Bohdan Ulihrach

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Bohdan Ulihrach
Bohdan Ulihrach 2013.JPG
Country (sports)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1975-02-23) 23 February 1975 (age 48)
Kolín, Czechoslovakia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1993
Retired2009
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$3,553,302
Singles
Career record230–246
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 22 (5 May 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 4R (1999)
French Open 4R (1999)
Wimbledon 3R (1996)
US Open 2R (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003)
Doubles
Career record9–25
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 286 (26 July 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2004, 2005)
US Open 2R (2003)
Last updated on: 20 November 2021.

Bohdan Ulihrach (born 23 February 1975) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.

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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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Jun 1995 St. Pölten, AustriaWorld SeriesClay Flag of Austria.svg Thomas Muster 3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win1–1 Aug 1995 Prague, Czech RepublicWorld SeriesClay Flag of Spain.svg Javier Sánchez 6–2, 6–2
Win2–1 Nov 1995 Montevideo, UruguayWorld SeriesClay Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Berasategui 6–2, 6–3
Loss2–2 May 1996 Prague, Czech RepublicWorld SeriesClay Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov 5–7, 6–1, 3–6
Loss2–3 Mar 1997 Indian Wells, United StatesMasters SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg Michael Chang 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss2–4 May 1997 Prague, Czech RepublicWorld SeriesClay Flag of France.svg Cédric Pioline 2–6, 7–5, 6–7(4–7)
Win3–4 Aug 1998 Umag, CroatiaWorld SeriesClay Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Norman 6–3, 7–6(7–0)
Loss3–5 Jan 2001 Doha, QatarWorld SeriesHard Flag of Chile.svg Marcelo Ríos 3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss3–6 Jul 2001 Båstad, SwedenWorld SeriesClay Flag of Italy.svg 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jul 1994 Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Morocco.svg Hicham Arazi 6–2, 6–0
Loss1–1Aug 1994 Plzeň, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Radomír Vašek 6–2, 2–6, 2–6
Loss1–2Mar 1995 Agadir, MoroccoChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Óscar Martínez 6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Win2–2Apr 1995 Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Novák 6–4, 7–6
Win3–2Jun 1997 Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Meligeni 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Win4–2Jun 2000 Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Martín 6–0, 6–2
Win5–2Jun 2001 Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Novák 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Loss5–3Sep 2006 Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Flag of Ecuador.svg Nicolás Lapentti 6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Win6–3May 2007 Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Dlouhý 6–4, 6–4

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 1R A 4R A 2R 1R A 2R 2R AAA0 / 77–750%
French Open 2R 3R 2R 3R 4R 2R 3R 1R A 1R Q2 A 2R Q2 0 / 1013–1057%
Wimbledon 1R 3R A 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 1R 1R A 1R A0 / 103–1023%
US Open 2R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R Q1 A Q3 AA0 / 95–936%
Win–loss2–36–42–34–36–41–33–40–41–11–31–20–01–20–00 / 3628–3644%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells AA F 3R 1R A 3R 1R A 1R Q2 AAA0 / 69–660%
Miami AA 2R 1R 2R A 3R 1R A 2R Q1 AAA0 / 63–633%
Monte Carlo A 2R 3R 3R 2R A 2R 2R A 1R Q1 AAA0 / 78–753%
Hamburg A 1R A 2R 1R A 2R 2R AAAAAA0 / 53–538%
Rome 3R 2R A 3R 1R 2R 1R 1R AAAAAA0 / 76–746%
Stuttgart A 2R 1R 3R A Q1 2R Not Masters Series0 / 44–450%
Canada A 3R AAAA QF 1R AAAAAA0 / 35–363%
Cincinnati AAAAAA 2R 1R AAAAAA0 / 21–233%
Paris A 1R 3R 1R A Q2 2R Q1 AAAAAA0 / 43–443%
Win–loss2–15–69–59–71–51–112–92–70–01–30–00–00–00–00 / 4442–4449%

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