Name Tomas Cibulec Turned pro 1996 Career titles 0 Weight 80 kg | Prize money US$721,654 Height 1.80 m Plays Right-handed Role Tennis Player Handed Right-handed | |
Residence Havirov, Czech Republic Born 15 January 1978 (age 46) Havirov, Czechoslovakia ( 1978-01-15 ) Career record 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) | ||
Tomáš Cibulec (born 15 January 1978 in Havířov, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic) is a retired professional Czech tennis player who turned professional in 1996. Cibulec reached his highest singles ranking on 3 August 1998, becoming world number 646. His highest doubles ranking is world number 21, which he reached on 17 March 2003. A winner of three ATP doubles titles, Cibulec 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.
Tennis career
Cibulec has successfully partnered with compatriots Ota Fukárek, 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 entrants.
As of 28 October 2007, Cibulec is 60th in doubles rankings.