Karol Beck

Karol Beck
Country (sports)	Slovakia
Residence	Zvolen, Slovakia
Born	3 April 1982 (age 42); Zvolen, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2001
Retired	2018 (last match in 2020)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,110,846
Singles
Career record	65–116
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 36 (22 August 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2005)
French Open	1R (2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012)
Wimbledon	3R (2004, 2011)
US Open	4R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	33–51
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 62 (17 October 2010)
	Last updated on: 22 October 2018.

Last updated January 02, 2025

Karol Beck (born 3 April 1982) is a male former tennis player from Slovakia, who turned professional in 2001. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 36, achieved in August 2005. Beck reached the fourth round of the 2004 US Open and the quarterfinals of the 2005 Montreal Masters, defeating Nikolay Davydenko en route to both runs.

Career

On 25 October 2004, Beck lost in the final of the St. Petersburg Open to Mikhail Youzhny 6–2, 6–2.

On 13 February 2006 the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced Beck had tested positive for the beta agonist clenbuterol during the 2005 Davis Cup semifinal for Slovakia against Argentina, which Slovakia won 4–1. As a consequence, the ITF suspended him from the game for two years until 31 October 2007.

2007

Beck finished serving his suspension and began playing again in November as an unranked player. He had to go through qualifying rounds in every tournament.

Without a ranking, he chose the Tunis challenger as his first tournament to qualify in. He qualified and won his first round match to get his first ranking points. The next week, he had a wild card entry into qualifying for the Dnipropetrovsk challenger, and qualified to pick up some more points.

He qualified a couple more times at challengers and futures tournaments before winning his final tournament of 2007, the Czech F6 Futures, to finish up the year at No. 581, after playing in just 5 tournaments.

2008

He began 2008 from where he left off in 2007, qualifying into and winning his first tournament, Germany's F1 Futures, to get into the top-500.

2009

Beck took part in the 2009 Wimbledon Championships ranked as 143rd in the world. He was a lucky loser due to the withdrawal of then-World No. 1, Rafael Nadal. He was drawn against 21st seed Feliciano López in the first round and won a thrilling five set encounter 1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 10–8 to reach the second round of a grand slam tournament for the first time since the 2005 Australian Open. In the second round, he would meet another Spaniard, this being Nicolás Almagro. He played another 5-setter, but, this time, he lost 4–6, 6–7, 6–3, 6–3, 5–7.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Oct 2004	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet (i)	Mikhail Youzhny	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Feb 2010	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Harel Levy	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss	2.	Jun 2010	London, United Kingdom	Grass	David Škoch	Novak Djokovic Jonathan Erlich	6–7^(6–8), 6–2, [10–3]

Challenger and Futures Finals

Singles: 32 (17–15)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (10–11)
ITF Futures Tour (7–4)

Titles by surface
Hard (9–9)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (2–2)
Carpet (4–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2001	Croatia F2, Zagreb	Futures	Hard	Lovro Zovko	5–7, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2001	Togliatti, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Alexander Peya	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–2	Aug 2001	Russia F3, Balashikha	Futures	Clay	Orest Tereshchuk	6–2, 6–3
Win	2–2	Apr 2002	Greece F2, Kalamata	Futures	Hard	Janko Tipsarević	6–1, 6–4
Win	3–2	Jul 2002	Bristol, England	Challenger	Grass	Alexander Peya	6–0, 6–3
Loss	3–3	Jul 2002	Manchester, England	Challenger	Grass	Vladimir Voltchkov	4–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Loss	3–4	Nov 2002	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Carpet	Antony Dupuis	6–4, 4–6, 6–7^(1–7)
Win	4–4	Jan 2003	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Jürgen Melzer	6–2, 5–7, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	4–5	Feb 2003	Andrezieux, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Thierry Ascione	4–6, 2–6
Win	5–5	Feb 2004	Wrocław, Poland	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jan Hernych	6–7^(4–7), 6–2, 6–2
Win	6–5	Jun 2004	Surbiton, England	Challenger	Grass	Wesley Moodie	6–4, 6–4
Win	7–5	Mar 2005	Sunrise, United States	Challenger	Hard	Davide Sanguinetti	6–2, 6–2
Win	8–5	Dec 2007	Czech Republic F6, Opava	Futures	Carpet	Lukáš Rosol	2–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win	9–5	Jan 2008	Germany F1, Nussloch	Futures	Carpet	Sébastien de Chaunac	6–4, 6–4
Loss	9–6	Oct 2008	Kolding, Denmark	Challenger	Hard (i)	Roko Karanušić	4–6, 4–6
Loss	9–7	Nov 2008	Helsinki, Finland	Challenger	Hard (i)	Dmitry Tursunov	4–6, 3–6
Loss	9–8	Jan 2009	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Hard (i)	Benjamin Becker	4–6, 4–6
Win	10–8	Jul 2009	Pozoblanco, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Thiago Alves	6–4, 6–3
Win	11–8	Feb 2010	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Gilles Müller	6–4, 6–4
Win	12–8	Feb 2010	Belgrade, Serbia	Challenger	Carpet	Ilija Bozoljac	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	12–9	Mar 2010	Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Challenger	Hard (i)	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 0–1 ret.
Win	13–9	Oct 2010	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Gilles Müller	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 7–5
Loss	13–10	Mar 2011	Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Challenger	Hard (I)	Amer Delić	walkover
Win	14–10	Aug 2011	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Grégoire Burquier	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	14–11	Nov 2011	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Rajeev Ram	4–6, 2–6
Loss	14–12	Jun 2012	Nottingham, Great Britain	Challenger	Grass	Grega Žemlja	6–7^(3–7), 6–4, 4–6
Loss	14–13	Nov 2013	Czech Republic F6, Jablonec nad Nisou	Futures	Carpet	Uladzimir Ignatik	2–6, 3–6
Loss	14–14	Jan 2014	Germany F2, Stuttgart	Futures	Hard	Uladzimir Ignatik	6–4, 3–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Win	15–14	March 2014	France F7, Saint-Raphaël	Futures	Hard	Maxime Authom	7–6^(11–9), 6–4
Win	16–14	Apr 2014	Turkey F10, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Mate Delić	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 6–3
Loss	16–15	Jul 2014	Austria F5, Bad Waltersdorf	Futures	Clay	Dušan Lojda	3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	17–15	Aug 2014	Slovakia F3, Piešťany	Futures	Clay	Ivo Klec	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)

