Tomáš Berdych
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Tomáš Berdych (ˈtomaːʃ ˈbɛrdɪx; born September 17, 1985, in Valašské Meziříčí
) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic
. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships
, and the semifinals of the 2010 French Open
. He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić
in five sets to win the Paris Masters
(which is a part of the ATP Masters 1000) in 2005. He has since reached the final of the Miami Masters
in 2010, but he was defeated by Andy Roddick
in straight sets. He reached a career high of world no. 6 on October 18, 2010.
, in Czech F8 defeating Pavel Šnobel
in the finals 6–2, 6–3, and in Czech F5 defeating Ladislav Chramosta 6–4, 6–3.
In 2003, Berdych won three Futures events in Great Britain F5 over Peter Clarke 6–1, 6–4, in the Challenger in Budaors, Hungary over Ivaylo Traykov
6–2, 6–3, and Challenger of Graz, Austria Julian Knowle
6–4, 5–7, 6–2. He also reached the final of Great Britain F1, losing to Wesley Moodie
6–7, 6–7. He also reached six other semifinals. He won his first ATP Tour match in the 2003 US Open over Tomas Behrend
5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3, but lost in the next round to Juan Ignacio Chela
6–2, 1–6, 4–6, 3–6.
In 2004, Berdych focused on Challengers and the ATP Tour. In Challengers, he won in Besançon
, France over Julien Benneteau
6–3, 6–1, and in Braunschweig, Germany over Daniel Elsner
4–6, 6–1, 6–4. On the ATP Tour, he began with the 2004 Australian Open
, defeating Nicolas Mahut
6–4, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3, before losing to fourth seed Andre Agassi
0–6, 2–6, 4–6. He also earned victories over Galo Blanco
, Björn Phau
, and Potito Starace
on the ATP Tour. He made his debut in the 2003 French Open
and at Wimbledon, but lost in the first rounds.
He then played at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He won in the first round against Florian Mayer
6–3, 7–5. He caused a major upset in the second round, defeating world no. 1 Roger Federer
4–6, 7–5, 7–5, despite having only five ATP Tour victories under his belt. He went on to defeat 15th seed Tommy Robredo
7–6, 4–6, 8–6, in the round of 16. He was finally defeated in the quarterfinals by Taylor Dent
4–6, 1–6.
After his run at the Olympics, he reached the fourth round of the 2004 US Open with victories over Jonas Björkman
6–3, 2–6, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3, Tuomas Ketola
6–3, 7–6, 6–3, and Mikhail Youzhny
2–6, 6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 6–1, before losing to Tommy Haas
6–7, 1–6, 5–7. He won his first title in Palermo, defeating David Ferrer
7–5, 6–4, in the semifinals and Filippo Volandri
6–3, 6–3, in the finals
, Sydney, and the Australian Open
. He then lost in second rounds of Marseille
, Rotterdam
, and Dubai
. He then recorded his first back-to-back win in Indian Wells
, including a win over Mario Ančić
, but lost to Ivan Ljubičić
. He then lost in the first rounds of Miami, Estoril
, Rome
, and London. He also reached the second rounds of Monte Carlo
, Hamburg
, the French Open
, and Nottingham
.
He then made it to the third round at Wimbledon, losing to Taylor Dent
. He then had a good run and a runner-up finish in the 2005 Swedish Open
to Rafael Nadal
, losing 2–6, 6–2, 6–4, the quarterfinals of the 2005 MercedesCup, losing to Nikolay Davydenko
4–6, 2–6, and the semifinals of the 2005 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
, losing to James Blake
4–6, 3–6. He then made it to the second round of the 2005 Rogers Cup and Cincinnati
, after upsetting Rafael Nadal
in the first round, and the third round of the 2005 US Open. He then lost early in Vienna, Madrid
, Palermo
, and Basel
. At the 2005 Paris Masters
, he won his first career ATP Masters Series
title. En route to the final, he beat Jiří Novák
, second seed Guillermo Coria
, 13th seed Juan Carlos Ferrero
, seventh seed Gastón Gaudio
, eighth seed Radek Štěpánek
, and sixth seed Ivan Ljubičić
in the final 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4.
In 2006, Berdych started the year at the 2006 Next Generation Adelaide International
, where he reached the semifinals, losing to Xavier Malisse
4–6, 0–6. However, he lost early in Sydney
, the Australian Open
, Marseille
, Rotterdam
, and Dubai
. He then made it to the fourth round of the 2006 Pacific Life Open, where he defeated Lleyton Hewitt
, before losing to Marcos Baghdatis
, and the third round of the 2006 NASDAQ–100 Open, losing to David Nalbandian
. He then lost in the second rounds at Barcelona
and Monte Carlo
, and the third round at Rome. He then reached his first French Open fourth round, losing to Roger Federer
3–6, 2–6, 3–6.
