Tomáš Šmíd Explained

Tomáš Šmíd (born 20 May 1956) is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who won nine singles titles during his career. In doubles, he won 54 titles and was world No. 1 in doubles from December 17, 1984, to August 11, 1985. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 11 in July 1984. Šmíd participated in 31 Davis Cup ties for Czechoslovakia from 1977 to 1989, posting a 20–10 record in doubles and a 22–15 record in singles. Šmíd was a part of the winning 1980 Davis Cup team, a team which included Ivan Lendl. In the final against Italy, Šmíd won a singles rubber against Adriano Panatta after being two sets down, and won the doubles rubber when partnered with Lendl as they beat Panatta and Paolo Bertolucci to clinch the 1980 Davis Cup for Czechoslovakia.

Šmíd coached Boris Becker for 14 months, from April 1991 until June 1992, during which time Becker reached the 1991 Wimbledon final and regained the world number 1 ranking for nine weeks. Becker lost the number 1 ranking after a third round loss at the 1991 US Open to Paul Haarhuis. In terms of Becker winning a tournament during the time when Šmíd was his coach, the high point was when Becker came back from two sets down to defeat world number 1, Jim Courier, in the final of the Brussels tournament in February 1992. Becker ended the coaching arrangement with Šmíd in June 1992.

Career finals

Singles: 28 (9 wins, 19 losses)

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	1978	Sarasota, U.S.	Carpet	Nick Saviano	7–6, 0–6, 7–5
Loss	1.	1978	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	1978	Madrid, Spain	Clay	José Higueras	7–6, 3–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win	2.	1979	Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany	Clay	Ulrich Pinner	6–4, 6–0, 6–2
Loss	3.	1979	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	2–6, 2–6, 1–6
Win	3.	1980	Stuttgart Indoor, West Germany	Hard (i)	Mark Cox	6–1, 6–3, 5–7, 1–6, 6–4
Loss	4.	1980	Vienna, Austria	Clay	Ángel Giménez	6–1, ret.
Win	4.	1980	Bologna, Italy	Carpet	Paolo Bertolucci	7–5, 6–2
Loss	5.	1981	Frankfurt, West Germany	Carpet	John McEnroe	2–6, 3–6
Loss	6.	1981	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Björn Borg	4–6, 3–6
Win	5.	1982	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Carpet	John Sadri	3–6, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Loss	7.	1982	Munich-2 WCT, West Germany	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 3–6, 1–6, 2–6
Win	6.	1982	Cap d'Agde WCT, France	Clay	Lloyd Bourne	6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Loss	8.	1982	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Mats Wilander	5–7, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	9.	1982	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Yannick Noah	3–6, 2–6
Loss	10.	1983	Bournemouth, England	Clay	José Higueras	6–2, 6–7, 5–7
Win	7.	1983	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Joakim Nyström	6–0, 6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 7–5
Loss	11.	1983	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Sandy Mayer	0–6, 3–6, 2–6
Win	8.	1983	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	6–4, 6–4
Loss	12.	1983	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Mats Wilander	1–6, 5–7
Loss	13.	1984	Madrid, Spain	Carpet	John McEnroe	0–6, 4–6
Loss	14.	1984	Luxembourg	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	4–6, 4–6
Loss	15.	1984	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Anders Järryd	3–6, 3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss	16.	1984	Hong Kong	Hard	Andrés Gómez	3–6, 2–6
Win	9.	1985	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Mats Wilander	6–4, 6–4
Loss	17.	1985	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Yannick Noah	4–6, 4–6
Loss	18.	1987	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Marián Vajda	1–6, 3–6
Loss	19.	1987	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Claudio Mezzadri	4–6, 5–7

Doubles: 103 (55 wins, 48 losses)

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Legend Grand Slam (2–1) Tennis Masters Cup (1–2) ATP Masters Series (1–0) Grand Prix (50–44)

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Finals by surface Hard (10–4) Clay (32–28) Grass (0–0) Carpet (12–15)

