renata Tomanova also from Czechoslovakia won the 1978 French Open mixed doubles championship defeating Virginia Ruzici Romania and Patrice Dominguez France The mixed doubles championship was an important event in those days contested by top players with John McEnroe and Mary Carillo having won the year before In 1985 Slozil achieved a career high doubles ranking of world No 4 Slozil participated in eleven Davis Cup ties for Czechoslovakia from 1978 to 1986 posting a 7 2 record in doubles and a 4 2 record in singles He was a member of the winning Czech Davis Cup team in 1980 along with teammates Ivan Lendl Tomas Smid and Jan Kodes Slozil served as Steffi Graf s coach from November 1986 until the end of 1991 Shortly after the start of his tenure as Graf s coach she had her Grand Slam breakthrough year in 1987 winning six tournaments and then defeating Martina Navratilova in the French Open Graf went on to be a finalist at Wimbledon and the US Open losing both times to Navratilova The next year Graf achieved a calendar year s Grand Slam a feat performed only twice before She also won the 1988 Olympics singles and the Wimbledon ladies doubles that same year From 1987 through 1991 coached by Slozil Graf won ten Grand Slam singles championships winning the Australian Open 1988 89 90 the French Open 1987 88 Wimbledon 1988 89 91 and the US Open 1988 89 plus numerous side tournaments He subsequently served as coach for Jennifer Capriati Anna Kournikova and Magdalena Maleeva between 1992 and 1999 In 2002 he began work at the World Tennis Club in Naples Florida He served there as Tennis Director until 2014 when he began coaching and teaching at the Sanchez Casal Tennis Academy also in Naples There he works with the junior players in the morning and continues to teach tennis to a wide range of players Contents 1 Career finals 1 1 Singles 2 titles 3 runner ups 1 2 Doubles 32 titles 29 runner ups 2 External linksCareer finals editSingles 2 titles 3 runner ups edit Result W L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score Loss 0 1 1979 Kitzbuhel Austria Clay nbsp Vitas Gerulaitis 2 6 2 6 4 6 Win 1 1 1981 Nancy France Carpet i nbsp Ilie Năstase 6 2 7 5 Loss 1 2 1983 Delray Beach WCT U S Clay nbsp Guillermo Vilas 1 6 4 6 0 6 Loss 1 3 1984 Vienna Austria Carpet i nbsp Tim Wilkison 1 6 1 6 2 6 Win 2 3 1985 Kitzbuhel Austria Clay nbsp Michael Westphal 7 5 6 2 Doubles 32 titles 29 runner ups edit Result W L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 1 1978 Kitzbuhel Austria Clay nbsp Pavel Hutka nbsp Mike Fishbach nbsp Chris Lewis 7 6 4 6 3 6 Loss 2 1978 Madrid Spain Clay nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Wojtek Fibak nbsp Jan Kodes 7 6 1 6 2 6 Loss 3 1979 Nice France Clay nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Peter McNamara nbsp Paul McNamee 1 6 6 3 2 6 Loss 4 1979 Florence Italy Clay nbsp Ivan Lendl nbsp Paolo Bertolucci nbsp Adriano Panatta 4 6 3 6 Loss 5 1979 Stuttgart Outdoor Germany Clay nbsp Wojtek Fibak nbsp Colin Dowdeswell nbsp Frew McMillan 4 6 2 6 6 2 4 6 Loss 6 1979 Cologne Germany Carpet i nbsp Heinz Gunthardt nbsp Gene Mayer nbsp Stan Smith 3 6 4 6 Loss 7 1980 Vienna Austria Clay nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Gianni Ocleppo nbsp Christophe Roger Vasselin def Loss 8 1980 Barcelona