He then reached his first grass-court final at the 2006 Gerry Weber Open
, falling to world no. 1 Roger Federer
0–6, 7–6, 2–6, and the fourth round at Wimbledon, once again losing to Federer 3–6, 3–6, 4–6. He then made it to the semifinals at the 2006 Mercedes Cup
, losing to eventual champion David Ferrer
. He then played in the 2006 Rogers Cup, where he upset Rafael Nadal
6–1, 3–6, 6–2, before losing to Richard Gasquet
in the quarterfinals. He then made it to his third straight fourth round in a Major at the 2006 US Open, losing to James Blake
.
He then reached the finals of the 2006 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open
, where he lost to Dmitry Tursunov
3–6, 6–4, 6–7. In the 2006 Madrid Masters
, Berdych delivered back-to-back upsets over former world no. 1 Andy Roddick
7–6, 6–3, and Rafael Nadal
6–3, 7–6, but lost to Fernando González
in the semifinals. In the 2006 BNP Paribas Masters
as the defending champion, he lost in the quarterfinals to Dominik Hrbatý
4–6, 6–1, 2–6. In earlier rounds, he defeated Olivier Rochus
6–7, 6–4, 6–2, and Robby Ginepri
6–3, 6–3.
Berdych defeated Rafael Nadal
in Madrid 6–3, 7–6. Berdych never found his rhythm in his semifinal match against Fernando González
as he slumped to a 3–6, 1–6 defeat.
and the fourth round of the 2007 Australian Open
, losing to world no. 3 Nikolay Davydenko
. He then had early losses in Rotterdam
, Dubai
, Indian Wells
, and Miami
. He then reached the semifinals on clay in the Monte Carlo Masters
event, his best result at the event, defeating Nicolás Almagro
, Benjamin Becker
, fifth seed Tommy Robredo
, and Robin Söderling
, before losing to second seed Rafael Nadal
. He also made it to the semifinals of the 2007 BMW Open
, losing to Mikhail Youzhny
, 6–4, 6–3, despite not a dropping a set before the loss. He also made it to the quarterfinals of the 2007 Rome Masters
. However, despite his good run on clay, he lost in the first round of the 2007 French Open
to Guillermo García López
, 5–7, 4–6, 4–6.
He then won his third ATP singles title in Halle
, defeating Marcos Baghdatis
7–5, 6–4, and not dropping a set en route to the title. At Wimbledon
, he made it to the quarterfinals in his best performance at a Grand Slam, defeating Nicolás Massú
, Michaël Llodra
, Hyung-Taik Lee, and 19th seed (35th-ranked) Jonas Björkman
, before losing to Nadal again 6–7, 4–6, 2–6. In the Canadian Masters event, his first tournament since Wimbledon, as 10th seed and defending quarterfinalist, he lost in the first round to Robin Haase
, who was making his Canadian debut. The following week in Cincinnati
, as 10th seed, he made it to the third round, before losing to Nikolay Davydenko
, after which he rose to a new career high of no. 9. He then made it through the fourth round at the 2007 US Open, retiring against Andy Roddick
. He then reached the semifinals of the 2007 Thailand Open, losing to Benjamin Becker
and the 2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, losing to Richard Gasquet
. His last tournament of the year was the 2007 Paris Masters
, losing to David Ferrer
.
Berdych began 2008 by competing in the Hopman Cup
, but his event was effected by a stomach virus. He then entered the 2008 Medibank International
, being upset by Chris Guccione
in the quarterfinals. Entering the Australian Open as 13th seed, he reached the fourth round, where he fell to Roger Federer
4–6, 6–7, 3–6. He had a bad run in Rotterdam
, Dubai
, and Indian Wells
. However, in the 2008 Miami Masters
, he made it through the semifinals, including a win over Juan Carlos Ferrero
and not dropping a set en route, but he lost to Rafael Nadal
6–7, 2–6. He had a bad run on clay and grass, as he dropped out of the top 20 due to a sprained right ankle which caused him to miss the 2008 Monte Carlo Masters
and the 2008 Rome Masters
. He then reached the finals of the 2008 Swedish Open
, losing to Tommy Robredo
4–6, 1–6. He also had a bad run in North America, as he suffered early losses and a first-round loss in the 2008 US Open to Sam Querrey
. He then made it to the semifinals of the 2008 Thailand Open
, losing to Novak Djokovic
. He then won his only title of the year in the 2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
, with wins over four top-20 players: Tommy Robredo
, Fernando González
, Andy Roddick
, and Juan Martín del Potro
in the finals.
