Dominik Hrbatý

Dominik Hrbatý (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈdɔminiɡ ˈɦr̩batiː];[lower-alpha 1] born 4 January 1978) is a retired professional tennis player from Slovakia.[1] He reached the semi-finals of the 1999 French Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 12 in October 2005.

Dominik Hrbatý
Country (sports) Slovakia
ResidenceBratislava, Slovakia
Born (1978-01-04) 4 January 1978
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (Now Slovakia)
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2014
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 7,065,241
Singles
Career record359–318 (53.0%)
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 12 (17 October 2005)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQF (2001, 2005)
French OpenSF (1999)
Wimbledon3R (2004)
US OpenQF (2004)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2004, 2008)
Doubles
Career record150–211 (41.6%)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 14 (13 November 2000)
Team competitions
Davis CupF (2005)
Hopman CupW (2005, 2009)

Personal life

Hrbatý was born on 4 January 1978 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. His father was an architecture engineer and his younger brother is an umpire. When he was younger, Hrbatý was European junior competitor in skiing and from the age of 11, he focused on tennis full-time.

He is married to Nelly Petrová; he proposed after Slovakia won the Hopman Cup on 10 January 2009 (with Dominika Cibulková).[2] He also won the tournament for Slovakia in 2005 with Daniela Hantuchová. This makes Hrbatý a dual winner to move into the company of Serena Williams, James Blake, Tommy Robredo and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

Tennis career

Hrbatý turned professional in 1996. During the year he reached six Challenger finals and achieved a 35–15 match record. He ended the year as the youngest player in the top 100.

Hrbaty is one of few players on ATP with a positive record against Federer (2–1), Nadal (3–1), Murray (1–0), and Berdych (2–0).

In 1997, Hrbatý won the Košice Challenger title defeating Nicolás Lapentti. He also reached his first ATP Tour final in Palermo, losing to Alberto Berasategui. His first doubles success on the Tour was reaching the final of Umag with Karol Kučera.

Hrbatý broke through for his first ATP title in 1998 in San Marino and defended his title in Košice. He continued his form into 1999 capturing his second title in Prague. His greatest breakthrough was reaching the semi-finals of Roland Garros where he defeated Julien Boutter, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Andrew Ilie, Marat Safin and Marcelo Ríos before falling to eventual winner, Andre Agassi.

Despite not winning a title in 2000, Hrbatý reached three finals in Monte Carlo, St. Petersburg and Brighton. During the year he helped Slovakia win the ATP World Team Championship where he had wins over Pete Sampras and Kafelnikov. While not winning a title in singles, he won the Rome Masters doubles title with Martin Damm and reached another three finals.

2001 got off to a quick start for Hrbatý, winning in Auckland for his third ATP title, defeating at the final the Spaniard Francisco Clavet. He backed up that win with a quarter-finals appearance at the Australian Open. On his way he defeated number two seed, Marat Safin. Other notable singles results were reaching the semi-finals in Dubai, Tashkent and Moscow. Hrbatý helped Slovakia back into the World Group stage in Davis Cup by defeating Nicolás Massú and Rios in 5 sets coming from two sets down in each match. Hrbatý teamed up with Roger Federer in the men's doubles at the Australian Open in 2001. However they were knocked out by Thomas Shimada and Myles Wakefield.

Hrbatý had an average year in 2002 where he finished out of the top 50 for the first time since 1996. He won a Challenger title in Biella. In 2003, Hrbatý made the final in Auckland losing to Gustavo Kuerten. Also made the semi-finals in Casablanca and Umag. Defeated Andy Roddick in the Davis Cup to end the American's 19-match winning streak.

Hrbatý's best season in his career to date was in 2004. He started the season with back-to-back title wins in Auckland and Adelaide. The Auckland victory was over Rafael Nadal in the final. Then won his sixth career title in Marseille and then made it to the final in Casablanca. He achieved one of his best wins by defeating World No. 1 Roger Federer in Cincinnati and then made it to the quarter-finals of the US Open.

In 2005, Hrbatý finished in the top 20 despite not reaching a singles final. His best results were semi-finals in Los Angeles, Metz and Basel. He had good success in the ATP Masters Series in Miami, Rome and Montreal, where he reached the quarter-finals.

Also in 2005, Hrbatý helped Slovakia reach the Davis Cup final against Croatia. He compiled a 6–1 singles record during the season. Inflicted Ivan Ljubičić's only singles loss in the final but Slovakia lost the final 2–3.

