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Ivo Minář

Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Prague, Czech Republic
Born	(1984-05-21) 21 May 1984 (age 39) Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,015,448
Singles
Career record	35–69
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 62 (20 July 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2006, 2008, 2009)
French Open	2R (2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2005, 2009)
US Open	2R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	11–15
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 120 (8 May 2006)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (2012)

Ivo Minář (born 21 May 1984) is a former 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.

Minář also worked as coach of Czech tennis player Kristýna Plíšková.

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. On his way to that final, he dispatched three future top 10 stars in Nikolay Davydenko, Fernando Verdasco and Radek Štěpánek. 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 on 11 July 2009 and was suspended eight months.

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	Jan 2005	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	5–7, 0–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	May 2009	Munich, Germany	Clay	Jan Hernych	Ashley Fisher Jordan Kerr	6–4, 6–4

Challenger finals

Singles: 17 (9–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
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 March 2009	Barletta, Italy	Clay	Santiago Ventura	6–4, 6–3
Winner	12.	26 April 2009	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Florian Mayer	6–4, 6–3
Winner	13.	8 May 2010	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Simone Vagnozzi	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	14.	27 June 2010	Marburg, Germany	Clay	Simone Vagnozzi	6–2, 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	15.	5 September 2010	Como, Italy	Clay	Robin Haase	4–6, 3–6
Winner	16.	20 March 2011	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Peter Luczak	7–5, 6–3
Winner	17.	22 April 2012	Santos, Brazil	Clay	Ricardo Hocevar	4–6, 6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	February 13, 2006	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro	Carpet (i)	Jan Minář	Michael Kohlmann Alexander Waske	6–7(3–7), 3–6

See also

In Spanish: Ivo Minář para niños