Ivo Minář


Ivo Minář is a former professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. On July 20, 2009, Minář reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 62. His brother Jan is also a professional player, who has been ranked in the top 200 in the world.
Minář was a member of the winning Czech Republic team in the 2012 Davis Cup.
Minář also worked as coach of Czech tennis player Kristýna Plíšková.

Career

Minář won the European junior championships in Klosters when he was 16, defeating fellow Czech Tomáš Berdych.

Professional career

In his career, he has not won an ATP singles title, but has reached one singles final – in 2005 in Sydney, where he lost to Lleyton Hewitt of Australia. Later that year, he qualified for the tournament in Dubai and pushed World No. 1 Roger Federer to final set tie-break in the first round, losing 7–6, 3–6, 6–7.
Minář tested positive for methylhexanamine on 11 July 2009 and was suspended eight months.

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.16 January 2005Sydney, AustraliaHard Lleyton Hewitt5–7, 0–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.10 May 2009Munich, GermanyClay Jan Hernych Ashley Fisher
Jordan Kerr
6–4, 6–4

Challenger finals

Singles: 17 (9–8)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.23 May 2004Prague, Czech RepublicClay Jan Hernych1–6, 4–6
Runner-up2.28 November 2004Groningen, NetherlandsHard Peter Wessels3–6, 2–6
Runner-up3.5 June 2005Prostějov, Czech RepublicClay Jarkko Nieminen1–6, 3–6
Winner4.7 May 2006Ostrava, Czech RepublicClay Marcel Granollers6–1, 6–0
Runner-up5.9 July 2006Biella, ItalyClay Simone Bolelli5–7, 6–3, 6–7
Winner6.2 September 2007Freudenstadt, GermanyClay Éric Prodon7–5, 6–3
Runner-up7.23 September 2007Szczecin, PolandClay Sergio Roitman2–6, 5–7
Winner8.4 November 2007Busan, South KoreaHard Viktor Troicki7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Runner-up9.26 October 2008Seoul, South KoreaHard Hyung-Taik Lee4–6, 0–6
Winner10.2 November 2008Busan, South KoreaHard Alex Bogomolov, Jr.6–1, 2–0, ret.
Winner11.29 March 2009Barletta, ItalyClay Santiago Ventura6–4, 6–3
Winner12.26 April 2009Sofia, BulgariaClay Florian Mayer6–4, 6–3
Winner13.8 May 2010Cairo, EgyptClay Simone Vagnozzi3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up14.27 June 2010Marburg, GermanyClay Simone Vagnozzi6–2, 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up15.5 September 2010Como, ItalyClay Robin Haase4–6, 3–6
Winner16.20 March 2011Rabat, MoroccoClay Peter Luczak7–5, 6–3
Winner17.22 April 2012Santos, BrazilClay Ricardo Hocevar4–6, 6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.February 13, 2006Belgrade, Serbia and MontenegroCarpet Jan Minář Michael Kohlmann
Alexander Waske
6–7, 3–6