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Leoš Friedl
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Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Dusejov, Czech Republic
Born	(1977-01-01) 1 January 1977 (age 48) Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1997
Retired	2011
Plays	Right-handed
Coach	Lubomir Gerla
Prize money	$1,221,403
Career record	3–5
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 353 (13 November 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2000)
Wimbledon	Q1 (1998)
Doubles
Career record	254–242
Career titles	16 8 Challenger, 8 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 14 (8 August 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2002, 2004)
French Open	QF (2001)
Wimbledon	3R (2005, 2009)
US Open	QF (2006)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2004, 2005, 2006)
French Open	2R (2003, 2006)
Wimbledon	W (2001)
US Open	SF (2003)

Leoš Friedl (born on January 1, 1977) is a retired tennis player from the Czech Republic. He played tennis professionally from 1997 to 2011.

Friedl was best known for his skills in doubles tennis. His highest ranking in doubles was No. 14 in the world, which he reached on August 8, 2005. He often played with his partner František Čermák. In singles, his highest ranking was No. 353 on November 13, 2000.

During his career, Leoš Friedl won 16 doubles titles. His biggest win was the mixed-doubles title at Wimbledon in 2001. He won this title with his partner Daniela Hantuchová, beating Mike Bryan and Liezel Huber in the final.

After retiring from playing, Friedl became a coach. He coached fellow Czech tennis player Karolína Plíšková from July to December 2022.

Leoš Friedl's Grand Slam Success
- Mixed Doubles: One Big Win
Leoš Friedl's Doubles Career Finals
- How He Performed on Different Surfaces
- His Doubles Finals Matches
Leoš Friedl's Performance at Major Tournaments
- Doubles Performance Timeline
- Mixed Doubles Performance Timeline
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Leoš Friedl's Grand Slam Success

A Grand Slam is one of the four biggest tennis tournaments each year: the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open. Winning a Grand Slam title is a huge achievement in tennis.

Mixed Doubles: One Big Win

Leoš Friedl won one Grand Slam title in mixed doubles. This means he played with a female partner.

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2001	Wimbledon	Grass	Daniela Hantuchová	Mike Bryan Liezel Huber	4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Leoš Friedl's Doubles Career Finals

Leoš Friedl reached 32 finals in doubles tournaments during his career, winning 16 of them and finishing as runner-up in 16.

How He Performed on Different Surfaces

Tennis is played on different types of courts, called surfaces. Leoš Friedl had different results depending on the surface:

Hard courts: He reached 4 finals but didn't win any.
Clay courts: This was his best surface, winning all 16 of his titles and reaching 11 other finals.
Grass courts: He reached 1 final but didn't win.

