Petr Pála

Petr Pála
Petr Pála after the 2016 Fed Cup final
Country (sports) Czech Republic
ResidencePrague, Czech Republic
Born (1975-10-02) 2 October 1975
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro1993
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,106,011
Singles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking286 (24 June 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
US OpenQ1 (1996)
Doubles
Career record206–235
Career titles7
9 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest ranking10 (6 August 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2002, 2004)
French OpenF (2001)
WimbledonQF (2001)
US Open3R (2001)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2002)
French OpenSF (2001)
Wimbledon2R (2000, 2002, 2003)
US Open1R (2001)
Coaching career (2008–present)
Czech Republic Fed Cup team

Petr Pála (born 2 October 1975) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Together with Pavel Vízner he reached the men's doubles final of the 2001 French Open but lost to Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes (6–7, 3–6).

Pála was coached by his father František, who was a professional tennis player on the ATP tour.

Pála never had the opportunity to do his singles ability justice on the ATP Tour due to injury. When he recovered from these injuries he returned immediately to the doubles tour, but could not gain entry to official ATP matches.

Pála became the non-playing captain of the Czech Republic Fed Cup team in December 2007.[1] Since then, he has led the Fed Cup team to world titles in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018, becoming the most successful Fed Cup team captain of all time.[2]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 runner-up

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2001 French Open Clay Pavel Vízner Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes		 6–7, 3–6

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Doubles

Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 1R 2R 3R 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 9 6–9 40%
French Open A A A A 2R F 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R 0 / 9 9–9 50%
Wimbledon 3R A A A 2R QF 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 3R 3R 0 / 10 11–10 52%
US Open 1R A A 1R 1R 3R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R A 0 / 10 5–10 33%
Win–loss 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–4 11–4 3–4 1–4 3–4 0–4 2–4 5–4 2–3 0 / 38 31–38 45%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R A 1R A 0 / 6 2–6 25%
Miami A A A A Q1 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R A 1R A 0 / 6 1–6 14%
Monte Carlo A A A A A QF A A 2R A A A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Rome A A A A A SF 2R A A A A A A 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Madrid Not Held 1R A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada A A A A A 1R A A 2R A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Cincinnati A A A A A 1R 2R A 1R A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Hamburg Q1 A A A Q1 SF 1R A 1R 1R A A A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Paris A A A A A 2R 1R A A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Stuttgart A A A A A 2R Not Masters Series 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 10–9 2–7 0–2 3–6 0–3 0–0 0–2 0–0 0 / 29 15–29 34%

Mixed doubles

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A QF A A 1R A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
French Open A SF 1R A 1R A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Wimbledon 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 7 3–7 30%
US Open A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 1–1 3–3 3–3 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0 / 13 8–13 38%

ATP career finals

Doubles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (1–2)
ATP World Series (6–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–5)
Clay (5–3)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (6–6)
Indoors (1–3)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1999 San Marino, San Marino World Series Clay Pavel Vízner Lucas Arnold Ker
Mariano Hood 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2000 Shanghai, China World Series Hard Pavel Vízner Paul Haarhuis
Sjeng Schalken 		2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Nov 2000 Stockholm, Sweden World Series Hard Pavel Vízner Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–4 Feb 2001 Rotterdam, Netherlands Championship Series Hard Pavel Vízner Jonas Björkman
Roger Federer 		3–6, 0–6
Win 1–4 May 2001 St Pölten, Austria World Series Clay David Rikl Jaime Oncins
Daniel Orsanic 		6–3, 5–7, 7–5
Loss 1–5 Jun 2001 Paris, France Grand Slam Clay Pavel Vízner Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes 		6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 1–6 May 2002 Munich, Germany World Series Clay Pavel Vízner Radek Štěpánek
Petr Luxa 		0–6, 7–6(7–4), [9–11]
Win 2–6 May 2002 St Pölten, Austria World Series Clay David Rikl Mike Bryan
Michael Hill 		7–5, 6–4
Loss 2–7 Aug 2002 Long Island, United States World Series Hard Pavel Vízner Mahesh Bhupathi
Mike Bryan 		3–6, 4–6
Win 3–7 May 2004 St Pölten, Austria International Series Clay Mariano Hood Tomáš Cibulec
Leoš Friedl 		3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss 3–8 Jun 2004 Halle, Germany International Series Grass Tomáš Cibulec Leander Paes
David Rikl 		2–6, 5–7
Loss 3–9 Oct 2004 Tokyo, Japan Championship Series Hard Jiří Novák Jared Palmer
Pavel Vízner 		1–5 ret.
Win 4–9 Jul 2005 Umag, Croatia International Series Clay Jiří Novák David Škoch
Michal Mertiňák 		6–3, 6–3
Win 5–9 Jan 2006 Chennai, India International Series Hard Michal Mertiňák Prakash Amritraj
Rohan Bopanna 		6–2, 7–5
Win 6–9 Oct 2006 Vienna, Austria Championship Series Hard Pavel Vízner Julian Knowle
Jürgen Melzer 		6–4, 3–6, [12–10]
Win 7–9 Jul 2008 Umag, Croatia International Series Clay Michal Mertiňák Carlos Berlocq
Fabio Fognini 		2–6, 6–3, [10–5]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Doubles: 20 (10–10)

