Vít Kopřiva
.jpg) Kopřiva at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Country (sports) |  Czech Republic |
|---|---|
| Residence | Prostějov, Czech Republic |
| Born | 15 June 1997 Bílovec, Czech Republic |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Turned pro | 2015 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Jaroslav Pospíšil |
| Prize money | US $843,689 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 6–12 |
| Career titles | 5 Challengers |
| Highest ranking | No. 111 (25 September 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 130 (18 November 2024) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2024) |
| French Open | Q2 (2024) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2024) |
| US Open | Q1 (2021, 2023, 2024) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–1 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 261 (17 October 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 597 (11 November 2024) |
| Last updated on: 11 November 2024. | |
Vít Kopřiva (born 15 June 1997) is a Czech professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 111 achieved on 25 September 2023. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 261 achieved on 17 October 2022.[1] He is currently the No. 4 Czech player.[2] Kopřiva has won five ATP Challenger singles and two doubles titles.
Professional career
[edit]2021: ATP and Top 200 debut, first top-10 win
[edit]He won his maiden Challenger doubles title at the 2021 Aspria Tennis Cup in Milan with Jiří Lehečka.
On his ATP debut, ranked at a then career-high of World No. 249 in singles, at the 2021 Swiss Open Gstaad, Kopřiva defeated Denis Shapovalov for his career-best and first top-10 win.[3] He was the lowest-ranked player to beat a Top 10 opponent since then World No. 698 Thanasi Kokkinakis defeated then World No. 6 Milos Raonic at The Queen's Club in 2017. Kopřiva advanced to the semifinals after beating Mikael Ymer in straight sets. He was the second player to reach the semifinals on his ATP Tour debut since May 2012, joining 2021 Córdoba champion, Juan Manuel Cerundolo.[4] His run would come to an end in the semifinals against Casper Ruud.
2022-2023: First Challenger singles titles, Top 125 debut
[edit]He won his maiden Challenger at the 2022 UniCredit Czech Open in Prostějov defeating his 19-year-old compatriot Dalibor Svrčina 6–2, 6–2.[5] As a result, he reached the top 150 at World No. 146 on 6 June 2022 and a month later the top 125 on 18 July 2022.
He fell in the first round of qualifying at the US Open.[6] Despite this result, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 111 on 18 September 2023 following two Challenger titles during the season, in July and August.
2024: Grand Slam and Masters debuts
[edit]He qualified for the 2024 Australian Open making his Grand Slam debut.[7]
He also qualified for the 2024 Qatar ExxonMobil Open but lost in the first round to Fábián Marozsán.[8] He made his Masters debut at the 2024 Miami Open after qualifying into the main draw with wins over Rei Sakamoto and JJ Wolf. He lost to Christopher O'Connell in the first round.[9]
He also qualified for his second career major at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships[10] and lost to Novak Djokovic.
He won his fourth Challenger title at the 2024 Szczecin Open with a win over Andrea Pellegrino.[11]
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
[edit]| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
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ATP Challenger Tour finals
[edit]Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | May 2022 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Dalibor Svrčina
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6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | July 2023 | Verona, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Vitaliy Sachko
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1–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–2 |
| Win | 3–0 | Sep 2023 | Tulln an der Donau, Austria | Challenger | Clay |  Sumit Nagal
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6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–1 | Aug 2024 | Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland | Challenger | Hard |  Marc-Andrea Hüsler
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1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–1 | Sep 2024 | Szczecin, Poland | Challenger | Clay |  Andrea Pellegrino
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7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–1 | Nov 2024 | Lima, Peru | Challenger | Clay |  Elmer Moeller
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6–3, 7–6(7–3) |
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2021 | Milan, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Jiří Lehečka
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 Dustin Brown Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
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6–4, 6–0 |
| Win | 2–0 | Sep 2022 | Braga, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Jaroslav Pospíšil
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Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Christopher Rungkat
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3–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
[edit]Singles: 14 (5 titles, 9 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2016 | Slovakia F4, Bratislava | Futures | Clay | Václav Šafránek
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6–7(6–8), 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2016 | Egypt F24, Cairo | Futures | Clay | Jaroslav Pospíšil
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5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Sep 2016 | Egypt F25, Cairo | Futures | Clay |  Mateo Nicolás Martínez
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3–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Mar 2017 | Greece F2, Heraklion | Futures | Hard |  Yaraslav Shyla
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3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–3 | May 2018 | Poland F4, Ustroń | Futures | Clay | Dante Gennaro
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7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Jul 2018 | Czech Republic F5, Ústí nad Orlicí | Futures | Clay | David Poljak
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4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–4 | Oct 2018 | Turkey F31, Antalya | Futures | Clay |  Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș
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7–6(7–5), 3–1 Ret. |
| Loss | 3–5 | Nov 2018 | Greece F8, Heraklion | Futures | Hard |  Tom Kočevar-Dešman
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6–7(1–7), 2–6 |
| Loss | 3–6 | Dec 2018 | Egypt F30, Cairo | Futures | Clay | Riccardo Bonadio
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2–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 3–7 | Feb 2019 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | WTT | Hard |  Wu Tung-lin
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3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–7 | Mar 2019 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | WTT | Clay |  Pol Toledo Bagué
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5–7, 6–1,1–0 ret. |
| Win | 5–7 | May 2019 | M15 Prague, Czech Republic | WTT | Clay | Patrik Rikl
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6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–8 | Sep 2019 | M25 Győr, Hungary | WTT | Clay |  Roberto Cid Subervi
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1–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 5–9 | Sep 2019 | M25 Říčany, Czech Republic | WTT | Clay | Michael Vrbenský
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3–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
Wins over top 10 players
[edit]Kopřiva has a 1–1 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
| Season | 2021 | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Wins | 1 | 1 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | VKR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | |||||||
| 1. |  Denis Shapovalov
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10 | Swiss Open, Switzerland | Clay | 2R | 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 | 249 |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Vit Kopriva | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
- ^ "ATP Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles)". ATP Tour. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Vit Kopriva Shocks Shapovalov in Gstaad".
- ^ "Five Things to Know About Vit Kopriva, Who Idolised Roger Federer".
- ^ "Kopriva Earns Maiden Challenger Crown in Prostějov". 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Maxime Cressy Advances In US Open Qualifying".
- ^ "Melbourne memories drive Mensik to main draw berth".
- ^ "Zhang shines as Fucsovics eliminates Bautista Agut".
- ^ "O'Connell flies into Miami second round for the first time". 21 March 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Pouille headlines quartet of French qualifiers at Wimbledon". ATPtour.com. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Kopřiva po vyřazení z daviscupové nominace vyhrál challenger ve Štětíně" (in Czech). české noviny. 15 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- Vít Kopřiva at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Vít Kopřiva at the International Tennis Federation
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