Doubles: 43 (27–16)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (19–9)
ITF Futures Tour (8–7)

Titles by surface
Hard (16–11)
Clay (8–5)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2000	Slovak Republic Masters, Piešťany	Satellites	Clay	Igor Zelenay	Branislav Sekáč Martin Štěpánek	6–3, 2–6, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	2–0	Oct 2000	Finland F2, Helsinki	Futures	Carpet	Igor Zelenay	Jarkko Nieminen Tero Vilen	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Nov 2000	United States F28, Malibu	Futures	Hard	Igor Zelenay	Lassi Ketola Kim Tiilikainen	4–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Win	3–1	Dec 2000	United States F29, Laguna Niguel	Futures	Hard	Cedric Kauffmann	Kelly Gullett Djalmar Sistermans	6–2, 6–3
Win	4–1	Jun 2001	Czech Republic F2, Jablonec nad Nisou	Futures	Clay	Branislav Sekáč	Martin Hromec Martin Štěpánek	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	4–2	Jun 2001	Slovenia F3, Kranj	Futures	Clay	Branislav Sekáč	Igor Brukner Josef Neštický	4–6, 5–7
Win	5–2	Jul 2001	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Branislav Sekáč	Thomas Strengberger Clemens Trimmel	2–6, 6–1, 6–0
Win	6–2	Aug 2001	Togliatti, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Igor Zelenay	Abdul Hamid Makhkamov Dmitriy Tomashevich	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Win	7–2	Aug 2001	Russia F1, Balashikha	Futures	Clay	Igor Zelenay	Alexey Kedryuk Orest Tereshchuk	0–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	7–3	Sep 2001	Zabrze, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Igor Zelenay	Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann	1–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	7–4	Nov 2001	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Hard	Igor Zelenay	Lukáš Dlouhý David Miketa	1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	7–5	Jan 2002	United States F2, Delray Beach	Futures	Hard	Ladislav Švarc	Graydon Oliver Travis Rettenmaier	2–6, 4–6
Win	8–5	Mar 2002	Osaka, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Cedric Kauffmann	Laurence Tieleman JohnVan Lottum	7–5, 6–1
Loss	8–6	Apr 2002	Greece F1, Syros	Futures	Hard	Michal Mertiňák	Thierry Ascione Florent Serra	6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win	9–6	Apr 2002	Greece F2, Kalamata	Futures	Hard	Michal Mertiňák	Tapio Nurminen Marko Tkalec	6–1, 6–2
Win	10–6	May 2002	Budapest, Hungary	Challenger	Clay	Jaroslav Levinský	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win	11–6	Jul 2002	Manchester, Great Britain	Challenger	Grass	Aisam Qureshi	John Hui Anthony Ross	6–3, 7–6^(7–2)
Loss	11–7	Aug 2002	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Sander Groen	Tim Crichton Todd Perry	7–5, 6–7^(3–7), 4–6
Loss	11–8	Aug 2002	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Tomáš Zíb	Jamie Delgado Arvind Parmar	6–7^(6–8), 1–6
Win	12–8	Nov 2002	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Hard	Jaroslav Levinský	Aleksandar Kitinov Lovro Zovko	7–5, 6–2
Win	13–8	May 2004	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Jaroslav Levinský	Jordan Kerr Tom Vanhoudt	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	14–8	Nov 2004	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine	Challenger	Hard	Jaroslav Levinský	Andrei Pavel Gabriel Trifu	6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–2)
Win	15–8	Feb 2009	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Jaroslav Levinský	Benedikt Dorsch Philipp Petzschner	6–3, 6–2
Win	16–8	Mar 2009	Besançon, France	Challenger	Hard	Jaroslav Levinský	David Škoch Igor Zelenay	2–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Win	17–8	Mar 2009	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Jaroslav Levinský	Chris Haggard Pavel Vízner	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