2006 was a mixed year for Hrbatý. He reached his second Tennis Masters Series title final in Paris losing to Nikolay Davydenko, which helped him finish in the top 25 in the year-end rankings. Other results were semi-finals in Los Angeles and Vienna and a quarter-finals in Beijing.

Hrbatý's form started to drop in 2007. He was plagued by an elbow injury which severely limited his play in that season.

At the 2007 U.S. Open, in doubles, he lost to Jesse Levine and Alex Kuznetsov, while pairing with Harel Levy of Israel, 6–1, 6–4.

At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, Hrbatý lost to his good friend and former doubles partner Federer in the first round, 6–3, 6–2, 6–2. Hrbatý sat immediately next to Federer and had an amicable conversation with him during the last changeover of the match, telling Federer that this may be Hrbatý's last Wimbledon and that, as a joke, this has been the first victory for Federer in a match against him and leads him 2–1 in head to head.

In 2010, Hrbaty announced his retirement as he became a father for the first time. Hrbaty, Alex Corretja and Novak Djokovic are the only players to have a winning record over Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

In 2012, Hrbaty temporarily returned to professional tennis by playing in the qualifying tournament for the 2012 Heineken Open. He won his first round of qualifying by beating Pere Riba in straight sets 6–4, 6–2. He is the current coach of Slovakian player Martin Klizan

Major finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)
Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
LossApr 2000Monte Carlo, MonacoClay Cédric Pioline3–6, 6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8)
LossNov 2006Paris, FranceCarpet (i) Nikolay Davydenko1–6, 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1–1)
Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
LossApr 2000Miami. U.S.Hard Martin Damm Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde		6–3, 6–4
WinMay 2000Rome, ItalyClay Martin Damm Wayne Ferreira
Yevgeny Kafelnikov		6–4, 4–6, 6–3

Career finals

Singles: 13 (6–7)
Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (6)
Titles by surface
Hard (5)
Clay (1)
Grass (0)
Carpet (0)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 1997 Palermo, Italy Clay Alberto Berasategui 4–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Aug 1998 San Marino Clay Mariano Puerta 6–2, 7–5
Win 2–1 Apr 1999 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Sláva Doseděl 6–2, 6–2
Loss 2–2 Apr 2000 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Cédric Pioline 4–6, 6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8)
Loss 2–3 Nov 2000 St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Marat Safin 6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Nov 2000 Brighton, United Kingdom Hard (i) Tim Henman 2–6, 2–6
Win 3–4 Jan 2001 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Francisco Clavet 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 3–5 Jan 2003 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Gustavo Kuerten 3–6, 5–7
Win 4–5 Jan 2004 Adelaide, Australia Hard Michaël Llodra 6–4, 6–0
Win 5–5 Jan 2004 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Rafael Nadal 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win 6–5 Feb 2004 Marseille, France Hard (i) Robin Söderling 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 6–6 May 2004 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Santiago Ventura 3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Loss 6–7 Oct 2006 Paris, France Carpet (i) Nikolay Davydenko 1–6, 2–6, 2–6

Performance timeline

Singles
Tournament199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010SRW–L
Australian Open A 4R 1R 1R 1R QF 4R 1R 3R QF 4R 3R A 2R A 0 / 11 21–11
French Open A 1R 3R SF 2R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R A A 0 / 12 13–12
Wimbledon A 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R A A 0 / 12 4–12
US Open A 1R 2R 1R 4R 2R 3R 2R QF 4R 1R 1R 1R A A 0 / 12 15–12
Win–Loss 0–0 3–4 3–4 5–4 5–4 6–4 5–4 2–4 9–4 8–4 5–4 2–4 0–3 1–1 0–0 0 / 48 54–48
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics A NH 1R NH 2R NH 2R NH 0 / 3 2–3
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters A 1R 1R A 2R 1R 1R 1R 3R 2R 3R 2R A A A 0 / 10 3–10
Miami Masters A 4R 2R QF 4R 3R 1R 1R 3R QF 2R 1R 1R A A 0 / 12 15–12
Monte Carlo Masters A 1R A 1R F 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R A A A 0 / 10 8–10
Rome Masters A A A 2R QF 1R A 2R 1R QF 2R 1R A A A 0 / 8 9–8
Hamburg Masters A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 1R 2R 3R 2R 1R A A A 0 / 10 4–10
Canada Masters A A A A A 2R 1R A 1R QF 2R 3R A A A 0 / 6 7–6
Cincinnati Masters A A A A 1R 1R 2R A 2R 3R 3R 1R A A A 0 / 7 6–7
Madrid Masters (Stuttgart) A A A 2R 2R 1R A A 2R 3R 2R A A A A 0 / 6 4–6
Paris Masters A A A 1R 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 3R F A A A A 0 / 8 9–8
Career Statistics
Titles 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Overall Win–Loss 0–2 27–23 34–29 38–32 44–29 31–30 23–29 26–26 42–26 43–26 32–28 10–21 5–9 4–7 0–1 359–318
Year End Ranking 78 40 46 21 17 36 51 61 14 18 21 136 253 141 417 $7,068,735

