Dominik Hrbatý
Hrbatý in training during the 2006 French Open
Country (sports) Slovakia
ResidenceBratislava, Slovakia
Born (1978-01-04) 4 January 1978
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (Now Slovakia)
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2014
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 7,065,241
Singles
Career record359–318 (53.0%)
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 12 (17 October 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (2001, 2005)
French OpenSF (1999)
Wimbledon3R (2004)
US OpenQF (2004)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2004, 2008)
Doubles
Career record150–211 (41.6%)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 14 (13 November 2000)
Team competitions
Davis CupF (2005)
Hopman CupW (2005, 2009)
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing  Slovakia
European Youth Olympic Festival
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Valkenswaard Mixed Doubles

Dominik Hrbatý (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈdɔminiɡ ˈɦr̩batiː]; born 4 January 1978) is a Slovak former professional tennis player.[1] Hrbatý reached the semifinals of the 1999 French Open, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 in October 2005. Hrbatý is one of only three players, alongside Nick Kyrgios and Lleyton Hewitt, to have beaten each member of the Big Three (Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal) the first time he played them.[2]

Hrbatý is one of a select few players to have competed on the ATP Tour with a positive winning record against Federer (2–1), Nadal (3–1), Murray (1–0), and Berdych (1–0 in ATP-level matches, or 2–0 overall). Hrbatý's record against Djokovic stands at 1–1 (or 0–1 at tour-level events). Hrbaty, Alex Corretja and Novak Djokovic are the only players to have a winning record over Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

Personal life

Hrbatý was born on 4 January 1978 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. His father was an architecture engineer and his younger brother is an umpire. When he was younger, Hrbatý was European junior competitor in skiing and from the age of 11, he focused on tennis full-time.

He is married to Nelly Petrová; he proposed after Slovakia won the Hopman Cup on 10 January 2009 (with Dominika Cibulková).[3] He also won the tournament for Slovakia in 2005 with Daniela Hantuchová. This makes Hrbatý a dual winner to move into the company of Serena Williams, James Blake, Tommy Robredo and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

Tennis career

Hrbatý turned professional in 1996. During the year he reached six Challenger finals and achieved a 35–15 match record. He ended the year as the youngest player in the top 100.

In 1997, Hrbatý won the Košice Challenger title defeating Nicolás Lapentti. He also reached his first ATP Tour final in Palermo, losing to Alberto Berasategui. His first doubles success on the Tour was reaching the final of Umag with Karol Kučera.

Hrbatý broke through for his first ATP title in 1998 in San Marino and defended his title in Košice. He continued his form into 1999 capturing his second title in Prague. His greatest breakthrough was reaching the semi-finals of Roland Garros where he defeated Julien Boutter, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Andrew Ilie, Marat Safin and Marcelo Ríos before falling to eventual winner, Andre Agassi.

Despite not winning a title in 2000, Hrbatý reached three finals in Monte Carlo, St. Petersburg and Brighton. During the year he helped Slovakia win the ATP World Team Championship where he had wins over Pete Sampras and Kafelnikov. While not winning a title in singles, he won the Rome Masters doubles title with Martin Damm and reached another three finals.

2001 got off to a quick start for Hrbatý, winning in Auckland for his third ATP title, defeating at the final the Spaniard Francisco Clavet. He backed up that win with a quarter-finals appearance at the Australian Open. On his way he defeated number two seed, Marat Safin. Other notable singles results were reaching the semi-finals in Dubai, Tashkent and Moscow. Hrbatý helped Slovakia back into the World Group stage in Davis Cup by defeating Nicolás Massú and Rios in 5 sets coming from two sets down in each match. Hrbatý teamed up with Roger Federer in the men's doubles at the Australian Open in 2001. However they were knocked out by Thomas Shimada and Myles Wakefield.

Hrbatý had an average year in 2002 where he finished out of the top 50 for the first time since 1996. He won a Challenger title in Biella. In 2003, Hrbatý made the final in Auckland losing to Gustavo Kuerten. Also made the semi-finals in Casablanca and Umag. Defeated Andy Roddick in the Davis Cup to end the American's 19-match winning streak.

Hrbatý's best season in his career to date was in 2004. He started the season with back-to-back title wins in Auckland and Adelaide. The Auckland victory was over Rafael Nadal in the final. Then won his sixth career title in Marseille and then made it to the final in Casablanca. He achieved one of his best wins by defeating World No. 1 Roger Federer in Cincinnati and then made it to the quarter-finals of the US Open.

