Czech tennis player
Bohdan Ulihrach (born 23 February 1975) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic .
Career
Ulihrach turned professional in 1993. He won his first top-level singles title in July 1995 at Prague, where he defeated Javier Sánchez in the final. His second followed three months later at Montevideo, where he beat Alberto Berasategui in the final.
In 1996, Ulihrach was part of the Czech Republic team which finished runner-up at the World Team Cup . In 1997, en route to his first hardcourt final at the Indian Wells Masters , Ulihrach beat the then-world No. 1, Pete Sampras . In the final, he was defeated by Michael Chang . Ulihrach reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 22 in May 1997.
He reached the fourth round at both the Australian Open and the French Open , in 1999.
In 2003, Ulihrach was cleared of a doping charge.[ 1]
At the 2007 French Open , he beat the No. 24 seed Dominik Hrbatý in the first round in five sets.
ATP career finals
Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–1)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (3–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (3–6)
Indoors (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Jun 1995
St. Pölten , Austria
World Series
Clay
Thomas Muster
3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win
1–1
Aug 1995
Prague , Czech Republic
World Series
Clay
Javier Sánchez
6–2, 6–2
Win
2–1
Nov 1995
Montevideo , Uruguay
World Series
Clay
Alberto Berasategui
6–2, 6–3
Loss
2–2
May 1996
Prague , Czech Republic
World Series
Clay
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
5–7, 6–1, 3–6
Loss
2–3
Mar 1997
Indian Wells , United States
Masters Series
Hard
Michael Chang
6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss
2–4
May 1997
Prague , Czech Republic
World Series
Clay
Cédric Pioline
2–6, 7–5, 6–7(4–7)
Win
3–4
Aug 1998
Umag , Croatia
World Series
Clay
Magnus Norman
6–3, 7–6(7–0)
Loss
3–5
Jan 2001
Doha , Qatar
World Series
Hard
Marcelo Ríos
3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss
3–6
Jul 2001
Båstad , Sweden
World Series
Clay
Andrea Gaudenzi
5–7, 3–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 9 (6–3)
Legend
ATP Challenger (6–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (6–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Jul 1994
Oberstaufen , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Hicham Arazi
6–2, 6–0
Loss
1–1
Aug 1994
Plzeň , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Radomír Vašek
6–2, 2–6, 2–6
Loss
1–2
Mar 1995
Agadir , Morocco
Challenger
Clay
Óscar Martínez
6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Win
2–2
Apr 1995
Birmingham , United States
Challenger
Clay
Jiří Novák
6–4, 7–6
Win
3–2
Jun 1997
Prostějov , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Fernando Meligeni
6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Win
4–2
Jun 2000
Szczecin , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Alberto Martín
6–0, 6–2
Win
5–2
Jun 2001
Prostějov , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Jiří Novák
6–4, 6–7(5–7) , 6–3
Loss
5–3
Sep 2006
Szczecin , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Nicolás Lapentti
6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Win
6–3
May 2007
Ostrava , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Lukáš Dlouhý
6–4, 6–4
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.
Singles
References
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