Legend
ATP Challenger (9–10)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (5–6)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (3–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1995 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay David Škoch Filip Dewulf
Vojtěch Flégl 		7–6, 5–7, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 1996 Košice, Slovakia Challenger Clay Jan Kodeš Olivier Delaître
Jeff Tarango 		6–7, 3–6
Win 1–2 Jul 1996 Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Andrew Richardson Lionel Barthez
Patrick Baur 		6–2, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Jul 1997 Ulm, Germany Challenger Clay Petr Luxa Kris Goossens
Tom Vanhoudt 		3–6, 0–6
Win 2–3 Aug 1997 Plzeň, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Borut Urh Radek Štěpánek
Radomír Vašek 		2–4 ret.
Win 3–3 Feb 1998 Austria F3, Mondseeland Futures Carpet Borut Urh Ivaylo Traykov
Milen Velev 		6–4, 7–6
Loss 3–4 Jun 1998 Příbram, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Radek Štěpánek Ota Fukárek
Udo Plamberger 		6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 3–5 Nov 1998 Aachen, Germany Challenger Hard Tuomas Ketola Menno Oosting
Pavel Vízner 		6–7, 3–6
Loss 3–6 Jun 1999 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Tomáš Cibulec Michal Tabara
Radomír Vašek 		2–6, 0–6
Win 4–6 Oct 1999 Eckental, Germany Challenger Carpet Pavel Vízner Steven Randjelovic
Lovro Zovko 		6–4, 6–3
Loss 4–7 Apr 2000 Maia, Portugal Challenger Clay Pavel Vízner Tomáš Cibulec
Leoš Friedl 		3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 5–7 Aug 2000 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Pavel Vízner Tomáš Cibulec
Leoš Friedl 		6–3, 6–0
Win 6–7 Nov 2000 Charleroi, Belgium Challenger Carpet Pavel Vízner Aleksandar Kitinov
Lovro Zovko 		6–7, 7–5, 6–1
Loss 6–8 Jan 2003 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet Pavel Vízner Johan Landsberg
Simon Aspelin 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 6–9 Feb 2003 Wrocław, Poland Challenger Hard Pavel Vízner Petr Luxa
David Škoch 		4–6, 4–6
Win 7–9 May 2004 Ostrava, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Tuomas Ketola Łukasz Kubot
Tomáš Zíb 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 7–10 Nov 2004 Aachen, Germany Challenger Carpet Petr Luxa Simon Aspelin
Todd Perry 		3–6, 3–6
Win 8–10 Mar 2006 Sunrise, United States Challenger Hard Robin Vik Goran Dragicevic
Dmitry Tursunov 		6–4, 6–2
Win 9–10 May 2006 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay David Škoch Ramón Delgado
Sergio Roitman 		6–0, 6–0
Win 10–10 May 2008 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Lukáš Dlouhý Dušan Karol
Jaroslav Pospíšil 		6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–6]

References

  1. ^ "Novým kapitánem fedcupového týmu bude Pála" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 27 December 2007. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  2. ^ Strength in Depth the Key for Five-Star Czech republic, WTA official website, 14 November 2016
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