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Kamil Čapkovič (; born 2 June 1986) is a professional Slovak
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player. He was born in
Michalovce Michalovce (; , , Romani language, Romani: ''Mihalya'', Yiddish language, Yiddish: מיכאלאָווצע ''Mikhaylovets'' or ''Mykhaylovyts''; ) is a town on the Laborec river in eastern Slovakia. Originally named after the Archangel St Michael ...
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Career

In 2000, Čapkovič dominated the U14 circuit in the
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, winning titles in
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, and
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, as well as the prestigious European Junior Championships at San Remo, in which he won the title in both the singles and doubles tournaments. In the latter, he was paired with fellow countryman Peter Miklusicak, and in the final, they beat Daniel Müller and Andreas Weber of Germany. He thus became just the third player to win both the singles and doubles tournaments in the U14 events, only after Johan Sjögren in 1977 and Florian Loddenkemper in 1984. Čapkovič has spent most of his time on the
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and Challenger circuits, where he has won several Futures titles.


Singles Titles


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* * 1986 births Living people Slovak male tennis players Sportspeople from Michalovce 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-tennis-bio-stub