, where he advanced to the fourth round to face Roger Federer. Berdych took a two sets to love lead over Federer, but ended by being defeated in a tough five-setter 6–4, 7–6, 4–6, 4–6, 2–6. He then competed in the Challenger in 2010 BMW Tennis Championship
, where he lost to Robin Söderling
in the finals. He then reached the fourth round of the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open
, losing to Novak Djokovic
after upsetting James Blake
.
In the clay season, Berdych did not do well except for the 2009 French Open
and the Masters as he lost in the first two rounds in all four events. He then reached the round of 16 at the 2009 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell
, losing to Fernando Verdasco
5–7, 7–5, 4–6, and he won his only title of the year and the only time he reached a result better than the quarterfinals in the 2009 BMW Open
, defeating Mikhail Youzhny
6–4, 4–6, 7–6. In the 2009 Gerry Weber Open
, he lost to Mischa Zverev
6–3, 2–6, 6–7, and at Wimbledon, he lost to eventual finalist Andy Roddick
6–7, 4–6, 3–6. He then lost in the first rounds of Stuttgart
and the Rogers Masters, but reached the quarterfinals of 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
, losing to John Isner
3–6, 7–6, 2–6, and 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
, losing to Rafael Nadal
4–6, 5–7.
In the US Open
, he reached the round of 32, losing to Fernando González
. He then reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 Proton Malaysian Open and the 2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
. He then suffered back-to-back losses to Gilles Simon
at the 2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000
and the 2009 Valencia Open 500
. He then reached the second round in Paris
, losing to Tommy Robredo
.
In the Davis Cup first-round tie against France, he won the opening match, defeating top-ranked Frenchman Gilles Simon
and joined Radek Štěpánek
to beat French duo Richard Gasquet
and Michaël Llodra
. He later helped his country to reach the Davis Cup final against Spain, after winning the semifinal tie 3–2 against Croatia. The tie ended 5–0 in favor of the defending champions, with Berdych losing to Nadal in the first rubber 5–7, 0–6, 2–6.
, where he reached the semifinals, before losing to eventual champion Andy Roddick
6–1, 3–6, 4–6. He then suffered second-round upsets at the 2010 Medibank International Sydney
to Peter Luczak
and the 2010 Australian Open
to Evgeny Korolev
. He then recorded three straight quarterfinals in the 2010 SAP Open
, once again losing to Andy Roddick
6–7, 6–7, at the 2010 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships upset by Ernests Gulbis
6–3, 3–6, 6–7, and the first Masters of the year at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open
to Rafael Nadal
4–6, 6–7, after upsetting Fernando Verdasco
6–0, 6–3, en route.
In the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open
, he stunned an error-filled top seed Roger Federer
6–4, 6–7, 7–6, in the round of 16, after saving a match point on Federer's serve in the tiebreak at 6–5, which he won 8–6. This was his second victory over Roger and ended an eight straight losing streak to the Swiss. He then went on to defeat Spaniard Fernando Verdasco
4–6, 7–6, 6–4, for a spot in the semifinals. Berdych overpowered fifth seed Robin Söderling
in two sets in the semifinals 6–2, 6–2, but lost in the final to Roddick 5–7, 4–6.
He began his clay season at the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
, losing to eventual finalist Fernando Verdasco
7–5, 3–6, 2–6, in the third round, after cruising through the first two rounds. At the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
, he lost to Stanislas Wawrinka
6–2, 3–6, 6–7. At the 2010 BMW Open
, he was upset by Philipp Petzschner
6–1, 3–6, 4–6, in the quarterfinals. He then withdrew from the 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open
due to a right hip injury. He then represented Czech Republic at the 2010 ARAG World Team Cup
and won all his three singles matches, but failed to reach the final after losing the tie against USA. In the 2010 French Open
, Berdych enjoyed his best performance to date in a Grand Slam tournament. He reached the semifinals, where he was defeated by fifth seed Robin Söderling
3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 3–6. En route to the semifinals, he defeated three seeded opponents in straight sets: John Isner
in the third round, world no. 4 Andy Murray in the fourth round, and Mikhail Youzhny
in the quarterfinals.
He reached his first career slam final at Wimbledon after beating Andrey Golubev
and Benjamin Becker
in straight sets, Denis Istomin
in five, and Daniel Brands
in four sets. He also defeated defending champion Roger Federer
in four sets 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4, to record his second straight victory over the Swiss. The win also made him only the fourth Czech-born man to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon, after Jaroslav Drobný
, Jan Kodeš
, and Ivan Lendl
. In the semifinal match against Novak Djokovic
, Berdych won in straight sets 6–3, 7–6, 6–3, to reach his first Grand Slam final, against world no. 1 Rafael Nadal
. There, he lost to the Spaniard 3–6, 5–7, 4–6, to finish as runner-up.
