Petr Pála (born 2 October 1975) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Together with Pavel Vízner he reached the men's doubles final of the 2001 French Open but lost to Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes (6–7, 3–6).
Pála was coached by his father František, who was a professional tennis player on the ATP tour.
Pála never had the opportunity to do his singles ability justice on the ATP Tour due to injury. When he recovered from these injuries he returned immediately to the doubles tour, but could not gain entry to official ATP matches.
Pála became the non-playing captain of the Czech Republic Fed Cup team in December 2007. Since then, he has led the Fed Cup team to world titles in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018, becoming the most successful Fed Cup team captain of all time.Strength in Depth the Key for Five-Star Czech republic, WTA official website, 14 November 2016
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 runner-up
ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2001 French Open Clay Pavel Vízner Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 6–7, 3–6
Performance timelines
Doubles Tournament1996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAA1R2R3R1R3R1R1R2R1R0 / 96–9French OpenAAAA2RF1R1R2R1R2R2R1R0 / 99–9Wimbledon3RAAA2RQF1R1R1R1R2R3R3R0 / 1011–10US Open1RAA1R1R3R2R2R1R1R1R2RA0 / 105–10Win–loss2–20–00–00–12–411–43–41–43–40–42–45–42–30 / 3831–38ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAAAA2R1R1R2R1RA1RA0 / 62–6MiamiAAAAQ12R2R1R1R1RA1RA0 / 61–6Monte CarloAAAAAQFAA2RAAAA0 / 23–2RomeAAAAASF2RAAAAAA0 / 24–2MadridNot Held1RAAAAAA0 / 10–1CanadaAAAAA1RAA2RAAAA0 / 21–2CincinnatiAAAAA1R2RA1RAAAA0 / 31–3HamburgQ1AAAQ1SF1RA1R1RAAA0 / 43–4ParisAAAAA2R1RAAAAAA0 / 20–2StuttgartAAAAA2RNot Masters Series0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–010–92–70–23–60–30–00–20–00 / 2915–29
Mixed doubles Tournament2000200120022003200420052006SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAQFAA1RA0 / 22–2French OpenASF1RA1RAA0 / 33–3Wimbledon2R1R2R2R1R1R1R0 / 73–7US OpenA1RAAAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss1–13–33–31–10–20–20–10 / 138–13
ATP career finals
Doubles: 17 (7 titles, 10 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–1)Tennis Masters Cup (0–1)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (1–2)ATP World Series (6–6)Finals by surfaceHard (2–6)Clay (5–3)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (6–7)Indoors (1–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1San Marino, San MarinoWorld SeriesClay Pavel Vízner Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood3–6, 2–6Loss0–2Shanghai, ChinaWorld SeriesHard Pavel Vízner Paul Haarhuis Sjeng Schalken2–6, 6–3, 4–6Loss0–3Stockholm, SwedenWorld SeriesHard Pavel Vízner Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor3–6, 2–6Loss0–4Rotterdam, NetherlandsChampionship SeriesHard Pavel Vízner Jonas Björkman Roger Federer3–6, 0–6Win1–4St Pölten, AustriaWorld SeriesClay David Rikl Jaime Oncins Daniel Orsanic6–3, 5–7, 7–5Loss1–5Paris, FranceGrand SlamClay Pavel Vízner Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes6–7(5–7), 3–6Loss1–6Bangalore, IndiaTennis Masters Cup Hard Pavel Vízner Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach 7–6(8–6), 6–7(2–7), 4–6, 4–6 Loss1–7Munich, GermanyWorld SeriesClay Pavel Vízner Radek Štěpánek Petr Luxa0–6, 7–6(7–4), [9–11]Win2–6St Pölten, AustriaWorld SeriesClay David Rikl Mike Bryan Michael Hill7–5, 6–4Loss2–8Long Island, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Pavel Vízner Mahesh Bhupathi Mike Bryan3–6, 4–6Win3–7St Pölten, AustriaInternational SeriesClay Mariano Hood Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl3–6, 7–5, 6–4Loss3–9Halle, GermanyInternational SeriesGrass Tomáš Cibulec Leander Paes David Rikl2–6, 5–7Loss3–10Tokyo, JapanChampionship SeriesHard Jiří Novák Jared Palmer Pavel Vízner1–5 ret.Win4–9Umag, CroatiaInternational SeriesClay Jiří Novák David Škoch Michal Mertiňák6–3, 6–3Win5–9Chennai, IndiaInternational SeriesHard Michal Mertiňák Prakash Amritraj Rohan Bopanna6–2, 7–5Win6–9Vienna, AustriaChampionship SeriesHard Pavel Vízner Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer6–4, 3–6, [12–10]Win7–9Umag, CroatiaInternational SeriesClay Michal Mertiňák Carlos Berlocq Fabio Fognini2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Doubles: 20 (10–10) LegendATP Challenger (9–10)ITF Futures (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (5–6)Grass (1–0)Carpet (3–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay David Škoch Filip Dewulf Vojtěch Flégl7–6, 5–7, 2–6Loss0–2Košice, SlovakiaChallengerClay Jan Kodeš Jr. Olivier Delaître Jeff Tarango6–7, 3–6Win1–2Bristol, United KingdomChallengerGrass Andrew Richardson Lionel Barthez Patrick Baur6–2, 6–4Loss1–3Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Petr Luxa Kris Goossens Tom Vanhoudt3–6, 0–6Win2–3Plzeň, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Borut Urh Radek Štěpánek Radomír Vašek2–4 ret.Win3–3Austria F3, MondseelandFuturesCarpet Borut Urh Ivaylo Traykov Milen Velev6–4, 7–6Loss3–4Příbram, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Radek Štěpánek Ota Fukárek Udo Plamberger6–2, 3–6, 4–6Loss3–5Aachen, GermanyChallengerHard Tuomas Ketola Menno Oosting Pavel Vízner6–7, 3–6Loss3–6Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Tomáš Cibulec Michal Tabara Radomír Vašek2–6, 0–6Win4–6Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet Pavel Vízner Steven Randjelovic Lovro Zovko6–4, 6–3Loss4–7Maia, PortugalChallengerClay Pavel Vízner Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl3–6, 6–4, 4–6Win5–7Poznań, PolandChallengerClay Pavel Vízner Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl6–3, 6–0Win6–7Charleroi, BelgiumChallengerCarpet Pavel Vízner Aleksandar Kitinov Lovro Zovko6–7, 7–5, 6–1Loss6–8Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerCarpet Pavel Vízner Johan Landsberg Simon Aspelin4–6, 4–6Loss6–9Wrocław, PolandChallengerHard Pavel Vízner Petr Luxa David Škoch4–6, 4–6Win7–9Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Tuomas Ketola Łukasz Kubot Tomáš Zíb6–4, 6–4Loss7–10Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Petr Luxa Simon Aspelin Todd Perry3–6, 3–6Win8–10Sunrise, United StatesChallengerHard Robin Vik Goran Dragicevic Dmitry Tursunov6–4, 6–2Win9–10Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay David Škoch Ramón Delgado Sergio Roitman6–0, 6–0Win10–10Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Lukáš Dlouhý Dušan Karol Jaroslav Pospíšil6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–6]
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