Bohdan Ulihrach

Infobox Person


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name = Bohdan Ulihrach
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birth_date = birth date and age|1975|2|23
birth_place = flagicon|Czechoslovakia Kolin, Czechoslovakia
occupation = Tennis player

Bohdan Ulihrach (born February 23 1975, in Kolin, Czechoslovakia) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.

Career

Ulihrach began playing tennis at the age of 14, and turned professional in 1993. He won his first top-level singles title in July 1995 at Prague, where he defeated Javier Sanchez in the final. His second followed three months later at Montevideo, where he beat Alberto Berasategui in the final.

In 1996, Ulihrach was part of the Czech Republic team which finished runners-up at the World Team Cup. In 1997, Ulihrach beat the then-World No. 1 Pete Sampras en route to his first hardcourt final at the Indian Wells Masters. He was defeated in the final by Michael Chang. Ulihrach reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 22 in May 1997.

Ulihrach won his third top-level singles title in 1998 at Umag, defeating Magnus Norman in the final. Ulihrach reached the fourth round at both the Australian Open and the French Open, in 1999.

In 2003 he was cleared of a doping charge. [cite news |author |title=Rusedski Cleared of Doping Offence |url=http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=6458 |work=Medical News Today |date=2004-03-10 |accessdate=2007-04-08 ]

At the 2007 French Open, Ulihrach beat the number 24 seed Dominik Hrbaty 6–2, 5–7, 6–7(3), 6–4, 6–3 in the first round.

Career statistics

Masters Series singles finals

Runner-ups (1)

Career finals (9)

ingles

Wins (3)

Runner-ups (6)

*1995
**St. Poelten
*1996
**Prague
*1997
**Indian Wells AMS
**Prague
*2001
**Bastad
**Doha

References

External links

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* [http://steveghelper.com/MatchResults.php?players=Ulihrach&weeks=12 Ulihrach Recent Match Results]
* [http://steveghelper.com/RankingHistory.php?player=Ulihrach Ulihrach World Ranking History]