Czech tennis player
Tomáš Anzari (born Třinec , 24 June 1970) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic and writer on psychology and stress in sports.[ 1] [ 2] He was also known as Tomáš Zdražila .[ 3]
Career
Anzari, with countryman David Rikl , won the boys' doubles at the ITF World Championships in 1988, the same year that they were number-one-ranked juniors. The pair were runners-up in the 1988 Wimbledon Championships , losing the boys' doubles final to Jason Stoltenberg and Todd Woodbridge . He remained with Rikl after turning professional and at the 1990 French Open , their first Grand Slam tournament in the men's, they reached the third round. It would remain Anzari's best performance in a Grand Slam.[ 4]
He reached eight doubles semi-finals on the ATP Tour , but only once made it into the final, in 1992, when he and Carl Limberger were runners-up at the BMW Open .[ 5]
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series(0–0)
ATP World Tour Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour World Series (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
ATP Challenger finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Dec 1994
Prostějov , Czech Republic
Challenger
Carpet
Karol Kučera
0–6, 4–6
Doubles: 23 (14–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (10–6)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (2–2)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Jan 1990
Heilbronn , West Germany
Challenger
Carpet
David Rikl
Byron Talbot Jörgen Windahl
6–4, 6–4
Win
2–0
Mar 1990
Cairo , Egypt
Challenger
Clay
David Rikl
Eduardo Masso Christian Miniussi
6–3, 6–7, 7–5
Win
3–0
Apr 1990
Zaragoza , Spain
Challenger
Clay
David Rikl
Carlos Costa Francisco Roig
6–3, 7–6
Win
4–0
Apr 1991
Oporto , Portugal
Challenger
Clay
Dimitri Poliakov
Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss
4–1
Jun 1991
Seville , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Josef Čihák
David Rikl Éric Winogradsky
1–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win
5–1
Jul 1991
Oporto , Portugal
Challenger
Clay
Josef Čihák
Juan Carlos Báguena Andrés Gómez
7–5, 6–2
Win
6–1
Aug 1991
Pescara , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Josef Čihák
Johan Donar John Sobel
6–3, 6–4
Loss
6–2
Sep 1991
Merano , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Josef Čihák
Carlos Costa Christian Miniussi
3–6, 3–6
Win
7–2
Apr 1992
Oporto , Portugal
Challenger
Clay
Carl Limberger
Brian Devening Bent-Ove Pedersen
3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss
7–3
Jun 1992
Yvetot , France
Challenger
Clay
Jaime Oncins
Mikael Tillström Mårten Renström
6–7, 7–5, 2–6
Win
8–3
Oct 1992
Reggio Calabria , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Brent Haygarth
João Cunha-Silva Dimitri Poliakov
6–4, 7–6
Loss
8–4
Oct 1992
Cherbourg , France
Challenger
Carpet
Joost Winnink
Christian Saceanu Kent Kinnear
1–6, 4–6
Win
9–4
May 1994
Cali , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
João Cunha-Silva
Kirk Haygarth Bill Behrens
7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Win
10–4
Nov 1994
Rogaška , Slovenia
Challenger
Carpet
Jan Kodeš
Barry Cowan Andrew Richardson
6–5, 6–3
Loss
10–5
May 1995
Sliema , Malta
Challenger
Hard
Patrick Baur
Marius Barnard Lionel Barthez
5–7, 3–6
Loss
10–6
Jul 1995
Ostend , Belgium
Challenger
Clay
Emanuel Couto
Clinton Ferreira Aleksandar Kitinov
6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Loss
10–7
Mar 1997
Magdeburg , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Petr Luxa
Trey Phillips Chris Wilkinson
3–6, 4–6
Win
11–7
Jun 1997
Zagreb , Croatia
Challenger
Clay
David Roditi
Paul Rosner Brandon Coupe
3–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win
12–7
Aug 1997
Poznań , Poland
Challenger
Clay
David Rikl
Jordi Burillo László Markovits
6–3, 6–2
Loss
12–8
Apr 1998
Espinho , Portugal
Challenger
Clay
Alberto Martín
Jens Knippschild Stephen Noteboom
6–7, 5–7
Loss
12–9
May 1998
Ljubljana , Slovenia
Challenger
Clay
Alberto Martín
Marius Barnard Stephen Noteboom
6–7, 7–6, 6–7
Win
13–9
Dec 1999
Jaipur , India
Challenger
Grass
Satoshi Iwabuchi
Ivo Karlović Yuri Schukin
7–6, 4–6, 7–6
Win
14–9
Mar 2000
Bombay , India
Challenger
Hard
Satoshi Iwabuchi
Maxime Boyé Eyal Erlich
7–6(11–9) , 6–4
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Singles
Doubles
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
References