Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych? / I ( born September 17, 1985 in Valašské Meziříčí, then Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech tennis player.
- 3.1 Individual 3.1.1 Siege
- 3.1.2 finals
- 3.2.1 Siege
- 3.2.2 finals
Career
At the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 Berdych won in the second round against the surprising set to number one Swiss Roger Federer, but retired in the latter part of. The first big success came in 2005 Berdych at the indoor tournament in Paris, when he defeated Ivan Ljubičić in the final of the Croats in five sets. 2006 reached Berdych at the French Open, the Wimbledon Championships and the U.S. Open each of the first knockout round and the finals of the tournament in Halle.
In 2007, he reached the second round of the Australian Open and the semifinals of Monte Carlo. At the French Open in 2007, he failed in the first round to Guillermo García- López. On June 17, he won the grass tournament in Halle, in the final he beat Marcos Baghdatis 7-5, 6-4. At Wimbledon, Berdych reached the quarterfinals, but it lost to Rafael Nadal with 6:71, 4:6, 2:6. In 2008 he was in the second round of the Australian Open and it lost to Roger Federer only 4:6, 6:76, 3:6. In the semifinals of the tournament in Miami ( Masters series ), he defeated Rafael Nadal with 6:76, 2:6. He also reached the final in Bastad ( 4:6 - 1:6 - defeat against Tommy Robredo ) and later in the season in Bangkok, the semi-finals ( 5:7, 1:6 against Novak Djokovic ). The highlight of the season was for him in 2008 but undoubtedly win the tournament in Tokyo, as he celebrated the Newcomer of the Year, Juan Martín del Potro, to defeat with 6:1, 6:4 and his fourth title on the ATP Tour. On the way to the final, he eliminated the top player Tommy Robredo, Fernando González, Andy Roddick. Berdych defeated in 2009 at the Australian Open Robby Ginepri, Brian Dabul and better Stanislas Wawrinka set. In his second round match, he moved despite a 2-0 set lead against eventual finalists Federer still lose out.
Berdych returned the favor in 2010 in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, where he could beat Federer in four sets. He moved into the semi-finals, where he defeated Djokovic smooth in three sets. In the first Grand Slam final of his career he was defeated Nadal then smooth in three sets.
At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London Berdych started in singles and doubles for the Czech Republic. In individual he already retired on the opening round against the Belgian Steve Darcis. In doubles, he was standing with Radek Stepanek in the first round against the Italians Daniele Bracciali and Andreas Seppi in three sets, before the Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares nearly documents in the second round with 6:1, 4:6 and 22:24. At the U.S. Open Berdych scored his highlight of the season with a victory in four sets over Roger Federer. In the semifinals, he lost to Andy Murray.
Davis Cup
Since 2003, Berdych plays for the Czech Davis Cup team. In the 2009 season he achieved with this the final, where they were subject, however, clear in Barcelona Spain with 0:5. 2012, the team qualified for the second time for the final, which this time was held in Prague. Again the enemy was Spain, which this time was defeated 3-2. Berdych competed in every season encounter, winning all his singles and doubles matches ( with Radek Stepanek ) against Italy, Serbia and Argentina. In the final, he and Stepanek won against the current World Champion Marc Lopez Marcel Granollers and her double, as his first singles match against Nicolas Almagro. Only David Ferrer, he was defeated with 0:3 smooth. In the following season, the Czech team successfully defended the title. In the final they defeated Serbia 3-2. Berdych defeated Novak Djokovic doing without set win, while he defeated Dusan Lajovic 6:3, 6:4 and 6:3. The double game Berdych and Radek Stepanek decided clearly with 6:2, 6:4 and 7:64 against Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija Bozoljac for themselves.
Private
Tomáš Berdych is in a relationship with the Czech model Ester Sátorová. According to ATP he is domiciled in Monaco. Previously lived and trained Berdych of the Czech Prostějov.