Vít Kopřiva (born 15 June 1997) is a Czech professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 55 achieved on 4 May 2026 and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 261 achieved on 17 October 2022. He is the current No. 4 Czech singles player. Kopřiva has won six ATP Challenger singles and two doubles titles.
Professional 2021: ATP, Top 200 debut, first ATP semifinal & top 10 win He won his maiden Challenger doubles title at the 2021 Aspria Tennis Cup in Milan with Jiří Lehečka. On his ATP debut, ranked at a then-career-high of world No. 249 in singles, at the 2021 Swiss Open Gstaad, Kopřiva defeated Denis Shapovalov for his career-best and first top-10 win. He was the lowest-ranked player to beat a top-10 opponent since then-world No. 698 Thanasi Kokkinakis defeated then-world No. 6 Milos Raonic at The Queen's Club in 2017. Kopřiva advanced to the semifinals with a win over Mikael Ymer in straight sets. He was the second player to reach the semifinals on his ATP Tour debut since May 2012 (Attila Balázs in Bucharest), joining Córdoba champion Juan Manuel Cerúndolo during the 2021 season. His run would come to an end in the semifinals against eventual champion Casper Ruud.
2022-2023: Challenger titles, top 125 He won his maiden Challenger at the 2022 UniCredit Czech Open in Prostějov, defeating his 19-year-old compatriot Dalibor Svrčina 6–2, 6–2. As a result, he reached the top 150 at world No. 146 on 6 June 2022 and then the top 125 on 18 July 2022.
He fell in the first round of qualifying at the US Open. Despite this result, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 111 on 18 September 2023 following two Challenger titles during the season, in July and August.
2024-2025: Major, Masters debut and first wins, top 100 He qualified for the 2024 Australian Open, making his Grand Slam debut. He also qualified for the 2024 Qatar ExxonMobil Open but lost in the first round to Fábián Marozsán. He made his Masters debut at the 2024 Miami Open after qualifying into the main draw with wins over Rei Sakamoto and J. J. Wolf. He lost to Christopher O'Connell in the first round. He also qualified for his second Grand Slam at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships and lost to Novak Djokovic.
He won the Challenger title at the 2024 Szczecin Open, defeating Andrea Pellegrino. He won his sixth Challenger title, lifting the 2025 Napoli Tennis Cup Trophy with a win over top seed Luciano Darderi.
At the 2025 Grand Prix Hassan II in Marrakech he reached his second ATP quarterfinal, and his first since 2021 Gstaad, defeating Borna Gojo and upsetting second seed Lorenzo Sonego. As a result, he made his debut in the top 100 in the singles rankings on 7 April 2025. Ranked at a career high of No. 92 at the 2025 Italian Open, Kopriva qualified for the main draw and defeated Quentin Halys, recording his first Masters win. Next he upset 32nd seed Sebastián Báez to reach a Masters third round for the first time in his career. Kopřiva made his main draw debut at the 2025 French Open and scored his first win at a major against Thiago Monteiro before losing to Daniel Altmaier. Kopřiva lost in the opening round at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships and the 2025 US Open, where he lost to world No. 1 Jannik Sinner.
2026: ATP 500 semifinal, ATP Masters 1000 round of 16, top 60 Kopřiva entered the 2026 Australian Open directly for the first time in his career and scored his win first at this major in the first round against Jan-Lennard Struff in a five-set battle, before losing to ninth seed Taylor Fritz in straight sets.
Kopřiva traveled to South America for the Golden Swing and reached two consecutive tour-level quarterfinals for the first time in his career. At the Argentina Open he defeated Alex Barrena and eighth seed Matteo Berrettini, before losing to top seed and eventual champion Francisco Cerúndolo. At the 2026 Rio Open he defeated Gustavo Heide, Román Andrés Burruchaga and another Argentinian, Juan Manuel Cerundolo, to reach a semifinal at the ATP 500-level for the first time and only his second time at the tour level (since 2021). His run was ended in the semifinals by eventual champion Tomás Martín Etcheverry.
Kopřiva made it to the second round at Indian Wells Open, after beating local wildcard player Michael Zheng to claim his first win at this event, before losing in three sets to 10th seed Alexander Bublik.
