Josef Čihák (born 19 March 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic who competed for Czechoslovakia. He now works as a tennis coach at TK Sparta Prague.[1]

Josef Čihák
Country (sports)Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Born (1963-03-19) 19 March 1963 (age 61)
Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1985
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$241,359
Singles
Career record18–28
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 72 (19 October 1987)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open1R (1988, 1989)
Wimbledon1R (1988, 1989)
Doubles
Career record49–58
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 57 (20 March 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open2R (1988, 1989, 1990)
Wimbledon2R (1989)

Career

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Čihák was most successful as a doubles player, reaching two doubles finals in the 1989 Grand Prix, at Båstad and Saint-Vincent, winning the latter. He had previously made doubles semi-finals at Prague and Palermo in 1987 and also Prague and Munich in 1988. As well reaching those two finals in 1989, Čihák was also a semi-finalist at the Athens Open, in the singles.[2]

At Grand Slam level he lost all of his four singles matches. The toughest opponent he came up against was Mats Wilander in the 1988 French Open, the number three seed who went on to win the tournament. He lost two five setters in 1989, at Roland Garros and Wimbledon. In doubles he won four of his 10 matches, but never made it past the second round, which he reached on four occasions, three times with countryman Cyril Suk as his partner.[3]

Grand Prix career finals

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Doubles: 2 (1–1)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1989 Båstad, Sweden Clay   Karel Nováček   Per Henricsson
  Nicklas Utgren
5–7, 2–6
Win 1–1 Aug 1989 Saint-Vincent, Italy Clay   Cyril Suk   Massimo Cierro
  Alessandro de Minicis
6–4, 6–2

Challenger titles

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Singles: (3)

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No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 1984 Bielefeld, West Germany Clay   Peter Elter 6–2, 7–5
2. 1988 Pescara, Italy Clay   Gerardo Vacarezza 6–4, 6–3
3. 1988 Casablanca, Morocco Clay   David de Miguel 6–4, 6–2

Doubles: (11)

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No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1985 Bahia, Brazil Hard   Tom Nijssen   Emilio Sánchez
  Víctor Pecci
6–4, 6–3
2. 1987 Budapest, Hungary Clay   Cyril Suk   Christer Allgårdh
  David Engel
6–2, 7–6
3. 1988 Cairo, Egypt Clay   Cyril Suk   Roberto Argüello
  Marcelo Ingaramo
6–3, 6–2
4. 1988 Agadir, Morocco Clay   Cyril Suk   José López-Maeso
  Alberto Tous
6–2, 6–2
5. 1988 San Marino Clay   Christer Allgårdh   João Cunha e Silva
  Jörgen Windahl
6–4, 6–2
6. 1988 Casablanca, Morocco Clay   Cyril Suk   Arnaud Boetsch
  Denis Langaskens
6–2, 6–0
7. 1989 Casablanca, Morocco Clay   Mark Koevermans   Marcelo Ingaramo
  Christian Miniussi
6–4, 6–4
8. 1989 Agadir, Morocco Clay   Cyril Suk   Brett Dickinson
  Jörgen Windahl
6–3, 6–3
9. 1990 Agadir, Morocco Clay   Cyril Suk   Omar Camporese
  Diego Nargiso
W/O
10. 1991 Porto, Portugal Clay   Tomáš Anzari   Juan Carlos Báguena
  Andrés Gómez
7–5, 6–2
11. 1991 Pescara, Italy Clay   Tomáš Anzari   Johan Donar
  John Sobel
6–3, 6–4

References

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