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

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 Petros "Pete" Sampras ( el, Πέτρος Σάμπρας; born August 12, 1971) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. His professional career began in 1988 and ended at the 2002 US Open, which he won, defeating longtime rival Andre ...

. 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

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and the

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, in 1999. In 2003, Ulihrach was cleared of a doping charge. At the

2007 French Open The 2007 French Open (Roland Garros) was held in Paris, France from 27 May through to 10 June 2007. Rafael Nadal became the first man to win the tournament 3 times consecutively since Björn Borg, 1978–81; and maintained his unbeaten run at Rol ...

, 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)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (6–3)

Performance timeline

Singles

References

External links

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