David Prinosil (; 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 (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants, making it the Statutory city (Czech Republic), sixth largest city in the country. It is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region.
Located on the Morava (rive ...
,
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
Daniel Vacek (born 1 April 1971) is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic who turned professional in 1990. He reached the quarterfinals of the 1995 Paris Masters, the 1998 Canada Masters and the 1998 Cincinnati M ...
of the Czech Republic. In the doubles competition in
Stone Mountain Park he won the bronze medal partnering
Marc-Kevin Goellner. He was the first opponent of
Tim Henman
Timothy Henry Henman (born 6 September 1974) is a British former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) during the early 2000s. Henman won 15 career ATP Tour titl ...
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 Canadian-British former professional tennis player. He was the British No. 1 in 1997, 1999 and 2006, and reached the ATP Tour, ATP ranking of world No. 4 for periods from 6 October 1997 to 12 October ...
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 professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 101 ...
. 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 for Germany in tennis
Olympic tennis players for Germany
Sportspeople from Olomouc
Tennis players from the Olomouc Region
Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
20th-century German sportsmen