In 2005, Hrbatý finished in the top 20 despite not reaching a singles final. His best results were semi-finals in Los Angeles, Metz and Basel. He had good success in the ATP Masters Series in Miami, Rome and Montreal, where he reached the quarter-finals.

Also in 2005, Hrbatý helped Slovakia reach the Davis Cup final against Croatia. He compiled a 6–1 singles record during the season. Inflicted Ivan Ljubičić's only singles loss in the final but Slovakia lost the final 2–3.

2006 was a mixed year for Hrbatý. He reached his second Tennis Masters Series title final in Paris losing to Nikolay Davydenko, which helped him finish in the top 25 in the year-end rankings. Other results were semi-finals in Los Angeles and Vienna and a quarter-finals in Beijing.

Hrbatý's form started to drop in 2007. He was plagued by an elbow injury which severely limited his play in that season.

At the 2007 U.S. Open, in doubles, he lost to Jesse Levine and Alex Kuznetsov, while pairing with Harel Levy of Israel, 6–1, 6–4.

At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, Hrbatý lost to his good friend and former doubles partner Federer in the first round, 6–3, 6–2, 6–2. Hrbatý sat immediately next to Federer and had an amicable conversation with him during the last changeover of the match, telling Federer that this may be Hrbatý's last Wimbledon and that, as a joke, this has been the first victory for Federer in a match against him and leads him 2–1 in head to head.

In 2010, Hrbaty announced his retirement as he became a father for the first time. In 2012, Hrbaty temporarily returned to professional tennis by playing in the qualifying tournament for the 2012 Heineken Open. He won his first round of qualifying by beating Pere Riba in straight sets 6–4, 6–2.

Major finals

ATP Masters 1000 finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
LossApr 2000Monte Carlo, MonacoClayFrance Cédric Pioline3–6, 6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8)
LossNov 2006Paris, FranceCarpet (i)Russia Nikolay Davydenko1–6, 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1–1)

Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
LossApr 2000Miami. U.S.HardCzech Republic Martin DammAustralia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde		6–3, 6–4
WinMay 2000Rome, ItalyClayCzech Republic Martin DammSouth Africa Wayne Ferreira
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov		6–4, 4–6, 6–3

Career finals

Singles: 13 (6–7)

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (6)
Titles by surface
Hard (4)
Clay (2)
Grass (0)
Carpet (0)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 1997 Palermo, Italy Clay Spain Alberto Berasategui 4–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Aug 1998 San Marino Clay Argentina Mariano Puerta 6–2, 7–5
Win 2–1 Apr 1999 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Czech Republic Sláva Doseděl 6–2, 6–2
Loss 2–2 Apr 2000 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay France Cédric Pioline 4–6, 6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8)
Loss 2–3 Nov 2000 St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Russia Marat Safin 6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Nov 2000 Brighton, United Kingdom Hard (i) United Kingdom Tim Henman 2–6, 2–6
Win 3–4 Jan 2001 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Spain Francisco Clavet 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 3–5 Jan 2003 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Brazil Gustavo Kuerten 3–6, 5–7
Win 4–5 Jan 2004 Adelaide, Australia Hard France Michaël Llodra 6–4, 6–0
Win 5–5 Jan 2004 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Spain Rafael Nadal 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win 6–5 Feb 2004 Marseille, France Hard (i) Sweden Robin Söderling 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 6–6 May 2004 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Spain Santiago Ventura 3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Loss 6–7 Oct 2006 Paris, France Carpet (i) Russia Nikolay Davydenko 1–6, 2–6, 2–6

