David Miketa

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David Miketa
Full nameDavid Miketa
Country (sports)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Born (1975-06-04) 4 June 1975 (age 47)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$101,371
Singles
Career record0–5
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 175 (29 November 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open Q1 (2000)
Wimbledon Q3 (1999)
US Open Q1 (1999)
Doubles
Career record2–5
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 262 (11 November 2002)

David Miketa (born 4 June 1975) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.

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Biography

Miketa, a right-hander player from Prague, competed in the boy's events at Wimbledon as a junior before turning professional in 1993. [1] He featured in three editions of the Prague Open, in addition to main draw appearances at the Romanian Open in 1999 and the 2000 Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart. Although he exited in the first round of all the ATP Tour tournaments he played, he held six match points against world number 22 Tommy Haas in Stuttgart, before going down in three sets. [2] As a doubles player he twice made quarter-finals, at Prague in 1994 and Stuttgart in 2000, both times partnering David Škoch. He won two Challenger titles in doubles.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1999 Bressanone, ItalyClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Radovan Světlík Flag of Italy.svg Manuel Jorquera
Flag of Germany.svg Anthony Parun
7–5, 6–4
2.2001 Prague, Czech RepublicClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Dlouhý Flag of Slovakia.svg Karol Beck
Flag of Slovakia.svg Igor Zelenay
6–1, 4–6, 6–3

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References

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