Spain Clay nbsp Balazs Taroczy nbsp Steve Denton nbsp Ivan Lendl 2 6 7 6 3 6 Loss 9 1980 Vienna Austria Carpet i nbsp Heinz Gunthardt nbsp Bob Lutz nbsp Stan Smith 1 6 2 6 Loss 10 1981 Linz Austria Hard i nbsp Brad Drewett nbsp Anders Jarryd nbsp Hans Simonsson 4 6 6 7 Loss 11 1981 Nice France Clay nbsp Chris Lewis nbsp Yannick Noah nbsp Pascal Portes 6 4 3 6 4 6 Loss 12 1981 Monte Carlo Monaco Clay nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Heinz Gunthardt nbsp Balazs Taroczy 3 6 3 6 Win 1 1981 Florence Italy Clay nbsp Raul Ramirez nbsp Paolo Bertolucci nbsp Adriano Panatta 6 3 3 6 6 3 Win 2 1981 Boston U S Clay nbsp Raul Ramirez nbsp Hans Gildemeister nbsp Andres Gomez 6 4 7 6 Loss 13 1981 Washington D C U S Hard nbsp Ferdi Taygan nbsp Raul Ramirez nbsp Van Winitsky 7 5 6 7 6 7 Loss 14 1981 North Conway U S Clay nbsp Ferdi Taygan nbsp Heinz Gunthardt nbsp Peter McNamara 7 6 5 7 4 6 Loss 15 1981 Geneva Switzerland Clay nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Heinz Gunthardt nbsp Balazs Taroczy 4 6 6 3 2 6 Loss 16 1981 Basel Switzerland Hard i nbsp Markus Gunthardt nbsp Jose Luis Clerc nbsp Ilie Năstase 6 7 7 6 6 7 Win 3 1982 Genova WCT Italy Carpet i nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Mike Cahill nbsp Buster Mottram 6 7 7 5 6 3 Win 4 1982 Brussels Belgium Carpet i nbsp Sherwood Stewart nbsp Tracy Delatte nbsp Chris Dunk 6 4 6 7 7 5 Win 5 1982 Madrid Spain Clay nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Heinz Gunthardt nbsp Balazs Taroczy 6 1 3 6 9 7 Win 6 1982 Hamburg Germany Clay nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Anders Jarryd nbsp Hans Simonsson 6 4 6 3 Loss 17 1982 Kitzbuhel Austria Clay nbsp Rod Frawley nbsp Mark Edmondson nbsp Kim Warwick 6 4 4 6 3 6 Loss 18 1982 Cap d Agde WCT France Clay nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Andy Andrews nbsp Drew Gitlin 2 6 4 6 Win 7 1982 Geneva Switzerland Clay nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Carl Limberger nbsp Mike Myburg 6 4 6 0 Loss 19 1982 Basel Switzerland Hard i nbsp Fritz Buehning nbsp Henri Leconte nbsp Yannick Noah 2 6 2 6 Win 8 1982 Vienna Austria Carpet i nbsp Henri Leconte nbsp Mark Dickson nbsp Terry Moor 6 1 7 6 Win 9 1982 Dortmund WCT Germany Carpet i nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Mike Cahill nbsp Francisco Gonzalez 6 2 6 7 6 1 Win 10 1982 Toulouse France Carpet i nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Jean Louis Haillet nbsp Yannick Noah 6 4 6 4 Win 11 1983 Richmond WCT U S Carpet i nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Fritz Buehning nbsp Brian Teacher 6 2 6 4 Win 12 1983 Delray Beach WCT U S Clay nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Anand Amritraj nbsp Johan Kriek 7 6 6 4 Loss 20 1983 Rotterdam Netherlands Carpet i nbsp Peter Fleming nbsp Fritz Buehning nbsp Tom Gullikson 6 7 6 4 6 7 Win 13 1983 Milan Italy Carpet i nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Fritz Buehning nbsp Peter Fleming 6 2 5 7 6 4 Loss 21 1983 Lisbon Portugal Clay nbsp Ferdi Taygan nbsp Carlos Kirmayr nbsp Cassio Motta 5 7 4 6 Win 14 1983 Madrid Spain Clay nbsp Heinz Gunthardt nbsp Markus Gunthardt nbsp Zoltan Kuharszky 6 3 6 3 Win 15 1983 Munich Germany Clay nbsp Chris Lewis nbsp Anders Jarryd nbsp Tomas Smid 6 4 6 2 Win 16 