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 Tomáš Berdych (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈbɛrdɪx]; born September 17, 1985, in Valašské Meziříčí) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.
[edit] CareerAt the 2005 Paris Masters he won his first career ATP Masters Series title. En route to the final, he beat Jiří Novák, 2nd seed Guillermo Coria, 13th seed Juan Carlos Ferrero, 7th seed Gaston Gaudio, 8th seed Radek Štěpánek, and 6th seed Ivan Ljubičić. Other notable highlights of his 2005 season included upsetting No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal in the first round of the Cincinnati Masters, reaching the final of the Swedish Open, and the semifinals in Washington, D.C. In 2006, he reached his first grass court final at the Gerry Weber Open, falling to World No. 1 Roger Federer (0–6, 7–6, 2–6). Another highlight of his year was his victory over Rafael Nadal at the Canada Masters, beating the World No. 2 6–1, 3–6, 6–2. In October, Berdych reached his second ATP final of 2006 in Mumbai. However, he was beaten by Dmitry Tursunov 6–3 4–6 7–6(5). In the ATP Masters Series tournament in Madrid, Berdych upset former World No. 1 Andy Roddick 7–6(7) 6–3 to reach the quarter-finals. He then defeated Rafael Nadal 6–3 7–6(6) to reach the semi-finals. Berdych has been disliked by Spanish fans for his altercation with Spanish sensation Rafael Nadal in Madrid, in which the partisan crowd jeered Berdych during points and Berdych for hushing the crowd after he won the match 6–3, 7–6. As the players shook hands at the end, Nadal clearly showed his disapproval by shaking his head, and saying, "that was very bad... very bad." Berdych never found his rhythm in his semi final match against Fernando González as he slumped to a 6–3, 6–1 defeat. Berdych failed to defend his Paris Masters title after he lost to Dominik Hrbatý 6–4 1–6 6–2 in the quarter-finals. In earlier rounds, he defeated Olivier Rochus 6–7 6–4 6–2 and Robby Ginepri 6–3 6–3. After a slump during the first quarter of 2007, Berdych found his form on clay as he reached the semifinals of the Monte Carlo Masters event, his best ever result at the event (and his first time past round 2), defeating Nicolas Almagro, Benjamin Becker, 5th seed Tommy Robredo, and Robin Söderling, before losing to 2nd seed Rafael Nadal. He then won his third ATP singles title in Halle, defeating Marcos Baghdatis. At Wimbledon, he made his best performance at a Grand Slam, making it to the quarterfinals, defeating Nicolás Massú, Michael Llodra, Hyung-Taik Lee, and #19 seed (35th-ranked) Jonas Bjorkman before losing to Nadal again. In the Canadian Masters event, his first tournament since Wimbledon, as the #10 seed and as defending quarter-finalist, he lost in round 1 to Robin Haase, who was making his Canadian debut. The following week in Cincinnati, as the #10 seed, he made round 3 before losing to Nikolay Davydenko, after which he rose to a new career high of #9. Berdych was the first player to defeat both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal while they were ranked #1 and #2 respectively in the ATP world rankings.[citation needed] On August 12, 2007, after beating Federer, Novak Djokovic became the second one and David Nalbandian, after beating Nadal (and Federer again) became the third to do so at the 2007 Madrid Masters. Berdych began 2008 by competing in the Hopman Cup, but his event was marred by a stomach virus. Entering the Australian Open as the number 13 seed, he reached the fourth round, where he fell to Roger Federer 4–6, 6–7, 3–6. In March, Berdych contested the Pacific Life Open as the number 10 seed, falling in the first round to Stanislas Wawrinka 6–2, 6–7, 4–6. He won his fourth ATP singles title in Tokyo, defeating Juan Martin del Potro. Tomáš Berdych advanced to the fourth round of the 2009 Australian Open where he faced Roger Federer. Berdych took a 2 sets to love lead over Federer, however, ended being defeated by Federer in a tough five sets 6-4, 7-6(4), 4-6, 4-6, 2-6. Two months later, at the Davis Cup first round tie against France, he won the opening match defeating top-ranked Frenchman Gilles Simon and joined compatriot Radek Štěpánek to beat French duo Richard Gasquet and Michael Llodra. The Czech Republic eventually won the tie 3-2 to advance to the quarter-finals. At the BMW Open in Munich, he won his fifth ATP singles title against Mikhail Youzhny, a former finalist at the tournament. He later helped his country to reach the Davis Cup final against Spain, after winning the semi-final tie 3-2 against Croatia, who were playing in their homeland. However, they were defeated by the Spanish team which included Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez. The tie ended 5-0 in favor to the defending champions, with Berdych losing to Nadal in the first rubber 7-5, 6-0, 6-2. [edit] Major finals[edit] ATP Masters Series finals[edit] Singles: 1 (1-0)
[edit] Career finals[edit] Singles: 9 (5–4)[edit] Wins (5)
[edit] Runner-ups (4)
[edit] Doubles: 1 (1–0)[edit] Wins (1)
[edit] Singles performance timelineTo prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2009 Miami Masters.
A = did not participate in the tournament. [edit] External links
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