Kopřiva reached third quarterfinal in 2026 at 2026 BMW Open after beating wildcard entrant Justin Engel and sixth seed Luciano Darderi. His run was ended by fourth seed and eventual finalist Flavio Cobolli.
Kopřiva reached his first career fourth round at a Masters 1000 event at Madrid Open, beating Zhang Zhizhen, ninth seed Andrey Rublev and 22nd seed Arthur Rinderknech.
Performance timeline
Tournament202120222023202420252026SRW–LWin % Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ2Q11RQ22R0 / 21–2French OpenAQ1Q1Q22R0 / 11–1WimbledonAQ2Q11R1R0 / 20–2US OpenQ1AQ1Q11R0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–21–31–10 / 62–6ATP Masters 1000 tournamentsIndian Wells OpenAAAQ2A0 / 00–0Miami OpenAAA1RA0 / 10–1Monte-Carlo MastersAAQ1AA0 / 00–0Madrid OpenAAAQ11R0 / 10–1Italian OpenAAQ2Q23R0 / 12–1Canadian OpenAAAA1R0 / 10–1Cincinnati OpenAAAA1R0 / 10–1Shanghai MastersNH AAA0 / 00–0Paris MastersAAAAQ10 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–12–40–00 / 52–5
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Dalibor Svrčina6–2, 6–2Win2–0Verona, ItalyChallengerClay Vitaliy Sachko1–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–2Win3–0Tulln an der Donau, AustriaChallengerClay Sumit Nagal6–2, 6–4Loss3–1Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland ChallengerHard Marc-Andrea Hüsler1–6, 4–6Win4–1Szczecin, Poland Challenger 125Clay Andrea Pellegrino7–5, 6–2Win5–1 Lima II, PeruChallengerClay Elmer Moeller6–3, 7–6(7–3)Win6–1Naples, ItalyChallenger 125Clay Luciano Darderi3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)Loss6–2Layjet Open, AustriaChallenger 125Clay Jan Choinski5–7, 4–6
Doubles: 2 (2 titles) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Milan, ItalyChallengerClay Jiří Lehečka Dustin Brown Tristan-Samuel Weissborn6–4, 6–0Win2–0Braga, PortugalChallengerClay Jaroslav Pospíšil Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Christopher Rungkat3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 14 (5 titles, 9 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures/WTT (5–9)Finals by surfaceHard (0–3)Clay (5–6)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Slovakia F4, BratislavaFuturesClay Václav Šafránek6–7(6–8), 1–6Loss0–2Egypt F24, CairoFuturesClay Jaroslav Pospíšil5–7, 4–6Win1–2Egypt F25, CairoFuturesClay Mateo Nicolás Martínez3–6, 6–4, 6–1Loss1–3Greece F2, HeraklionFuturesHard Yaraslav Shyla3–6, 3–6Win2–3Poland F4, UstrońFuturesClay Dante Gennaro7–5, 6–1Loss2–4Czech Republic F5, Ústí nad OrlicíFuturesClay David Poljak4–6, 4–6Win3–4Turkey F31, AntalyaFuturesClay Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș7–6(7–5), 3–1 Ret.Loss3–5Greece F8, HeraklionFuturesHard Tom Kočevar-Dešman6–7(1–7), 2–6Loss3–6Egypt F30, CairoFuturesClay Riccardo Bonadio2–6, 0–6Loss3–7M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Wu Tung-lin3–6, 3–6Win4–7M15 Tabarka, TunisiaWTTClay Pol Toledo Bagué5–7, 6–1,1–0 ret.Win5–7M15 Prague, Czech RepublicWTTClay Patrik Rikl6–2, 6–3Loss5–8M25 Győr, HungaryWTTClay Roberto Cid Subervi1–6, 0–6Loss5–9M25 Říčany, Czech RepublicWTTClay Michael Vrbenský3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Wins over top 10 players Kopřiva has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
No.PlayerEventSurfaceScoreYears1 Denis Shapovalov10Swiss Open, SwitzerlandClay2R2–6, 6–3, 6–22492021
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