Win	18–8	May 2009	Rhodes, Greece	Challenger	Hard	Jaroslav Levinský	Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds	6–3, 6–3
Win	19–8	Jul 2009	Pozoblanco, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Jaroslav Levinský	Colin Fleming Ken Skupski	2–6, 7–6^(7–5), [10–7]
Loss	19–9	Feb 2010	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Jiří Krkoška	Jonathan Marray Jamie Murray	1–6, 7–6^(7–2), [8–10]
Loss	19–10	May 2010	Bordeaux, France	Challenger	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin	7–5, 3–6, [7–10]
Win	20–10	Sep 2010	Trnava, Slovakie	Challenger	Clay	Lukáš Rosol	Alexander Peya Martin Slanar	4–6, 7–6^(7–3), [10–8]
Loss	20–11	Oct 2010	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Filip Polášek	Ross Hutchins Jamie Murray	6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	21–11	Jul 2011	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Matthias Bachinger Frank Moser	6–1, 6–3
Loss	21–12	Jul 2012	Astana, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard	Kamil Čapkovič	Konstantin Kravchuk Denys Molchanov	4–6, 3–6
Win	22–12	Sep 2012	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Lukáš Dlouhý	Adrián Menéndez Maceiras John Peers	3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win	23–12	Nov 2012	Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Carpet	Rik de Voest	Rameez Junaid Michael Kohlmann	6–3, 6–4
Win	24–12	Feb 2013	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Andrej Martin	Claudio Grassi Amir Weintraub	6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss	24–13	Mar 2013	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Challenger	Hard	Mirza Bašić	Konstantin Kravchuk Tomislav Brkić	3–6, 5–7
Win	25–13	Feb 2014	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Michal Mertiňák	Konstantin Kravchuk Denys Molchanov	4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Win	26–13	Apr 2014	Turkey F10, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Maximilian Neuchrist	George Coupland Andreas Mies	6–2, 6–3
Win	27–13	Aug 2014	Slovakia F3, Piešťany	Futures	Clay	Filipp Kekercheni	Danylo Kalenichenko Gonçalo Oliveira	6–2, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss	27–14	Aug 2014	Slovakia F4, Trnava	Futures	Clay	Filipp Kekercheni	Jakub Filipsky Jan Šátral	3–6, 2–6
Loss	27–15	Jul 2016	Slovakia F1, Trnava	Futures	Clay	Artem Dubrivnyy	Danylo Kalenichenko Filipp Kekercheni	0–6, 1–6
Loss	27–16	Nov 2016	Estonia F3, Tallinn	Futures	Hard	Artem Dubrivnyy	Niels Lootsma BoticVan de Zandschulp

Performance timelines

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

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	3R	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	1R	1R	A	3–5
French Open	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	Q1	1R	A	1R	A	0–5
Wimbledon	2R	1R	3R	1R	A	A	Q1	2R	2R	3R	1R	Q2	7–8
US Open	A	1R	4R	1R	A	A	Q2	1R	Q1	1R	1R	Q1	3–6
Win–loss	1–1	0–4	6–4	2–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–3	0–4	0–0	13–24
Career statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1
Year-end ranking	117	66	44	57	N/A	582	145	114	103	101	141	360

Doubles

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	2–2
French Open	A	1R	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	2–3
Wimbledon	1R	2R	A	3R	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	3–6
US Open	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	2–2
Win–loss	0–1	1–2	2–3	6–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	12–13

External links

Karol Beck at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Karol Beck at the International Tennis Federation
Karol Beck at the Davis Cup
Beck World Ranking History
Karol Beck at Olympedia ( archive )
Karol Beck at Olympics.com
Karol Beck at Olympic.sk (in Slovak)

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