Czech tennis player (born 1984)
Ivo Minář (born 21 May 1984) is a former professional maletennis player from theCzech Republic. On 20 July 2009 Minář reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 62. His brotherJan is also a professional player, who has been ranked in the top 200 in the world.
Minář was a member of the winning Czech Republic team in the2012 Davis Cup.
Minář also worked as coach of Czech tennis playerKristýna Plíšková.
Minář won the European junior championships inKlosters when he was 16, defeating fellow CzechTomáš Berdych.
Professional career
[edit]In his career, he has not won anATP singles title, but has reached one singles final – in 2005 inSydney, where he lost toLleyton Hewitt of Australia. On his way to that final, he dispatched three future top 10 stars inNikolay Davydenko,Fernando Verdasco andRadek Štěpánek. Later that year, he qualified for the tournament inDubai and pushed World No. 1Roger Federer to final set tie-break in the first round, losing 7–6(5), 3–6, 6–7(5).
Minář tested positive formethylhexanamine on 11 July 2009 and was suspended eight months.[1]
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 23 May 2004 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay |  Jan Hernych | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 28 November 2004 | Groningen, Netherlands | Hard |  Peter Wessels | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 5 June 2005 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Clay |  Jarkko Nieminen | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 7 May 2006 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Clay |  Marcel Granollers | 6–1, 6–0 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 9 July 2006 | Biella, Italy | Clay |  Simone Bolelli | 5–7, 6–3, 6–7(0–7) |
| Winner | 6. | 2 September 2007 | Freudenstadt, Germany | Clay |  Éric Prodon | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 23 September 2007 | Szczecin, Poland | Clay |  Sergio Roitman | 2–6, 5–7 |
| Winner | 8. | 4 November 2007 | Busan, South Korea | Hard |  Viktor Troicki | 7–6(7–2), 6–7(7–9), 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 26 October 2008 | Seoul, South Korea | Hard |  Hyung-Taik Lee | 4–6, 0–6 |
| Winner | 10. | 2 November 2008 | Busan, South Korea | Hard |  Alex Bogomolov Jr. | 6–1, 2–0, ret. |
| Winner | 11. | 29 March2009 | Barletta, Italy | Clay | Santiago Ventura | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 12. | 26 April2009 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay |  Florian Mayer | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 13. | 8 May2010 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Simone Vagnozzi | 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 14. | 27 June2010 | Marburg, Germany | Clay | Simone Vagnozzi | 6–2, 3–6, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 15. | 5 September2010 | Como, Italy | Clay | Robin Haase | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 16. | 20 March2011 | Rabat, Morocco | Clay |  Peter Luczak | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Winner | 17. | 22 April2012 | Santos, Brazil | Clay |  Ricardo Hocevar | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
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