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	1978	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Peter Fleming	Jaime Fillol Sr. Ilie Năstase	6–4, 7–5
Loss	1.	1978	Nice, France	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret	4–6, 0–6
Loss	2.	1978	Rome, Italy	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Víctor Pecci Belus Prajoux	7–6, 6–7, 1–6
Win	2.	1978	Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Carlos Kirmayr Belus Prajoux	6–3, 7–6
Loss	3.	1978	Aix-en-Provence, France	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas	6–7, 1–6
Loss	4.	1978	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Pavel Složil	Wojciech Fibak Jan Kodeš	7–6, 1–6, 2–6
Loss	5.	1979	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	José Luis Clerc	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	1–6, 3–6
Loss	6.	1979	Nice, France	Clay	Pavel Složil	Paul McNamee Peter McNamara	1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	3.	1979	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Mark Edmondson John Marks	6–3, 6–1, 7–6
Win	4.	1979	Rome, Italy	Clay	Peter Fleming	José Luis Clerc Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–1, 7–5
Loss	7.	1979	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Tom Okker Balázs Taróczy	1–6, 3–6
Loss	8.	1979	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Gene Mayer John McEnroe	4–6, 6–7
Loss	9.	1979	Wembley, England	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	2–6, 3–6
Win	5.	1979	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Marcos Hocevar João Soares	6–1, 7–5
Loss	10.	1980	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Rod Frawley	Brian Gottfried John McEnroe	3–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win	6.	1980	Stuttgart Indoor, West Germany	Hard (i)	Wojciech Fibak	Tim Mayotte Larry Stefanki	6–4, 7–6
Loss	11.	1980	Vienna, Austria	Clay	Pavel Složil	Gianni Ocleppo Christophe Roger-Vasselin	def.
Loss	12.	1980	Cologne, West Germany	Hard (i)	Jan Kodeš	Bernard Mitton Andrew Pattison	4–6, 1–6
Loss	13.	1981	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Pavel Složil	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	3–6, 3–6
Loss	14.	1981	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Buster Mottram	Ricardo Cano Víctor Pecci	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	15.	1981	Rome, Italy	Clay	Bruce Manson	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	5–7, 2–6
Loss	16.	1981	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Pavel Složil	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	17.	1981	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	18.	1981	Bologna, Italy	Carpet	Balázs Taróczy	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Henri Leconte	6–7, 4–6
Loss	19.	1982	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Balázs Taróczy	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	4–6, 5–7
Loss	20.	1982	Delray Beach WCT, U.S.	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Mel Purcell Eliot Teltscher	4–6, 6–7
Win	7.	1982	Genova WCT, Italy	Carpet (i)	Pavel Složil	Mike Cahill Buster Mottram	6–7, 7–5, 6–3
Win	8.	1982	Munich-2 WCT, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Mark Edmondson	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win	9.	1982	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Pavel Složil	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–1, 3–6, 9–7
Win	10.	1982	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Pavel Složil	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	6–4, 6–3
Win	11.	1982	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	7–6, 6–4
Loss	21.	1982	Cap d'Agde WCT, France	Clay	Pavel Složil	Andy Andrews Drew Gitlin	2–6, 4–6
Win	12.	1982	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Pavel Složil	Carl Limberger Mike Myburg	6–4, 6–0
Win	13.	1982	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Fritz Buehning	Kevin Curren Buster Mottram	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Win	14.	1982	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Pavel Složil	Jean-Louis Haillet Yannick Noah	6–4, 6–4
Loss	22.	1982	Wembley, England	Carpet (i)	Heinz Günthardt	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–7, 4–6
Win	15.	1982	Dortmund WCT, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Pavel Složil	Mike Cahill Franciso González	6–2, 6–7, 6–1
Win	16.	1983	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Tim Gullikson	Shlomo Glickstein Van Winitsky	5–7, 7–6, 6–3
Win	17.	1983	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Pavel Složil	Fritz Buehning Brian Teacher	6–2, 6–4
Win	18.	1983	Delray Beach WCT, U.S.	Clay	Pavel Složil	Anand Amritraj Johan Kriek	7–6, 6–4
Win	19.	1983	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Pavel Složil	Fritz Buehning Peter Fleming	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	23.	1983	Houston WCT, U.S.	Clay	Mark Dickson	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	6–7, 7–6, 1–6
Win	20.	1983	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	7–6, 7–5
Loss	24.	1983	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Anders Järryd	Chris Lewis Pavel Složil	4–6, 2–6
Win	21.	1983	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Pavel Složil	Colin Dowdeswell Wojciech Fibak	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	25.	1983	Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany	Clay	Pavel Složil	Anand Amritraj Mike Bauer	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	26.	1983	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Win	22.	1983	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Pavel Složil	Stefan Edberg Florin Segărceanu	6–1, 3–6, 7–6
Win	23.	1984	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet (i)	Pavel Složil	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	27.	1984	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Heinz Günthardt	Fritz Buehning Peter Fleming	3–6, 0–6
Win	24.	1984	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Pavel Složil	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	6–4, 6–3
Win	25.	1984	Luxembourg	Carpet (i)	Anders Järryd	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 7–5
Loss	28.	1984	French Open, Paris	Clay	Pavel Složil	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win	26.	1984	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Anders Järryd	Broderick Dyke Michael Fancutt	6–4, 5–7, 7–6
Win	27.	1984	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Cássio Motta Blaine Willenborg	6–4, 6–2
