David Prinosil ( cz, David Přinosil; born 9 March 1973) is a former
tennis
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player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991.
Prinosil was born in
Olomouc
Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019).
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,
Czechoslovakia
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, but later moved to Germany.
He represented his country at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the first round by
Daniel Vacek of the Czech Republic. In the doubles competition in
Stone Mountain Park
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he won the bronze medal partnering
Marc-Kevin Goellner
Marc-Kevin Peter Goellner (born 22 September 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He won two singles titles, achieved a Bronze medal in doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics and attained a career-high singles ranking of Wor ...
. He was the first opponent of
Tim Henman in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, in the first round of
Wimbledon in 1994.
The right-hander reached the fourth round of
Wimbledon in 2000 and the quarterfinals of the
Rome Masters in 1999 and the
Paris Masters in 2000. Prinosil won three career titles in singles, and reached his highest singles
ATP-ranking on 23 April 2001, when he became world No. 28. He began playing for Germany in the Davis Cup in 1996.
[
Prinosil achieved an upset victory over ]Greg Rusedski
Gregory Rusedski (born 6 September 1973) is a British and Canadian former tennis player. He was the British No. 1 in 1997, 1999 and 2006, and reached the ATP ranking of world No. 4 for periods from 6 October 1997 to 12 October 1997 and from 25 ...
in the second round of the Ericsson Open Masters tournament in 2001 with strong returns. Rusedski had recently beaten Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 tennis player. He is an eight-time Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major champion and an Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympic ...
. Prinosil and Rusedski had gone through rehabilitation together after foot surgeries in the same hospital in 1999.
ATP career finals
Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Doubles: 21 (10 titles, 11 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals
Singles: 9 (5–4)
Doubles: 4 (4–0)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
References
External links
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World ranking history
Frankfurter Allgemeine, 27 June 2001
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1973 births
Living people
German male tennis players
German people of Czech descent
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in tennis
Olympic tennis players of Germany
Sportspeople from Olomouc
Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics