Tomáš Cibulec

Infobox Tennis biography
playername = Tomáš Cibulec


nickname = Ciba [http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/players/playerprofiles/highlights.asp?playernumber=C460]
country = CZE
residence = Havířov, Czech Republic
datebirth = birth date and age|1978|01|15
placebirth = Havířov, Czechoslovakia
height = height|m=1.80
weight = convert|80|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro = 1996
retired = "Active"
plays = Right
careerprizemoney = $US721,654
singlesrecord = 0–0
singlestitles = 0 ATP
highestsinglesranking = 646 (August 3, 1998)
AustralianOpenresult = N/A
FrenchOpenresult = N/A
Wimbledonresult = N/A
USOpenresult = N/A
doublesrecord = 141–182
doublestitles = 3 ATP
highestdoublesranking = 21 (March 17, 2003)
updated = October 28, 2007

Tomáš Cibulec (born January 15, 1978 in Havířov, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic) is a quad-lingual professional Czech tennis player who turned professional in 1996. Cibulec reached his highest singles ranking on August 3, 1998, becoming World Number 646. His highest doubles ranking is World Number 21, which he reached on March 17, 2003. A winner of three ATP doubles titles, Cibulec plays with his right hand and resides in Havířov, the city of his birth. Jindrich and Anna Cibulec are his parents. Before Cibulec became a professional, he became a tennis player at when he was seven. He liked Stefan Edberg and Czechoslovak Miloslav Mečíř as a child. He likes clay and feels his volley as his strength. [http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/players/playerprofiles/highlights.asp?playernumber=C460]

Tennis career

Cibulec has successfully partnered with compatriots Ota Fukarek, Leoš Friedl, Petr Pála, Pavel Vízner and Croatian Lovro Zovko. He also reached the 2002 French Open doubles semifinals with Leander Paes. However, Cibulec has only won ATP doubles tournaments with Vízner and Friedl. He has reached one final with Futarek, won one out of three finals with Friedl, lost in one final with both Pála, has won two out of five doubles finals with Vízner, and lost in one final with Zovko.

In 2007, Cibulec and Zovko made the final of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, but the pairing lost to at-home Russians Dmitry Tursunov and former singles number one Marat Safin 6–2, 6–4 in the final. En route, however, Cibulec and Zovko defeated 2007 French Open and 2007 U.S. Open finalists Lukáš Dlouhý and Cibulec's former partner Pavel Vízner 6–2, 6–2. At moscow, Dlouhý and Vízner were the second-seeded doubles entrents.

As of October 28, 2007, Cibulec is 60^th in doubles rankings.

ATP Tour Titles

Doubles (3)

Doubles Finalist (8)

External links

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