Win	28.	1984	US Open, New York City	Hard	John Fitzgerald	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	7–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	29.	1984	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Blaine Willenborg	Adriano Panatta Henrik Sundström	6–7, 6–3, 6–0
Loss	29.	1984	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Libor Pimek	Michael Mortensen Mats Wilander	1–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win	30.	1984	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Pavel Složil	Martín Jaite Víctor Pecci	6–2, 6–0
Win	31.	1984	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Pavel Složil	Stefan Edberg Tim Wilkison	7–6, 6–2
Win	32.	1984	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Henri Leconte	Vijay Amritraj Ilie Năstase	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss	30.	1984	Wembley, England	Carpet (i)	Pavel Složil	Andrés Gómez Ivan Lendl	2–6, 2–6
Loss	31.	1984	Masters, New York	Carpet (i)	Pavel Složil	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	2–6, 2–6
Win	33.	1985	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Pavel Složil	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	34.	1985	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Pavel Složil	Vitas Gerulaitis Paul McNamee	6–4, 6–4
Win	35.	1985	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Pavel Složil	Shlomo Glickstein Shahar Perkiss	6–2, 6–3
Loss	32.	1985	Atlanta, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Steve Denton	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	4–6, 3–6
Win	36.	1985	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Wojciech Fibak	Brad Drewett Mark Edmondson	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win	37.	1985	Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany	Clay	Ivan Lendl	Andy Kohlberg João Soares	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	33.	1985	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Pavel Složil	Ricardo Acuña Jakob Hlasek	6–3, 2–6, 7–9
Loss	34.	1985	Hong Kong	Hard	Jakob Hlasek	Brad Drewett Kim Warwick	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	35.	1986	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet (i)	John Fitzgerald	Boris Becker Slobodan Živojinović	6–7, 5–7
Win	38.	1986	Bari, Italy	Clay	Gary Donnelly	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	39.	1986	French Open, Paris	Clay	John Fitzgerald	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7, 14–12
Win	40.	1986	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Miloslav Mečíř	Tom Nijssen Johan Vekemans	6–4, 6–2
Win	41.	1986	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win	42.	1986	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Miloslav Mečíř	Jakob Hlasek Pavel Složil	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	36.	1986	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Jan Gunnarsson	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	6–7, 4–6
Win	43.	1987	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Miloslav Mečíř	Claudio Mezzadri Jim Pugh	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Loss	37.	1987	Rome, Italy	Clay	Miloslav Mečíř	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win	44.	1987	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Jan Gunnarsson	Loïc Courteau Guy Forget	7–6, 6–2
Loss	38.	1987	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Miloslav Mečíř	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–7, 6–7
Win	45.	1987	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Miloslav Mečíř	Stanislav Birner Jaroslav Navrátil	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win	46.	1987	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Miloslav Mečíř	Javier Frana Christian Miniussi	6–1, 6–2
Loss	39.	1987	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Petr Korda	Leonardo Lavalle Claudio Panatta	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win	47.	1987	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Anders Järryd	Stanislav Birner Jaroslav Navrátil	6–4, 6–3
Win	48.	1987	Wembley, England	Carpet (i)	Miloslav Mečíř	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	7–5, 6–4
Win	49.	1987	Masters Cup, London	Carpet (i)	Miloslav Mečíř	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 7–5, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	40.	1988	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Miloslav Mečíř	Boris Becker Eric Jelen	3–6, 3–6
Loss	41.	1988	Rome, Italy	Clay	Anders Järryd	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	3–6, 3–6
Win	50.	1988	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Mansour Bahrami	Gustavo Luza Guillermo Pérez Roldán	6–4, 6–3
Win	51.	1988	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Jakob Hlasek	Jeremy Bates Peter Lundgren	6–3, 6–1
Loss	42.	1988	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Kevin Curren	Alex Antonitsch Balázs Taróczy	6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Loss	43.	1988	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	John Fitzgerald	Wally Masur Tom Nijssen	5–7, 6–7
Win	52.	1989	Athens, Greece	Clay	Claudio Panatta	Gustavo Giussani Gerardo Mirad	6–3, 6–2
Win	53.	1989	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Mark Woodforde	Paolo Canè Diego Nargiso	1–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	54.	1989	Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany	Clay	Petr Korda	Florin Segărceanu Cyril Suk	6–3, 6–4
Loss	44.	1989	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Petr Korda	Emilio Sánchez Javier Sánchez	5–7, 6–7
Loss	45.	1989	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Petr Korda	Jordi Arrese Horst Skoff	4–6, 4–6
Loss	46.	1989	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Francisco Clavet	Carlos Costa Tomás Carbonell	5–7, 3–6
Loss	47.	1989	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Sergio Casal	Gustavo Luza Christian Miniussi	3–6, 3–6
Win	55.	1990	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Petr Korda	Andrés Gómez Javier Sánchez	6–4, 7–6
Loss	48.	1990	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Petr Korda	Udo Riglewski Michael Stich	1–6, 4–6

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (2 wins, 1 loss)

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Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss			Clay			4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win			Hard			7–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win		French Open	Clay	John Fitzgerald	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7, 14–12