Ivo Minář

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Ivo Minář : biography

21 May 1984 –

Ivo Minář (born May 21, 1984 in Prague) is a professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. On July 20, 2009, Minář reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 62. His brother Jan 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 the 2012 Davis Cup.

Challenger finals

Singles: 17 (9–8)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (9–8)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 23 May 2004 CZE}} Prague, Czech Republic Clay CZE}} Jan Hernych 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 28 November 2004 NED}} Groningen, Netherlands Hard NED}} Peter Wessels 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 5 June 2005 CZE}} Prostějov, Czech Republic Clay FIN}} Jarkko Nieminen 1–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 7 May 2006 CZE}} Ostrava, Czech Republic Clay ESP}} Marcel Granollers 6–1, 6–0
Runner-up 5. 9 July 2006 ITA}} Biella, Italy Clay ITA}} Simone Bolelli 5–7, 6–3, 6–7(0–7)
Winner 6. 2 September 2007 GER}} Freudenstadt, Germany Clay FRA}} Éric Prodon 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 7. 23 September 2007 POL}} Szczecin, Poland Clay ARG}} Sergio Roitman 2–6, 5–7
Winner 8. 4 November 2007 KOR}} Busan, South Korea Hard SRB}} Viktor Troicki 7–6(7–2), 6–7(7–9), 6–3
Runner-up 9. 26 October 2008 KOR}} Seoul, South Korea Hard KOR}} Hyung-Taik Lee 4–6, 0–6
Winner 10. 2 November 2008 KOR}} Busan, South Korea Hard USA}} Alex Bogomolov, Jr. 6–1, 2–0, ret.
Winner 11. 29 March 2009 ITA}} Barletta, Italy Clay ESP}} Santiago Ventura 6–4, 6–3
Winner 12. 26 April 2009 BUL}} Sofia, Bulgaria Clay GER}} Florian Mayer 6–4, 6–3
Winner 13. 8 May 2010 EGY}} Cairo, Egypt Clay ITA}} Simone Vagnozzi 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 14. 27 June 2010 GER}} Marburg, Germany Clay ITA}} Simone Vagnozzi 6–2, 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up 15. 5 September 2010 ITA}} Como, Italy Clay NED}} Robin Haase 4–6, 3–6
Winner 16. 20 March 2011 MAR}} Rabat, Morocco Clay AUS}} Peter Luczak 7–5, 6–3
Winner 17. 22 April 2012 BRA}} Santos, Brazil Clay BRA}} Ricardo Hocevar 4–6, 6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. February 13, 2006 SCG}} Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro Carpet (i) CZE}} Jan Minář GER}} Michael Kohlmann Alexander Waske 6–7(3–7), 3–6

Career

Minář won the European junior championships in Klosters when he was 16, defeating fellow Czech Tomáš Berdych.

Professional career

In his career he has not won an ATP singles title, but has reached one singles final – in 2005 in Sydney, where he lost to Lleyton Hewitt of Australia. Later that year, he qualified for the tournament in Dubai and pushed World No. 1 Roger Federer to final set tie-break in the first round, losing 7–6(5), 3–6, 6–7(5).

Minář tested positive for methylhexanamine in 11 July 2009 and was suspended eight months.

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 series (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 16 January 2005 AUS}} Sydney, Australia Hard AUS}} Lleyton Hewitt 5–7, 0–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 series (1–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 10 May 2009 GER}} Munich, Germany Clay CZE}} Jan Hernych AUS}} Ashley Fisher Jordan Kerr 6–4, 6–4