German tennis player
David Prinosil (Czech : David Přinosil ; born 9 March 1973) is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991.
Prinosil was born in Olomouc , Czechoslovakia , but later moved to Germany.[ 1] He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the first round by Daniel Vacek of the Czech Republic. In the doubles competition in Stone Mountain Park he won the bronze medal partnering Marc-Kevin Goellner . He was the first opponent of Tim Henman in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, in the first round of Wimbledon in 1994 .
The right-hander reached the fourth round of Wimbledon in 2000 and the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters in 1999 and the Paris Masters in 2000 . Prinosil won three career titles in singles, and reached his highest singles ATP -ranking on 23 April 2001, when he became world No. 28. He began playing for Germany in the Davis Cup in 1996.[ 1]
Prinosil achieved an upset victory over Greg Rusedski in the second round of the Ericsson Open Masters tournament in 2001 with strong returns. Rusedski had recently beaten Andre Agassi . Prinosil and Rusedski had gone through rehabilitation together after foot surgeries in the same hospital in 1999.[ 2] [ 3]
Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)[ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP International Series (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (1–3)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–0)
Indoors (1–3)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Jul 1995
Newport , United States
World Series
Grass
David Wheaton
7–6(7–3) , 5–7, 6–2[ 4]
Win
2–0
Oct 1996
Ostrava , Czech Republic
World Series
Carpet
Petr Korda
6–1, 6–2[ 5]
Loss
2–1
Mar 1998
Copenhagen , Denmark
International Series
Carpet
Magnus Gustafsson
6–3, 1–6, 1–6
Loss
2–2
Feb 1999
St. Petersburg , Russia
International Series
Carpet
Marc Rosset
3–6, 4–6[ 6]
Win
3–2
Jun 2000
Halle , Germany
International Series
Grass
Richard Krajicek
6–3, 6–2[ 7]
Loss
3–3
Oct 2000
Moscow , Russia
International Series
Carpet
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
2–6, 5–7
Doubles: 21 (10 titles, 11 runner-ups)[ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–2)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–1)
ATP Championship Series (2–1)
ATP World Series (8–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (4–5)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (5–5)
Indoors (5–6)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Mar 1992
Rotterdam , Netherlands
World Series
Carpet
Marc-Kevin Goellner
Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans
6–2, 6–7, 7–6
Win
2–0
Aug 1992
Umag , Croatia
World Series
Clay
Richard Vogel
Sander Groen Lars Koslowski
6–7, 6–3, 7–6
Loss
2–1
Jun 1993
Roland Garos , France
Grand Slam
Clay
Marc-Kevin Goellner
Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen
4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win
3–1
Aug 1993
Long Island , United States
World Series
Hard
Marc-Kevin Goellner
Arnaud Boetsch Olivier Delaître
6–7, 7–5, 6–2
Loss
3–2
Oct 1993
Toulouse , France
World Series
Carpet
Udo Riglewski
Byron Black Jonathan Stark
5–7, 6–7
Loss
3–3
Oct 1993
Vienna , Austria
World Series
Carpet
Mike Bauer
Byron Black Jonathan Stark
3–6, 6–7
Loss
3–4
Mar 1994
Copenhagen , Denmark
World Series
Carpet
Udo Riglewski
Martin Damm Brett Steven
3–6, 4–6
Loss
3–5
Mar 1997
St. Petersburg , Russia
World Series
Carpet
Daniel Vacek
Andrei Olhovskiy Brett Steven
4–6, 3–6
Win
4–5
Aug 1997
Long Island , United States
International Series
Hard
Marcos Ondruska
Mark Keil T. J. Middleton
6–4, 6–4
Loss
4–6
Oct 1997
Vienna , Austria
Championship Series
Carpet
Marc-Kevin Goellner
Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith
3–6, 4–6
Win
5–6
Oct 1998
Ostrava , Czech Republic
International Series
Carpet
Nicolas Kiefer
David Adams Pavel Vízner
6–4, 6–3
Loss
5–7
Mar 1999
Copenhagen , Denmark
International Series
Hard
Marc-Kevin Goellner
Max Mirnyi Andrei Olhovskiy
7–6(7–5) , 6–7(4–7) , 1–6
Win
6–7
Oct 1999
Vienna , Austria
Championship Series
Carpet
Sandon Stolle
Piet Norval Kevin Ullyett
6–3, 6–4
Win
7–7
Mar 2000
Copenhagen , Denmark
International Series
Hard
Martin Damm
Jonas Björkman Sébastien Lareau
6–1, 5–7, 7–5
Loss
7–8
Jun 2000
Halle , Germany
International Series
Grass
Mahesh Bhupathi
Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström
6–7(4–7) , 6–7(4–7)
Loss
7–9
Oct 2000
Hong Kong , Hong Kong
International Series
Hard
Dominik Hrbatý
Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett
1–6, 2–6
Win
8–9
Oct 2000
Moscow , Russia
International Series
Carpet
Jonas Björkman
Jiří Novák David Rikl
6–2, 6–3
Loss
8–10
Jan 2001
Melbourne , Australia
Grand Slam
Hard
Byron Black
Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge
1–6, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Loss
8–11
Aug 2001
Cincinnati , United States
Masters Series
Hard
Martin Damm
Leander Paes Mahesh Bhupathi
6–7(3–7) , 3–6
Win
9–11
Aug 2001
Washington , United States
Championship Series
Hard
Martin Damm
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
7–6(7–5) , 6–3
Win
10–11
Jun 2002
Halle , Germany
International Series
Grass
David Rikl
Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge
4–6, 7–6(7–5) , 7–5
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (5–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (4–2)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Jan 1993
Heilbronn , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Martin Damm
6–3, 7–6
Win
2–0
Jul 1993
Ulm , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Olivier Delaître
6–3, 6–3
Win
3–0
Oct 1994
Dublin , Ireland
Challenger
Carpet
Radomír Vašek
6–3, 6–3
Loss
3–1
Nov 1994
Aachen , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Jan Siemerink
7–5, 6–7, 4–6
Win
4–1
Feb 1995
Wolfsburg , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Martin Sinner
6–4, 7–6
Win
5–1
Mar 1995
Hamburg , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Martin Sinner
6–1, 6–4
Loss
5–2
Nov 1996
Aachen , Germany
Challenger
Hard
Alexander Volkov
3–6, 6–7
Loss
5–3
Nov 1999
Aachen , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Raemon Sluiter
6–2, 4–6, 6–7
Loss
5–4
Jul 2003
Bristol , United Kingdom
Challenger
Grass
Massimo Dell'Acqua
4–6, 4–6
Legend
ATP Challenger (4–0)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.