David Rikl (born 27 February 1971) is a former professional

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player from the

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. His success came mostly in doubles, winning 30 titles and finishing runner-up at the 2004 US Open and

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Men's Doubles. He also achieved a singles ranking as high as World No. 41 on 2 May 1994.

Tennis career

Juniors

As a junior Rikl excelled at doubles, reaching the semi-finals of the French Open and Australian Open and the final of Wimbledon. Junior Grand Slam results – Singles: Australian Open: 3R (1989)
French Open: 2R (1989)
Wimbledon: 2R (1989)
US Open: 1R (1988) Junior Grand Slam results – Doubles: Australian Open: SF (1989)
French Open: SF (1984)
Wimbledon: F (1983)
US Open: 1R (1988)

Pro tour

Rikl turned professional in 1989. In singles, he won five Challenger tournaments and achieved his greatest slam performance in 1997, reaching the third round of Wimbledon. Rikl retired from the professional tour in 2005 and currently resides in London.

Partnership with Jiří Novák

Rikl won most of his titles in the early 2000s and late 1990s with compatriot

Jiří Novák Jiří Novák (; born 22 March 1975) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Career Novák turned professional in 1993 and won seven singles and 18 doubles ...

. He and Novák made a run to the

finals, losing to

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and

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in four sets. Rikl won 14 of his titles with Novák, the pair winning 9 of Rikl's titles consecutively.

Last years

David's son Patrik also plays tennis.http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100174880

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (2 runner-ups)

Career finals

Doubles wins (30)

Doubles performance timeline

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rikl, David 1971 births Living people Czech male tennis players Czechoslovak male tennis players Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of the Czech Republic People from Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav Sportspeople from the Central Bohemian Region