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010SRW–L
Australian Open A 4R 1R 1R 1R QF 4R 1R 3R QF 4R 3R A 2R A 0 / 11 21–11
French Open A 1R 3R SF 2R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R A A 0 / 12 13–12
Wimbledon A 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R A A 0 / 12 4–12
US Open A 1R 2R 1R 4R 2R 3R 2R QF 4R 1R 1R 1R A A 0 / 12 15–12
Win–loss 0–0 3–4 3–4 5–4 5–4 6–4 5–4 2–4 9–4 8–4 5–4 2–4 0–3 1–1 0–0 0 / 48 54–48
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics A NH 1R NH 2R NH 2R NH 0 / 3 2–3
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters A 1R 1R A 2R 1R 1R 1R 3R 2R 3R 2R A A A 0 / 10 3–10
Miami Masters A 4R 2R QF 4R 3R 1R 1R 3R QF 2R 1R 1R A A 0 / 12 15–12
Monte Carlo Masters A 1R A 1R F 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R A A A 0 / 10 8–10
Rome Masters A A A 2R QF 1R A 2R 1R QF 2R 1R A A A 0 / 8 9–8
Hamburg Masters A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 1R 2R 3R 2R 1R A A A 0 / 10 4–10
Canada Masters A A A A A 2R 1R A 1R QF 2R 3R A A A 0 / 6 7–6
Cincinnati Masters A A A A 1R 1R 2R A 2R 3R 3R 1R A A A 0 / 7 6–7
Madrid Masters (Stuttgart) A A A 2R 2R 1R A A 2R 3R 2R A A A A 0 / 6 4–6
Paris Masters A A A 1R 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 3R F A A A A 0 / 8 9–8
Career statistics
Titles 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Overall win–loss 0–2 27–23 34–29 38–32 44–29 31–30 23–29 26–26 42–26 43–26 32–28 10–21 5–9 4–7 0–1 359–318
Year End Ranking 78 40 46 21 17 36 51 61 14 18 21 136 253 141 417 $7,068,735

Top 10 wins

Season19971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010Total
Wins1058332152100031
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score Hrbatý
Rank
1997
1. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3 St. Pölten, Austria Clay 1R 6–3, 6–3 50
1999
2. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3 Marseille, France Hard (i) 2R 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–2 43
3. United States Andre Agassi 9 Miami, United States Hard 2R 1–6, 6–3, 6–2 40
4. Chile Marcelo Ríos 8 Miami, United States Hard 4R 6–2, 6–0 40
5. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1 French Open, Paris, France Clay 2R 6–4, 6–1, 6–4 30
6. Chile Marcelo Ríos 9 French Open, Paris, France Clay QF 7–6(7–4), 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 6–3 30
2000
7. Brazil Gustavo Kuerten 4 Davis Cup, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clay RR 7–5, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) 25
8. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay 2R 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 24
9. United States Andre Agassi 1 Rome, Italy Clay 3R 6–4, 6–4 17
10. United States Pete Sampras 2 World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany Clay RR 0–6, 6–4, 6–4 14
11. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany Clay F 6–4, 7–6(7–1) 14
12. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 US Open, New York, United States Hard 3R 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 6–1 36
13. Brazil Gustavo Kuerten 3 Tokyo, Japan Hard QF 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 3–0, ret. 33
14. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 5 St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) SF 7–5, 6–3 22
2001
15. Russia Marat Safin 2 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard 4R 6–2, 7–6(8–6), 6–4 16
16. Russia Marat Safin 1 Davis Cup, Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i) RR 6–3, 6–1, 6–4 14
17. Russia Marat Safin 7 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) 2R 6–0, 4–6, 7–6(7–5) 28
2002
18. France Sébastien Grosjean 9 Barcelona, Spain Clay 2R 6–3, 6–4 62
19. France Sébastien Grosjean 10 Cincinnati, United States Hard 1R 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 54
20. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 US Open, New York, United States Hard 2R 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 52
2003
21. Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan 10 French Open, Paris, France Clay 1R 6–4, 3–6, 6–0, 7–5 62
22. United States Andy Roddick 2 Davis Cup, Bratislava, Slovakia Clay RR 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 60
2004
23. Switzerland Roger Federer 1 Cincinnati, United States Hard 1R 1–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4 21
2005
24. Argentina Gastón Gaudio 10 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard 3R 7–6(7–5), 6–7(8–10), 6–7(3–7), 6–1, 6–3 27
25. Russia Marat Safin 4 Miami, United States Hard 3R 7–6(8–6), 6–1 28
26. United Kingdom Tim Henman 6 Rome, Italy Clay 3R 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 24
27. Argentina Guillermo Coria 8 Davis Cup, Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i) RR 7–6(7–2), 6–2, 6–3 19
28. Croatia Ivan Ljubičić 9 Davis Cup, Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i) RR 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 19
2006
29. Croatia Ivan Ljubičić 4 Rome, Italy Clay 1R 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 24
30. Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 10 Paris, France Carpet (i) QF 6–4, 1–6, 6–2 27
2007
31. Spain Tommy Robredo 7 Montreal, Canada Hard 2R 6–2, 6–4 32

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ Hrbaty retires to spend more time with his family Yahoo. Retrieved 22 November 2010
    2. ↑ "Tennis Abstract: Dominik Hrbaty ATP Match Results, Splits, and Analysis". Tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
    3. ↑ Hrbatý Celebrates Engagement ATPtennis.com, 11 January 2009
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