Josef Čihák (born 19 March 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic who competed for Czechoslovakia. He now works as a tennis coach at TK Sparta Prague.
Career Čihák was most successful as a doubles player, reaching two doubles finals in the 1989 Grand Prix, at Båstad and Saint-Vincent, winning the latter. He had previously made doubles semi-finals at Prague and Palermo in 1987 and also Prague and Munich in 1988. As well reaching those two finals in 1989, Čihák was also a semi-finalist at the Athens Open, in the singles.ATP World Tour Profile
At Grand Slam level he lost all of his four singles matches. The toughest opponent he came up against was Mats Wilander in the 1988 French Open, the number three seed who went on to win the tournament. He lost two five setters in 1989, at Roland Garros and Wimbledon. In doubles he won four of his 10 matches, but never made it past the second round, which he reached on four occasions, three times with countryman Cyril Suk as his partner.ITF Tennis Profile
Grand Prix career finals
Doubles: 2 (1–1) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Aug 1989Båstad, SwedenClay Karel Nováček Per Henricsson Nicklas Utgren5–7, 2–6Win1–1Aug 1989Saint-Vincent, ItalyClay Cyril Suk Massimo Cierro Alessandro de Minicis6–4, 6–2
Challenger titles
Singles: (3) No.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore1.1984Bielefeld, West GermanyClay Peter Elter6–2, 7–52.1988 Pescara, ItalyClay Gerardo Vacarezza6–4, 6–33.1988Casablanca, MoroccoClay David de Miguel6–4, 6–2
Doubles: (11) No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore1.1985Bahia, BrazilHard Tom Nijssen Emilio Sánchez Víctor Pecci6–4, 6–32.1987Budapest, HungaryClay Cyril Suk Christer Allgårdh David Engel6–2, 7–63.1988Cairo, EgyptClay Cyril Suk Roberto Argüello Marcelo Ingaramo6–3, 6–24.1988Agadir, MoroccoClay Cyril Suk José López-Maeso Alberto Tous6–2, 6–25.1988San MarinoClay Christer Allgårdh João Cunha e Silva Jörgen Windahl6–4, 6–26.1988Casablanca, MoroccoClay Cyril Suk Arnaud Boetsch Denis Langaskens6–2, 6–07.1989Casablanca, MoroccoClay Mark Koevermans Marcelo Ingaramo Christian Miniussi6–4, 6–48.1989Agadir, MoroccoClay Cyril Suk Brett Dickinson Jörgen Windahl6–3, 6–39.1990Agadir, MoroccoClay Cyril Suk Omar Camporese Diego NargisoW/O10.1991Porto, PortugalClay Tomáš Anzari Juan Carlos Báguena Andrés Gómez7–5, 6–211.1991Pescara, ItalyClay Tomáš Anzari Johan Donar John Sobel6–3, 6–4
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