His Doubles Finals Matches

Here is a list of the doubles finals Leoš Friedl played in. "Win" means he won the tournament, and "Loss" means he was the runner-up.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2000	San Marino Open, San Marino	International Series	Clay	Tomáš Cibulec	Gastón Etlis Jack Waite	7–6^(7–1), 7–5
Loss	1–1	Aug 2001	Long Island Open, United States	International Series	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Jonathan Stark Kevin Ullyett	1–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Jul 2002	Sopot Open, Poland	International Series	Clay	František Čermák	Jeff Coetzee Nathan Healey	7–5, 7–5
Loss	2–2	Sep 2002	Palermo, Italy	International Series	Clay	František Čermák	Lucas Arnold Ker Luis Lobo	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	2–3	Jan 2003	Chennai, India	International Series	Hard	František Čermák	Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann	6–7^(1–7), 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	2–4	Jan 2003	Auckland, New Zealand	International Series	Hard	Tomáš Cibulec	David Adams Robbie Koenig	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 3–6
Loss	2–5	Feb 2003	Santiago, Chile	International Series	Clay	František Čermák	Agustín Calleri Mariano Hood	3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win	3–5	Apr 2003	Casablanca, Morocco	International Series	Clay	František Čermák	Devin Bowen Ashley Fisher	6–3, 7–5
Loss	3–6	Jul 2003	Gstaad, Switzerland	International Series	Clay	František Čermák	Leander Paes David Rikl	3–6, 3–6
Loss	3–7	Aug 2003	Sopot Open, Poland	International Series	Clay	František Čermák	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	4–6, 7–6^(9–7), 3–6
Loss	3–8	Sep 2003	Palermo, Italy	International Series	Clay	František Čermák	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	6–7^(6–8), 7–6^(7–3), 3–6
Loss	3–9	Feb 2004	Bahia, Brazil	International Series	Clay	Tomas Behrend	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	2–6, 2–6
Loss	3–10	Apr 2004	Estoril, Portugal	International Series	Clay	František Čermák	Juan Ignacio Chela Gastón Gaudio	2–6, 1–6
Loss	3–11	May 2004	St. Pölten, Austria	International Series	Clay	Tomáš Cibulec	Mariano Hood Petr Pála	6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Win	4–11	Jul 2004	Kitzbühel, Austria	Championship Series	Clay	František Čermák	Lucas Arnold Ker Martín García	6–3, 7–5
Win	5–11	Aug 2004	Sopot Open, Poland	International Series	Clay	František Čermák	Sebastián Prieto Martín García	2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	6–11	Feb 2005	Buenos Aires, Argentina	International Series	Clay	František Čermák	Sebastián Prieto José Acasuso	6–2, 7–5
Win	7–11	Feb 2005	Bahia, Brazil	International Series	Clay	František Čermák	Ignacio González King José Acasuso	6–4, 6–4
Win	8–11	Apr 2005	Casablanca, Morocco	International Series	Clay	František Čermák	Martín García Luis Horna	6–4, 6–3
Win	9–11	May 2005	Estoril, Portugal	International Series	Clay	František Čermák	Juan Ignacio Chela Tommy Robredo	6–3, 6–4
Loss	9–12	Jun 2005	Rosmalen, Netherlands	International Series	Grass	Tomáš Cibulec	Cyril Suk Pavel Vízner	3–6, 4–6
Win	10–12	Jul 2005	Gstaad, Switzerland	International Series	Clay	František Čermák	Michael Kohlmann Rainer Schüttler	7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(13–11)
Win	11–12	Jul 2005	Kitzbühel, Austria	Championship Series	Clay	Andrei Pavel	Christophe Rochus Olivier Rochus	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 6–0
Loss	11–13	Jan 2006	Sydney, Australia	International Series	Hard	František Čermák	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	1–6, 4–6
Loss	11–14	Feb 2006	Santiago, Chile	International Series	Clay	František Čermák	José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto	6–7^(2–7), 4–6
Win	12–14	Feb 2006	Buenos Aires, Argentina	International Series	Clay	František Čermák	Vasilis Mazarakis Boris Pašanski	6–1, 6–2
Win	13–14	Mar 2006	Acapulco, Mexico	Championship Series	Clay	František Čermák	Potito Starace Filippo Volandri	7–5, 6–2
Loss	13–15	May 2006	Estoril, Portugal	International Series	Clay	Lucas Arnold Ker	Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner	3–6, 1–6
Win	14–15	Aug 2006	Sopot Open, Poland	International Series	Clay	František Čermák	Sebastián Prieto Martín García	6–3, 7–5
Loss	14–16	May 2007	Pörtschach, Austria	International Series	Clay	David Škoch	Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle	6–7^(6–8), 7–5, [5–10]
Win	15–16	Jul 2007	Stuttgart, Germany	Championship Series	Clay	František Čermák	Guillermo García López Fernando Verdasco	6–4, 6–4
Win	16–16	Aug 2010	Umag, Croatia	250 Series	Clay	Filip Polášek	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	6–3, 7–6^(9–7)

Leoš Friedl's Performance at Major Tournaments

This section shows how Leoš Friedl performed in the biggest tennis tournaments, including the Grand Slams and the ATP Masters 1000 events.

Doubles Performance Timeline

This table shows his results in men's doubles at Grand Slam tournaments and ATP Masters 1000 events each year.

A means he did not play in the tournament.
1R, 2R, 3R mean he lost in the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd round.
QF means he reached the Quarterfinals (last 8 players/teams).
SF means he reached the Semifinals (last 4 players/teams).

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	2R	3R	2R	3R	1R	2R	1R	2R	A	1R	A	0 / 9	8–9	47%
French Open	A	QF	1R	3R	3R	3R	2R	2R	A	2R	1R	A	0 / 9	12–9	57%
Wimbledon	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	2R	A	3R	1R	1R	0 / 11	8–11	42%
US Open	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	2R	QF	2R	A	3R	1R	A	0 / 10	10–10	50%
Win–loss	0–2	6–4	3–4	6–4	4–4	5–4	5–4	3–4	1–1	5–3	0–4	0–1	0 / 39	38–39	49%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	Q1	A	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 5	2–5	29%
Miami	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 8	1–8	11%
Monte Carlo	A	1R	1R	SF	2R	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 6	4–6	40%
Rome	A	Q1	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	2–5	29%
Madrid	NH		A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Canada	A	2R	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	3–5	38%
Cincinnati	A	1R	A	2R	2R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	3–5	38%
Hamburg	A	A	1R	2R	1R	2R	QF	A	A	NMS			0 / 5	3–5	38%
Win–loss	0–0	1–4	0–4	6–6	4–7	4–8	3–8	0–2	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 41	18–41	31%

Mixed Doubles Performance Timeline

This table shows his results in mixed doubles at Grand Slam tournaments.

W means he won the tournament.
1R, 2R, 3R mean he lost in the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd round.
QF means he reached the Quarterfinals (last 8 teams).
SF means he reached the Semifinals (last 4 teams).

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 4	3–4	43%
French Open	A	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	A	A	1R	A	0 / 5	2–5	29%
Wimbledon	W	1R	SF	3R	3R	2R	2R	A	A	1R	1 / 8	13–7	65%
US Open	A	A	SF	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	3–4	50%
Win–loss	6–0	0–1	8–3	2–4	2–4	2–4	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	1 / 21	21–20	51%

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Leoš Friedl at the 2009 US Open.