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Wikipedia / Libor Pimek

Libor Pimek (born 3 August 1963) is a former professional male tennis player.

Pimek's best Grand Slam singles result came at the 1987 US Open when he reached the 3rd round, losing to Swede Mats Wilander in straight sets. He won one singles tournament during his career at the Bavarian Open, reaching a career-high ranking of world No. 21 in April 1985 (and No. 15 in doubles in July 1996).

Pimek competed as a Czechoslovak early in his career, competing for the country a few times in the Davis Cup in the mid-1980s, before representing Belgium internationally. As a Davis Cup player for Belgium, he won 4 ties (Israel 1994, Denmark and France 1997, The Netherlands 1998)

Career finals

Singles (1 win, 1 loss)

Result

W/L

Date

Tournament

Surface

Opponent

Score

Win

1–0

May 1984

Munich, West Germany

Clay

Gene Mayer

6–4, 4–6, 7–6, 6–4

Loss

1–1

Nov 1985

Vienna, Austria

Carpet

Jan Gunnarsson

7–6(7–5), 2–6, 4–6, 6–1, 5–7

Doubles (17 wins, 12 losses)

Result

W/L

Date

Tournament

Surface

Partner

Opponents

Score

Win

1–0

Mar 1983

Nice, France

Clay

Bernard Boileau

Bernard Fritz Jean-Louis Haillet

6–3, 6–4

Win

2–0

Apr 1984

Bari, Italy

Clay

Stanislav Birner

Marcel Freeman Tim Wilkison

2–6, 7–6, 6–4

Loss

2–1

Sep 1984

Geneva, Switzerland

Clay

Tomáš Šmíd

Michael Mortensen Mats Wilander

1–6, 6–3, 5–7

Win

3–1

Jul 1985

Boston, U.S.

Hard

Slobodan Živojinović

Peter McNamara Paul McNamee

2–6, 6–4, 7–6

Loss

3–2

Sep 1985

Bordeaux, France

Clay

Blaine Willenborg

David Felgate Steve Shaw

4–6, 7–5, 4–6

Win

4–2

Jun 1986

Athens, Greece

Clay

Blaine Willenborg

Carlos Di Laura Claudio Panatta

5–7, 6–4, 6–2

Win

5–2

Aug 1986

Saint-Vincent, France

Clay

Pavel Složil

Bud Cox Michael Fancutt

6–3, 6–3

Win

6–2

Sep 1990

Bordeaux, France

Clay

Tomás Carbonell

Mansour Bahrami Yannick Noah

6–3, 6–7, 6–2

Loss

6–3

Feb 1991

Brussels, Belgium

Carpet

Michiel Schapers

Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde

3–6, 0–6

Loss

6–4

Aug 1991

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Clay

Daniel Vacek

Vojtěch Flégl Cyril Suk

4–6, 2–6

Loss

6–5

Mar 1992

Copenhagen, Denmark

Carpet

Hendrik Jan Davids

Nicklas Kulti Magnus Larsson

3–6, 4–6

Win

7–5

Mar 1992

Estoril, Portugal

Clay

Hendrik Jan Davids

Luke Jensen Laurie Warder

3–6, 6–3, 7–5

Win

8–5

Jul 1992

Gstaad, Switzerland

Clay

Hendrik Jan Davids

Petr Korda Cyril Suk

w/o

Loss

8–6

Sep 1992

Cologne, Germany

Clay

Ronnie Båthman

Horacio de la Peña Gustavo Luza

7–6, 0–6, 2–6

Win

9–6

Jun 1993

Florence, Italy

Clay

Tomás Carbonell

Mark Koevermans Greg Van Emburgh

7–6, 2–6, 6–1

Loss

9–7

Jul 1993

Hilversum, Netherlands

Clay

Hendrik Jan Davids

Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis

6–4, 2–6, 5–7

Win

10–7

Aug 1993

Prague, Czech Republic

Clay

Hendrik Jan Davids

Jorge Lozano Jaime Oncins

6–3, 7–6

Win

11–7

Sep 1993

Bucharest, Romania

Clay

Menno Oosting

George Cosac Ciprian Porumb

7–6, 7–6

Loss

11–8

May 1995

Bologna, Italy

Clay

Vincent Spadea

Byron Black Jonathan Stark

5–7, 3–6

Loss

11–9

Jun 1995

St. Poelten, Austria

Clay

Byron Talbot

Bill Behrens Matt Lucena

5–7, 4–6

Win

12–9

Jul 1995

Prague, Czech Republic

Clay

Byron Talbot

Jiří Novák David Rikl

7–5, 1–6, 7–6

Win

13–9

Jan 1996

Zagreb, Croatia

Hard(i)

Menno Oosting

Martin Damm Hendrik Jan Davids

6–3, 7–6

Win

14–9

Mar 1996

Copenhagen, Denmark

Carpet

Byron Talbot

Wayne Arthurs Andrew Kratzmann

7–6, 3–6, 6–3

Loss

14–10

May 1996

Rome, Italy

Clay

Byron Talbot

Byron Black Grant Connell

2–6, 3–6

Win

15–10

Jul 1996

Stuttgart, Germany

Clay

Byron Talbot

Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig

6–4, 7–6

Win

16–10

Jul 1996

Kitzbühel, Austria

Clay

Byron Talbot

David Adams Menno Oosting

7–6, 6–3

Loss

16–11

Mar 1997

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Carpet

Byron Talbot

Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis

6–7, 4–6

Loss

16–12

Jul 1997

Hilversum, Netherlands

Clay

Andrew Kratzmann

Paul Kilderry Nicolás Lapentti

6–3, 5–7, 6–7

Win

17–12

Sep 1997

Palermo, Italy

Clay

Andrew Kratzmann

Hendrik Jan Davids Daniel Orsanic

3–6, 6–3, 7–6

References