German tennis player
David Prinosil (Czech:David Přinosil; born 9 March 1973) is a formertennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991.
Prinosil was born inOlomouc,Czechoslovakia, but later moved to Germany.[1] He represented his country at the1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the first round byDaniel Vacek of the Czech Republic. In the doubles competition inStone Mountain Park he won the bronze medal partneringMarc-Kevin Goellner. He was the first opponent ofTim Henman in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, in the first round ofWimbledon in 1994.
The right-hander reached the fourth round ofWimbledon in 2000 and the quarterfinals of theRome Masters in 1999 and theParis Masters in 2000. Prinosil won three career titles in singles, and reached his highest singlesATP-ranking on 23 April 2001, when he became world No. 28. He began playing for Germany in the Davis Cup in 1996.[1]
Prinosil achieved an upset victory overGreg Rusedski in the second round of the Ericsson Open Masters tournament in 2001 with strong returns. Rusedski had recently beatenAndre Agassi. Prinosil and Rusedski had gone through rehabilitation together after foot surgeries in the same hospital in 1999.[2][3]
Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) | | ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) | | ATP Masters Series (0–0) | | ATP Championship Series (0–0) | | ATP International Series (3–3) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–0) | | Clay (0–0) | | Grass (2–0) | | Carpet (1–3) |
| | Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (2–0) | | Indoors (1–3) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jul 1995 | Newport, United States | World Series | Grass | David Wheaton | 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–2[4] |
| Win | 2–0 | Oct 1996 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | World Series | Carpet | Petr Korda | 6–1, 6–2[5] |
| Loss | 2–1 | Mar 1998 | Copenhagen, Denmark | International Series | Carpet | Magnus Gustafsson | 6–3, 1–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Feb 1999 | St. Petersburg, Russia | International Series | Carpet | Marc Rosset | 3–6, 4–6[6] |
| Win | 3–2 | Jun 2000 | Halle, Germany | International Series | Grass | Richard Krajicek | 6–3, 6–2[7] |
| Loss | 3–3 | Oct 2000 | Moscow, Russia | International Series | Carpet | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 2–6, 5–7 |
Doubles: 21 (10 titles, 11 runner-ups)
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| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–2) | | ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) | | ATP Masters Series (0–1) | | ATP Championship Series (2–1) | | ATP World Series (8–7) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (4–4) | | Clay (1–1) | | Grass (1–1) | | Carpet (4–5) |
| | Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (5–5) | | Indoors (5–6) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Mar 1992 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | World Series | Carpet | Marc-Kevin Goellner | Paul Haarhuis
Mark Koevermans | 6–2, 6–7, 7–6 |
| Win | 2–0 | Aug 1992 | Umag, Croatia | World Series | Clay | Richard Vogel | Sander Groen
Lars Koslowski | 6–7, 6–3, 7–6 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Jun 1993 | Roland Garos, France | Grand Slam | Clay | Marc-Kevin Goellner | Luke Jensen
Murphy Jensen | 4–6, 7–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–1 | Aug 1993 | Long Island, United States | World Series | Hard | Marc-Kevin Goellner | Arnaud Boetsch
Olivier Delaître | 6–7, 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Oct 1993 | Toulouse, France | World Series | Carpet | Udo Riglewski | Byron Black
Jonathan Stark | 5–7, 6–7 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Oct 1993 | Vienna, Austria | World Series | Carpet | Mike Bauer | Byron Black
Jonathan Stark | 3–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Mar 1994 | Copenhagen, Denmark | World Series | Carpet | Udo Riglewski | Martin Damm
Brett Steven | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–5 | Mar 1997 | St. Petersburg, Russia | World Series | Carpet | Daniel Vacek | Andrei Olhovskiy
Brett Steven | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–5 | Aug 1997 | Long Island, United States | International Series | Hard | Marcos Ondruska | Mark Keil
T. J. Middleton | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Oct 1997 | Vienna, Austria | Championship Series | Carpet | Marc-Kevin Goellner | Ellis Ferreira
Patrick Galbraith | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5–6 | Oct 1998 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | International Series | Carpet | Nicolas Kiefer | David Adams
Pavel Vízner | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–7 | Mar 1999 | Copenhagen, Denmark | International Series | Hard | Marc-Kevin Goellner | Max Mirnyi
Andrei Olhovskiy | 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 1–6 |
| Win | 6–7 | Oct 1999 | Vienna, Austria | Championship Series | Carpet | Sandon Stolle | Piet Norval
Kevin Ullyett | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 7–7 | Mar 2000 | Copenhagen, Denmark | International Series | Hard | Martin Damm | Jonas Björkman
Sébastien Lareau | 6–1, 5–7, 7–5 |
| Loss | 7–8 | Jun 2000 | Halle, Germany | International Series | Grass | Mahesh Bhupathi | Nicklas Kulti
Mikael Tillström | 6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7) |
| Loss | 7–9 | Oct 2000 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | International Series | Hard | Dominik Hrbatý | Wayne Black
Kevin Ullyett | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 8–9 | Oct 2000 | Moscow, Russia | International Series | Carpet | Jonas Björkman | Jiří Novák
David Rikl | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 8–10 | Jan 2001 | Melbourne, Australia | Grand Slam | Hard | Byron Black | Jonas Björkman
Todd Woodbridge | 1–6, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 8–11 | Aug 2001 | Cincinnati, United States | Masters Series | Hard | Martin Damm | Leander Paes
Mahesh Bhupathi | 6–7(3–7), 3–6 |
| Win | 9–11 | Aug 2001 | Washington, United States | Championship Series | Hard | Martin Damm | Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| Win | 10–11 | Jun 2002 | Halle, Germany | International Series | Grass | David Rikl | Jonas Björkman
Todd Woodbridge | 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
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| ATP Challenger (5–4) | | ITF Futures (0–0) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–1) | | Clay (1–0) | | Grass (0–1) | | Carpet (4–2) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jan 1993 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Martin Damm | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 1993 | Ulm, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Olivier Delaître | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–0 | Oct 1994 | Dublin, Ireland | Challenger | Carpet | Radomír Vašek | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–1 | Nov 1994 | Aachen, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Jan Siemerink | 7–5, 6–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–1 | Feb 1995 | Wolfsburg, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Martin Sinner | 6–4, 7–6 |
| Win | 5–1 | Mar 1995 | Hamburg, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Martin Sinner | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–2 | Nov 1996 | Aachen, Germany | Challenger | Hard | Alexander Volkov | 3–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Nov 1999 | Aachen, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Raemon Sluiter | 6–2, 4–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 5–4 | Jul 2003 | Bristol, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Massimo Dell'Acqua | 4–6, 4–6 |
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| ATP Challenger (4–0) | | ITF Futures (0–0) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–0) | | Clay (3–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (1–0) |
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Performance timelines
[edit]Key| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.