Josef Čihák

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]

Josef Čihák
Country (sports) Czechoslovakia
Born (1963-03-19) 19 March 1963
Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1985
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$241,359
Singles
Career record18–28
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 72 (19 October 1987)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open1R (1988, 1989)
Wimbledon1R (1988, 1989)
Doubles
Career record49–58
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 57 (20 March 1989)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open2R (1988, 1989, 1990)
Wimbledon2R (1989)

Career

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]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 2 (1–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 1989 Båstad, Sweden Clay Karel Nováček Per Henricsson
Nicklas Utgren		 5–7, 2–6
Win 1. 1989 Saint-Vincent, Italy Clay Cyril Suk Massimo Cierro
Alessandro de Minicis		 6–4, 6–2

Challenger titles

Singles: (3)
No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
1. 1984 Bielefeld, West Germany Clay Peter Elter 6–2, 7–5
2. 1988 Pescara, Italy Clay Gerardo Vacarezza 6–4, 6–3
3. 1988 Casablanca, Morocco Clay David de Miguel 6–4, 6–2

Doubles: (11)
No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
1. 1985 Bahia, Brazil Hard Tom Nijssen Emilio Sánchez
Víctor Pecci		 6–4, 6–3
2. 1987 Budapest, Hungary Clay Cyril Suk Christer Allgårdh
David Engel		 6–2, 7–6
3. 1988 Cairo, Egypt Clay Cyril Suk Roberto Argüello
Marcelo Ingaramo		 6–3, 6–2
4. 1988 Agadir, Morocco Clay Cyril Suk José López-Maeso
Alberto Tous		 6–2, 6–2
5. 1988 San Marino Clay Christer Allgårdh João Cunha e Silva
Jörgen Windahl		 6–4, 6–2
6. 1988 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Cyril Suk Arnaud Boetsch
Denis Langaskens		 6–2, 6–0
7. 1989 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Mark Koevermans Marcelo Ingaramo
Christian Miniussi		 6–4, 6–4
8. 1989 Agadir, Morocco Clay Cyril Suk Brett Dickinson
Jörgen Windahl		 6–3, 6–3
9. 1990 Agadir, Morocco Clay Cyril Suk Omar Camporese
Diego Nargiso		 W/O
10. 1991 Porto, Portugal Clay Tomáš Anzari Juan Carlos Báguena
Andrés Gómez		 7–5, 6–2
11. 1991 Pescara, Italy Clay Tomáš Anzari Johan Donar
John Sobel		 6–3, 6–4

References
  1. Coaches of TK Sparta Praha
  2. ATP World Tour Profile
  3. ITF Tennis Profile
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