Cyril Suk Explained

Cyril Suk
Fullname:	Cyril Suk III
Country:	(1988–92) (1993–2006)
Residence:	Bradenton, Florida, US
Birth Date:	29 January 1967
Birth Place:	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Turnedpro:	1988
Retired:	2006
Plays:	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$3,651,530
Singlesrecord:	1–17
Singlestitles:	0
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 180 (28 November 1988)
Australianopenresult:	1R (1989, 1990)
Wimbledonresult:	Q3 (1991)
Doublesrecord:	618–529
Doublestitles:	32
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 7 (11 April 1994)
Australianopendoublesresult:	QF (1992, 1994)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	QF (1991, 2001, 2002)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	QF (1994, 2002, 2003)
Usopendoublesresult:	W (1998)
Australianopenmixedresult:	F (1995, 1998)
Frenchopenmixedresult:	W (1991)
Wimbledonmixedresult:	W (1992, 1996, 1997)
Usopenmixedresult:	F (1995)

Cyril Suk III (born 29 January 1967) is a former professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Suk won five Grand Slam titles, one men's doubles and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and 32 ATP Tour doubles titles during his career.

Early life

Suk was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, a member of a prominent Czech tennis family. His mother, Vera, was a women's singles finalist at Wimbledon in 1962. His father, Cyril, was President of the Czechoslovak Tennis Federation. His sister, Helena, was an even more successful professional player on the women's tour who teamed-up with Suk to win three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in the 1990s.^[1]

Juniors

In 1985, Suk partnered with fellow Czech tennis player Petr Korda to win the boys' doubles title at the French Open. Suk and Korda were ranked the joint-World No. 1 junior doubles players that year.

Career

Suk claimed his first Grand Slam mixed doubles title in 1991 at the French Open, partnering sister Helena. In 1992, he teamed up with Larisa Neiland to win the Wimbledon mixed doubles title. He went on to win the Wimbledon mixed doubles crown on two further occasions partnering Helena – in 1996 and 1997. In 1998, Suk teamed up with Sandon Stolle to win the US Open men's doubles title.

Suk's career-high doubles ranking was World No. 7 in 1994. (In singles, his career-high ranking was World No. 180 in 1988. He has largely focused on doubles play during his career.)

Suk was selected as captain of the Czech Republic's Davis Cup team for the 2003 season.

Suk married his wife Lenka in 1991. They have a son, Cyril IV (born 1992), who is a PGA Tour professional and a daughter, Natalie Mia (born 1996), who is also playing tennis, mostly on ITF Tour.

Career finals

Doubles (32 titles – 27 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (2) ATP International Series Gold (7) ATP Tour (22)

Titles by surface Hard (12) Clay (9) Grass (6) Carpet (5)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1989	Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany	Clay	Florin Segărceanu	Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 4–6
Win	1.	1989	St. Vincent, Italy	Clay	Josef Čihák	Massimo Cierro Alessandro de Minicis	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2.	1991	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	Omar Camporese Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 6–7
Loss	3.	1991	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Tom Nijssen	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	3–6, 3–6
Win	2.	1991	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Vojtěch Flégl	Libor Pimek Daniel Vacek	6–4, 6–2
Win	3.	1991	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Tom Nijssen	Jeremy Bates Kevin Curren	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win	4.	1991	Lyon, France	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	7–6, 6–3
Loss	4.	1991	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	5–7, 2–6
Win	5.	1992	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	5.	1992	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Petr Korda	Hendrik Jan Davids Libor Pimek	W/O
Win	6.	1992	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Tom Nijssen	Karel Nováček David Rikl	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6.	1992	Bolzano, Italy	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	Anders Järryd Bent-Ove Pedersen	1–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	7.	1993	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	7.	1993	Halle, Germany	Grass	Petr Korda	Mike Bauer Marc-Kevin Goellner	7–6, 5–7, 6–3
Win	8.	1993	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Tom Nijssen	Gary Muller Piet Norval	7–6, 6–3
Win	9.	1993	New Haven, United States	Hard	Daniel Vacek	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	6–3, 7–6
Loss	8.	1993	Paris, France	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Win	10.	1994	Oahu, United States	Hard	Tom Nijssen	Alex O'Brien Jonathan Stark	6–4, 6–4
Win	11.	1994	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	9.	1995	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Daniel Vacek	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	2–6, 2–6
Win	12.	1995	Nice, France	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Luke Jensen David Wheaton	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win	13.	1995	Rome, Italy	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6–3, 6–4
Loss	10.	1995	Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Petr Korda	Olivier Delaître Jeff Tarango	6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Win	14.	1995	Long Island, United States	Hard	Daniel Vacek	Rick Leach Scott Melville	5–7, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	11.	1995	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Mark Keil Jeff Tarango	4–6, 6–7
Win	15.	1995	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Daniel Vacek	Mark Keil Peter Nyborg	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	12.	1995	Essen, Germany	Carpet	Daniel Vacek	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	5–7, 4–6
Loss	13.	1996	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Hendrik Jan Davids	David Adams Marius Barnard	3–6, 7–5, 6–7
Loss	14.	1996	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	15.	1996	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	Petr Korda	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6–7, 6–4, 4–6
Win	16.	1996	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet	Sandon Stolle	Ján Krošlák Karol Kučera	7–6, 6–3
Loss	16.	1997	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Sander Groen Goran Ivanišević	6–7, 3–6
Loss	17.	1997	Antwerp, Belgium	Hard (i)	Sandon Stolle	David Adams Olivier Delaître	6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Loss	18.	1997	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Sandon Stolle	Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter	2–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	17.	1997	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Martin Damm	David Adams Fabrice Santoro	6–4, 6–3
Win	18.	1998	Scottsdale, United States	Hard	Michael Tebbutt	Kent Kinnear David Wheaton	4–6, 6–1, 7–6
Loss	19.	1998	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Daniel Orsanic	Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni	4–6, 5–7
Win	19.	1998	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Win	20.	1999	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Donald Johnson	Aleksandar Kitinov Eric Taino	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	21.	2000	s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Martin Damm	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–5)
Win	22.	2000	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Pablo Albano	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	20.	2001	s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Martin Damm	Paul Haarhuis Sjeng Schalken	4–6, 4–6
Loss	21.	2002	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Martín García	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–7, 6–7
Win	23.	2002	Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Martin Damm	David Adams Ben Ellwood	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), [10–5]
Win	24.	2002	Rome, Italy	Clay	Martin Damm	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	7–5, 7–5
Win	25.	2002	s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Martin Damm	Paul Haarhuis Brian MacPhie	7–6^(8–6), 6–7^(6–8), 6–4
Win	26.	2003	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Martin Damm	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 7–6^(10–8)
Loss	22.	2003	Halle, Germany	Grass	Martin Damm	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 4–6
Win	27.	2003	s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Martin Damm	Donald Johnson Leander Paes	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	28.	2003	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Martin Damm	Jürgen Melzer Alexander Peya	6–4, 6–4
Loss	23.	2003	Long Island, United States	Hard	Martin Damm	Robbie Koenig Martín Rodríguez	3–6, 6–7
Win	29.	2004	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Martin Damm	Stefan Koubek Andy Roddick	6–2, 6–4
Loss	24.	2004	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Martin Damm	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	5–7, 3–6
Win	30.	2004	s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Martin Damm	Lars Burgsmüller Jan Vacek	6–3, 7–6^(7–9), 6–3
Win	31.	2004	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Martin Damm	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	25.	2005	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Pavel Vízner	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	32.	2005	s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Pavel Vízner	Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl	6–3, 6–4
Loss	26.	2006	Pörtschach, Austria	Clay	Oliver Marach	Paul Hanley Jim Thomas	3–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss	27.	2006	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Oliver Marach	Philipp Kohlschreiber Stefan Koubek	2–6, 3–6