Top 10 wins
Season19971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010Total
Wins1058332152100031
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score Hrbatý
Rank
1997
1. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3 St. Pölten, Austria Clay 1R 6–3, 6–3 50
1999
2. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3 Marseille, France Hard (i) 2R 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–2 43
3. Andre Agassi 9 Miami, United States Hard 2R 1–6, 6–3, 6–2 40
4. Marcelo Ríos 8 Miami, United States Hard 4R 6–2, 6–0 40
5. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1 French Open, Paris, France Clay 2R 6–4, 6–1, 6–4 30
6. Marcelo Ríos 9 French Open, Paris, France Clay QF 7–6(7–4), 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 6–3 30
2000
7. Gustavo Kuerten 4 Davis Cup, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clay RR 7–5, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) 25
8. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay 2R 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 24
9. Andre Agassi 1 Rome, Italy Clay 3R 6–4, 6–4 17
10. Pete Sampras 2 World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany Clay RR 0–6, 6–4, 6–4 14
11. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany Clay F 6–4, 7–6(7–1) 14
12. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 US Open, New York, United States Hard 3R 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 6–1 36
13. Gustavo Kuerten 3 Tokyo, Japan Hard QF 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 3–0, ret. 33
14. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 5 St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) SF 7–5, 6–3 22
2001
15. Marat Safin 2 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard 4R 6–2, 7–6(8–6), 6–4 16
16. Marat Safin 1 Davis Cup, Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i) RR 6–3, 6–1, 6–4 14
17. Marat Safin 7 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) 2R 6–0, 4–6, 7–6(7–5) 28
2002
18. Sébastien Grosjean 9 Barcelona, Spain Clay 2R 6–3, 6–4 62
19. Sébastien Grosjean 10 Cincinnati, United States Hard 1R 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 54
20. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 US Open, New York, United States Hard 2R 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 52
2003
21. Paradorn Srichaphan 10 French Open, Paris, France Clay 1R 6–4, 3–6, 6–0, 7–5 62
22. Andy Roddick 2 Davis Cup, Bratislava, Slovakia Clay RR 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 60
2004
23. Roger Federer 1 Cincinnati, United States Hard 1R 1–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4 21
2005
24. Gastón Gaudio 10 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard 3R 7–6(7–5), 6–7(8–10), 6–7(3–7), 6–1, 6–3 27
25. Marat Safin 4 Miami, United States Hard 3R 7–6(8–6), 6–1 28
26. Tim Henman 6 Rome, Italy Clay 3R 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 24
27. Guillermo Coria 8 Davis Cup, Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i) RR 7–6(7–2), 6–2, 6–3 19
28. Ivan Ljubičić 9 Davis Cup, Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i) RR 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 19
2006
29. Ivan Ljubičić 4 Rome, Italy Clay 1R 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 24
30. Tomáš Berdych 10 Paris, France Carpet (i) QF 6–4, 1–6, 6–2 27
2007
31. Tommy Robredo 7 Montreal, Canada Hard 2R 6–2, 6–4 32

Notes
  1. In isolation, Dominik is pronounced [ˈdɔminik].

References
  1. Hrbaty retires to spend more time with his family Yahoo. Retrieved 22 November 2010
  2. Hrbatý Celebrates Engagement ATPtennis.com, 11 January 2009
Awards
Preceded by
Mark Philippoussis		 ATP Newcomer of the Year
1996		 Succeeded by
Julián Alonso
Preceded by
Elena Kaliská		 Sportsperson of Slovakia
2005		 Succeeded by
Radoslav Židek
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