David Prinosil (Czech: David Přinosil; born 9 March 1973) is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991.

David Prinosil
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceMunich, Germany
Born (1973-03-09) 9 March 1973 (age 51)
Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1991
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$4,016,496
Singles
Career record169–221
Career titles3
5 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 28 (23 April 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1995, 2001)
French Open3R (1992)
Wimbledon4R (2000)
US Open2R (1996, 1999)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (1996, 2000)
Doubles
Career record254–208
Career titles10
4 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 12 (20 August 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (2001)
French OpenF (1993)
WimbledonQF (2002)
US OpenSF (1999)
Medal record
Men's Tennis
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Doubles
Last updated on: 29 November 2021.

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]

ATP career finals

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Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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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)

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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

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Singles: 9 (5–4)

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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

Doubles: 4 (4–0)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (4–0)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 1992 Graz, Austria Challenger Clay   Richard Vogel   Robert Novotny
  Milan Trněný
6–3, 6–4
Win 2–0 Sep 1992 Merano, Italy Challenger Clay   Sander Groen   Lionel Barthez
  Alois Beust
6–4, 6–4
Win 3–0 Jul 1993 Ulm, Germany Challenger Clay   Richard Vogel   Udo Riglewski
  Jorge Lozano
6–1, 6–3
Win 4–0 Mar 1995 Hamburg, Germany Challenger Carpet   Martin Sinner   Clinton Ferreira
  Aleksandar Kitinov
6–2, 6–3

Performance timelines

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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.

Singles

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Tournament 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R 1R A 3R Q1 1R 0 / 9 6–9 40%
French Open A 3R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R Q1 Q1 0 / 10 5–10 33%
Wimbledon Q2 A 2R 3R 1R 1R A 2R 2R 4R 3R Q2 Q1 0 / 8 10–8 56%
US Open A A 1R A 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R Q3 Q1 0 / 8 2–8 20%
Win–loss 0–0 2–1 3–4 3–3 2–4 1–4 0–3 3–4 2–4 3–3 4–4 0–0 0–1 0 / 35 23–35 40%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A A A A A A 1R Q1 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami A A 1R A A A A 1R 1R 1R 3R A A 0 / 5 1–5 17%
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg A 2R 1R Q2 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 1R A Q1 0 / 8 2–8 20%
Rome A A A A A A 1R A QF A 1R A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Canada A A A A A A A A A A 1R Q1 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati A A A A A A A A 1R A 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Essen / Stuttgart NMS A A 3R 1R 1R A 1R A A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Paris A A A A A A 2R Q2 A QF A A A 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–4 0–3 3–5 3–2 1–8 0–0 0–0 0 / 27 12–27 31%

Doubles

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Tournament 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R 3R 2R A F QF 1R 0 / 10 15–9 63%
French Open A 2R F 1R 2R 1R A 2R QF 2R 3R 3R 1R 0 / 11 16–11 59%
Wimbledon Q2 A A 2R 3R 1R A 2R 1R 3R 2R QF 2R 0 / 9 11–9 55%
US Open A A 2R A 2R 1R 1R 1R SF 1R 3R 3R A 0 / 9 10–9 53%
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 6–3 1–3 5–4 2–4 1–1 4–4 8–4 3–3 10–4 10–4 1–3 0 / 39 52–38 58%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A A A A A A 2R 2R A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Miami A A 1R A A A A 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 7 0–7 0%
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A A A A 1R 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Hamburg A 2R QF 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R A QF 0 / 11 7–11 39%
Rome A A A A A A Q2 A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid NH 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada A A A A A A A A A A 1R SF A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Cincinnati A A A A A A A A QF A F 2R A 0 / 3 7–3 70%
Essen / Stuttgart NMS QF A 1R 2R SF SF SF A A 0 / 6 11–6 65%
Paris A A A A A A A 1R A 2R A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–4 4–4 4–4 8–7 5–6 2–2 0 / 36 31–36 46%

References

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  1. ^ a b "David Prinosil". Munzinger Online. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  2. ^ Charles Bricker (25 March 2001). "PRINOSIL BREAKS, BEATS RUSEDSKI; AGASSI NEXT". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Prinosil eases past Rusedski". News24. 24 March 2001. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Prinosil upsets Wheaton for first ATP Tour crown". The Morning Call. 17 July 1995 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Prinosil wins Czech Indoor". The Record. 21 October 1996 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Plus: Tennis – St. Petersburg Open; Rosset Triumphs Over Prinosil". The New York Times. 15 February 1999. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Prinosil beats Krajicek to win Gerry Weber Open". The Greenville News. 19 June 2000 – via Newspapers.com.
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