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Czech tennis player and coach
Petr Pála (born 2 October 1975) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic . Together with Pavel Vízner he reached the men's doubles final of the 2001 French Open but lost to Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes (6–7, 3–6).
Pála was coached by his father František , who was a professional tennis player on the ATP tour.
Pála never had the opportunity to do his singles ability justice on the ATP Tour due to injury. When he recovered from these injuries he returned immediately to the doubles tour, but could not gain entry to official ATP matches.
Pála became the non-playing captain of the Czech Republic Fed Cup team in December 2007.[ 1] Since then, he has led the Fed Cup team to world titles in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018, becoming the most successful Fed Cup team captain of all time.[ 2]
Doubles: 1 runner-up [ edit ]
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Doubles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner-ups)[ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (1–2)
ATP World Series (6–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–5)
Clay (5–3)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (6–6)
Indoors (1–3)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Aug 1999
San Marino , San Marino
World Series
Clay
Pavel Vízner
Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood
3–6, 2–6
Loss
0–2
Oct 2000
Shanghai , China
World Series
Hard
Pavel Vízner
Paul Haarhuis Sjeng Schalken
2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss
0–3
Nov 2000
Stockholm , Sweden
World Series
Hard
Pavel Vízner
Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
3–6, 2–6
Loss
0–4
Feb 2001
Rotterdam , Netherlands
Championship Series
Hard
Pavel Vízner
Jonas Björkman Roger Federer
3–6, 0–6
Win
1–4
May 2001
St Pölten , Austria
World Series
Clay
David Rikl
Jaime Oncins Daniel Orsanic
6–3, 5–7, 7–5
Loss
1–5
Jun 2001
Paris , France
Grand Slam
Clay
Pavel Vízner
Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
6–7(5–7) , 3–6
Loss
1–6
May 2002
Munich , Germany
World Series
Clay
Pavel Vízner
Radek Štěpánek Petr Luxa
0–6, 7–6(7–4) , [9–11]
Win
2–6
May 2002
St Pölten , Austria
World Series
Clay
David Rikl
Mike Bryan Michael Hill
7–5, 6–4
Loss
2–7
Aug 2002
Long Island , United States
World Series
Hard
Pavel Vízner
Mahesh Bhupathi Mike Bryan
3–6, 4–6
Win
3–7
May 2004
St Pölten , Austria
International Series
Clay
Mariano Hood
Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl
3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss
3–8
Jun 2004
Halle , Germany
International Series
Grass
Tomáš Cibulec
Leander Paes David Rikl
2–6, 5–7
Loss
3–9
Oct 2004
Tokyo , Japan
Championship Series
Hard
Jiří Novák
Jared Palmer Pavel Vízner
1–5 ret.
Win
4–9
Jul 2005
Umag , Croatia
International Series
Clay
Jiří Novák
David Škoch Michal Mertiňák
6–3, 6–3
Win
5–9
Jan 2006
Chennai , India
International Series
Hard
Michal Mertiňák
Prakash Amritraj Rohan Bopanna
6–2, 7–5
Win
6–9
Oct 2006
Vienna , Austria
Championship Series
Hard
Pavel Vízner
Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer
6–4, 3–6, [12–10]
Win
7–9
Jul 2008
Umag , Croatia
International Series
Clay
Michal Mertiňák
Carlos Berlocq Fabio Fognini
2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals [ edit ]
Doubles: 20 (10–10)[ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (9–10)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (5–6)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (3–2)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Jul 1995
Prague , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
David Škoch
Filip Dewulf Vojtěch Flégl
7–6, 5–7, 2–6
Loss
0–2
Jun 1996
Košice , Slovakia
Challenger
Clay
Jan Kodeš
Olivier Delaître Jeff Tarango
6–7, 3–6
Win
1–2
Jul 1996
Bristol , United Kingdom
Challenger
Grass
Andrew Richardson
Lionel Barthez Patrick Baur
6–2, 6–4
Loss
1–3
Jul 1997
Ulm , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Petr Luxa
Kris Goossens Tom Vanhoudt
3–6, 0–6
Win
2–3
Aug 1997
Plzeň , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Borut Urh
Radek Štěpánek Radomír Vašek
2–4 ret.
Win
3–3
Feb 1998
Austria F3, Mondseeland
Futures
Carpet
Borut Urh
Ivaylo Traykov Milen Velev
6–4, 7–6
Loss
3–4
Jun 1998
Příbram , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Radek Štěpánek
Ota Fukárek Udo Plamberger
6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Loss
3–5
Nov 1998
Aachen , Germany
Challenger
Hard
Tuomas Ketola
Menno Oosting Pavel Vízner
6–7, 3–6
Loss
3–6
Jun 1999
Prague , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Tomáš Cibulec
Michal Tabara Radomír Vašek
2–6, 0–6
Win
4–6
Oct 1999
Eckental , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Pavel Vízner
Steven Randjelovic Lovro Zovko
6–4, 6–3
Loss
4–7
Apr 2000
Maia , Portugal
Challenger
Clay
Pavel Vízner
Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl
3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win
5–7
Aug 2000
Poznań , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Pavel Vízner
Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl
6–3, 6–0
Win
6–7
Nov 2000
Charleroi , Belgium
Challenger
Carpet
Pavel Vízner
Aleksandar Kitinov Lovro Zovko
6–7, 7–5, 6–1
Loss
6–8
Jan 2003
Heilbronn , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Pavel Vízner
Johan Landsberg Simon Aspelin
4–6, 4–6
Loss
6–9
Feb 2003
Wrocław , Poland
Challenger
Hard
Pavel Vízner
Petr Luxa David Škoch
4–6, 4–6
Win
7–9
May 2004
Ostrava , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Tuomas Ketola
Łukasz Kubot Tomáš Zíb
6–4, 6–4
Loss
7–10
Nov 2004
Aachen , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Petr Luxa
Simon Aspelin Todd Perry
3–6, 3–6
Win
8–10
Mar 2006
Sunrise , United States
Challenger
Hard
Robin Vik
Goran Dragicevic Dmitry Tursunov
6–4, 6–2
Win
9–10
May 2006
Prague , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
David Škoch
Ramón Delgado Sergio Roitman
6–0, 6–0
Win
10–10
May 2008
Prague , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Lukáš Dlouhý
Dušan Karol Jaroslav Pospíšil
6–7(2–7) , 6–4, [10–6]