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Career SR	Career win–loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	QF	2R	QF	2R	3R	2R	3R	1R	A	1R	1R	3R	2R	2R	3R	A	0 / 17	21–17
French Open	A	2R	2R	2R	2R	QF	2R	2R	3R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	QF	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	0 / 21	21–21
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	2R	1R	3R	1R	2R	QF	1R	2R	3R	3R	1R	3R	2R	QF	QF	3R	3R	3R	1R	0 / 20	27–20
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	3R	3R	QF	2R	1R	QF	W	3R	1R	2R	1R	QF	3R	QF	1R	1R	1 / 18	28–17
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	1 / 76	N/A
Annual win–loss	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–3	2–4	6–4	6–4	5–4	11–4	3–4	4–4	6–4	10–3	2–4	2–3	4–4	6–4	9–4	5–4	7–4	5–4	0–3	N/A	97–75
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	These Were Not ATP Masters Series Before 1990				A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	QF	2R	1R	A	0 / 11	6–11
Miami					A	1R	3R	2R	2R	2R	3R	3R	QF	QF	2R	2R	2R	QF	QF	1R	QF	A	0 / 16	14–16
Monte Carlo					2R	1R	SF	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	SF	1R	2R	QF	QF	SF	2R	1R	A	0 / 16	12–16
Rome					QF	1R	1R	SF	1R	W	1R	SF	2R	SF	A	SF	W	SF	2R	1R	1R	A	2 / 16	27–14
Hamburg					SF	QF	SF	2R	QF	1R	1R	A	2R	2R	A	1R	2R	QF	2R	1R	1R	A	0 / 15	10–15
Canada					A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	QF	1R	1R	1R	2R	SF	2R	2R	1R	A	0 / 12	9–10
Cincinnati					A	A	A	A	QF	1R	F	QF	2R	2R	1R	QF	SF	QF	2R	2R	1R	A	0 / 13	15–13
Madrid (Stuttgart)					2R	F	QF	QF	2R	F	2R	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	QF	QF	SF	A	A	A	0 / 14	15–14
Paris					A	1R	QF	F	2R	2R	QF	2R	QF	1R	A	QF	2R	1R	QF	A	A	A	0 / 13	13–13
Masters Series SR	N/A				0 / 4	0 / 6	0 / 7	0 / 6	0 / 7	1 / 8	0 / 8	0 / 7	0 / 9	0 / 9	0 / 5	0 / 9	1 / 9	0 / 9	0 / 9	0 / 7	0 / 7	0 / 0	2 / 126	N/A
Annual win–loss	N/A				7–4	5–6	8–7	8–6	3–7	8–7	9–8	8–6	9–9	10–9	1–5	9–9	13–8	10–8	8–9	3–7	2–7	0–0	N/A	121–122
Year-end ranking	153	108	88	88	75	18	17	9	24	8	32	23	11	41	58	35	14	16	16	26	37	–	N/A

References

1. Web site: ATP Player Profile. ATP. 29 March 2012.