Ivo Minář (born 21 May 1984) is a former professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. On 20 July 2009 Minář reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 62. His brother Jan is also a professional player, who has been ranked in the top 200 in the world.
Minář was a member of the winning Czech Republic team in the 2012 Davis Cup.
Minář also worked as coach of Czech tennis player Kristýna Plíšková.
Career
Minář won the European junior championships in Klosters when he was 16, defeating fellow Czech Tomáš Berdych.
Professional career
In his career, he has not won an ATP singles title, but has reached one singles final – in 2005 in Sydney, where he lost to Lleyton Hewitt of Australia. On his way to that final, he dispatched three future top 10 stars in Nikolay Davydenko, Fernando Verdasco and Radek Štěpánek. Later that year, he qualified for the tournament in Dubai and pushed World No. 1 Roger Federer to final set tie-break in the first round, losing 7–6(5), 3–6, 6–7(5).
Minář tested positive for methylhexanamine on 11 July 2009 and was suspended eight months.
ATP Tour finals
Singles: 1 (0–1) LegendGrand Slam (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 series (0–1)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up1.Jan 2005Sydney, AustraliaHard Lleyton Hewitt5–7, 0–6
Doubles: 1 (1–0) LegendGrand Slam (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 series (1–0)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinner1.May 2009Munich, GermanyClay Jan Hernych Ashley Fisher Jordan Kerr6–4, 6–4
Challenger finals
Singles: 17 (9–8) LegendATP Challenger Tour (9–8)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up1.23 May 2004 Prague, Czech RepublicClay Jan Hernych1–6, 4–6Runner-up2.28 November 2004 Groningen, NetherlandsHard Peter Wessels3–6, 2–6Runner-up3.5 June 2005 Prostějov, Czech RepublicClay Jarkko Nieminen1–6, 3–6Winner4.7 May 2006 Ostrava, Czech RepublicClay Marcel Granollers6–1, 6–0Runner-up5.9 July 2006 Biella, ItalyClay Simone Bolelli5–7, 6–3, 6–7(0–7)Winner6.2 September 2007 Freudenstadt, GermanyClay Éric Prodon7–5, 6–3Runner-up7.23 September 2007 Szczecin, PolandClay Sergio Roitman2–6, 5–7Winner8.4 November 2007 Busan, South KoreaHard Viktor Troicki7–6(7–2), 6–7(7–9), 6–3Runner-up9.26 October 2008 Seoul, South KoreaHard Hyung-Taik Lee4–6, 0–6Winner10.2 November 2008 Busan, South KoreaHard Alex Bogomolov Jr.6–1, 2–0, ret.Winner11.29 March 2009 Barletta, ItalyClay Santiago Ventura6–4, 6–3Winner12.26 April 2009 Sofia, BulgariaClay Florian Mayer6–4, 6–3Winner13.8 May 2010 Cairo, EgyptClay Simone Vagnozzi3–6, 6–2, 6–3Runner-up14.27 June 2010 Marburg, GermanyClay Simone Vagnozzi6–2, 3–6, 5–7Runner-up15.5 September 2010 Como, ItalyClay Robin Haase4–6, 3–6Winner16.20 March 2011 Rabat, MoroccoClay Peter Luczak7–5, 6–3Winner17.22 April 2012 Santos, BrazilClay Ricardo Hocevar4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Doubles: 1 (0–1) Legend ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up1. 13 February 2006 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro Carpet (i) Jan Minář Michael Kohlmann Alexander Waske 6–7(3–7), 3–6
References
External links
Minar world ranking history