1983 Gstaad Switzerland Clay nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Colin Dowdeswell nbsp Wojtek Fibak 6 7 6 4 6 2 Loss 22 1983 Stuttgart Outdoor Germany Clay nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Anand Amritraj nbsp Mike Bauer 6 4 3 6 2 6 Win 17 1983 Kitzbuhel Austria Clay nbsp Wojtek Fibak nbsp Colin Dowdeswell nbsp Zoltan Kuharszky 7 5 6 2 Win 18 1983 Basel Switzerland Hard i nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Stefan Edberg nbsp Florin Segărceanu 6 1 3 6 7 6 Win 19 1983 Toulouse France Carpet i nbsp Heinz Gunthardt nbsp Bernard Mitton nbsp Butch Walts 5 7 7 5 6 4 Win 20 1984 Masters Doubles WCT London Carpet i nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Anders Jarryd nbsp Hans Simonsson 1 6 6 3 3 6 6 1 6 3 Win 21 1984 Milan Italy Carpet i nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Kevin Curren nbsp Steve Denton 6 4 6 3 Loss 23 1984 French Open Paris Clay nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Henri Leconte nbsp Yannick Noah 4 6 6 2 6 3 3 6 2 6 Win 22 1984 Washington D C U S Clay nbsp Ferdi Taygan nbsp Drew Gitlin nbsp Blaine Willenborg 7 6 6 1 Win 23 1984 Bordeaux France Clay nbsp Blaine Willenborg nbsp Loic Courteau nbsp Guy Forget 6 1 6 4 Win 24 1984 Barcelona Spain Clay nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Martin Jaite nbsp Victor Pecci 6 2 6 0 Win 25 1984 Basel Switzerland Hard i nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Stefan Edberg nbsp Tim Wilkison 7 6 6 2 Loss 24 1984 Wembley England Carpet i nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Andres Gomez nbsp Ivan Lendl 2 6 2 6 Win 26 1984 Treviso Italy Clay nbsp Tim Wilkison nbsp Jan Gunnarsson nbsp Sherwood Stewart 6 2 6 3 Loss 25 1984 Toulouse France Carpet i nbsp Tim Wilkison nbsp Jan Gunnarsson nbsp Michael Mortensen 4 6 2 6 Loss 26 1984 Masters New York Carpet i nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Peter Fleming nbsp John McEnroe 2 6 2 6 Win 27 1985 Memphis U S Hard i nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Kevin Curren nbsp Steve Denton 1 6 6 3 6 4 Win 28 1985 Rotterdam Netherlands Carpet i nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Vitas Gerulaitis nbsp Paul McNamee 6 4 6 4 Win 29 1985 Monte Carlo Monaco Clay nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Shlomo Glickstein nbsp Shahar Perkiss 6 2 6 3 Win 30 1985 Nice France Clay nbsp Claudio Panatta nbsp Loic Courteau nbsp Guy Forget 3 6 6 3 8 6 Loss 27 1985 Indianapolis U S Clay nbsp Kim Warwick nbsp Ken Flach nbsp Robert Seguso 4 6 4 6 Loss 28 1985 Toulouse France Carpet i nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Ricardo Acuna nbsp Jakob Hlasek 6 3 2 6 7 9 Win 31 1986 Nice France Clay nbsp Jakob Hlasek nbsp Gary Donnelly nbsp Colin Dowdeswell 6 3 4 6 11 9 Win 32 1986 Saint Vincent Italy Clay nbsp Libor Pimek nbsp Bud Cox nbsp Michael Fancutt 6 3 6 3 Loss 29 1986 Toulouse France Carpet i nbsp Jakob Hlasek nbsp Miloslav Mecir nbsp Tomas Smid 2 6 6 3 4 6External links editPavel Slozil at the Association of Tennis Professionals nbsp Pavel Slozil at the International Tennis Federation nbsp Pavel Slozil at the Davis Cup nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pavel Slozil amp oldid 1220616761, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