Afterwards, he played at the 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
in Washington as the top seed. He made the quarterfinals, after beating both Dmitry Tursunov
and Andrey Golubev
in three sets en route. However, he lost to Xavier Malisse
4–6, 6–3, 2–6, in the quarterfinal round.
At the 2010 Rogers Cup
held in Toronto, he was seventh seed. He beat two Ukrainian players, Sergiy Stakhovsky
6–2, 6–4, (in the opening round) and Alexandr Dolgopolov 6–3, 6–7, 6–4, (in the third round) to reach the quarterfinals. There, he lost to Roger Federer
3–6, 7–5, 6–7, despite serving for the match at 5–3 in the third set while being two points away from victory numerous times.
At the 2010 US Open
as seventh seed, Berdych was upset in the first round by Michaël Llodra
, 6–7, 4–6, 4–6.
Appearing at the 2010 Proton Malaysian Open
in Kuala Lumpur, he made the quarterfinals, where he lost to David Ferrer
, 6–4, 5–7, 4–6. Berdych then made a first-round exit at the 2010 China Open
, where he lost to Michael Berrer
, 6–4, 5–7, 4–6.
At the 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters as seventh seed, Berdych lost to Guillermo García López
in the third round, 6–7, 3–6.
He then suffered two successive opening-round losses, first at the 2010 If Stockholm Open
in Stockholm (Sweden) falling to Jarkko Nieminen
for the first time, 1–6, 4–6, and at the 2010 Davidoff Swiss Indoors
in Basel (Switzerland), losing to Tobias Kamke
, 4–6, 1–6.
At the 2010 BNP Paribas Masters
as fifth seed, Berdych lost to Nikolay Davydenko
in the third round, 6–4, 6–7, 0–6. With Andy Roddick
defeating Ernests Gulbis
, while including Fernando Verdasco
failing to make the final, Berdych automatically qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, taking the sixth spot, which allowed him to make his first appearance at the year-end championships.
He was sixth seed at the 2010 ATP World Tour Finals
. His lack of confidence showed in his opening round-robin loss to Novak Djokovic
, 3–6, 3–6. However, as a surprise to many, Berdych somehow defeated Andy Roddick
in the second round-robin match, 7–5, 6–3. In his last round-robin match, Berdych was defeated by Rafael Nadal
in two sets, which meant that he could not advance to the semifinals.
, where he reached the semifinals, before losing to eventual champion Stanislas Wawrinka
4–6, 1–6. At the 2011 Australian Open
, Berdych advanced to the quarterfinals, where he was defeated by eventual champion Novak Djokovic
1–6, 6–7, 1–6. He then recorded two straight quarterfinals and a semifinal in the 2011 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
, pulling out against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga citing injury, at the 2011 Open 13
falling to Marin Cilic
3–6, 4–6, and at the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships
, retiring with a thigh injury against the eventual champion, Novak Djokovic
, whilst trailing 7–6, 2–6, 2–4.
At the 2011 Davis Cup World Group
, the Czech Republic
were defeated by Kazakhstan
2–3 meaning that the Czechs would have to go through the Play-offs
. Berdych won his first singles rubber against Mikhail Kukushkin
and in the doubles, Berdych and his partner, Lukáš Dlouhý
, defeated Evgeny Korolev
and Yuri Schukin
, both in straight sets. In his second rubber, Berdych was beaten by Andrey Golubev
5–7, 7–5, 4–6, 2–6.
In the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open
, Berdych reached the round of 16, after defeating Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo
, Carlos Berlocq
, and Florian Mayer
, before falling to eventual finalist Rafael Nadal
2–6, 6–3, 3–6.
He began his clay season at the 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
, losing in the round of 16 to Ivan Ljubicic
4–6, 2–6. At the 2011 Mutua Madrid Open
, Berdych reached the quarterfinals, before losing to Thomaz Bellucci
6–7, 3–6. At the 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
, he reached the quarterfinals, before falling to Richard Gasquet
6–4, 2–6, 4–6. At the 2011 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur
, Berdych reached his first semifinal of the clay season, before losing to eventual champion Nicolás Almagro
4–6, 4–6. At the 2011 French Open
, Berdych was seeded sixth. In the first round, Berdych suffered a shocking loss to Stephane Robert
6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 2–6, 7–9.
In preparation for Wimbledon
, Berdych played in the 2011 Gerry Weber Open
held in Halle
, Germany
. In the first round, Berdych defeated Ruben Bemelmans
5–7, 7–6, 6–4, after saving three match points. He then defeated Jan Hernych
and Viktor Troicki
in the second round and quarterfinals respectively, both in straight sets. In the semifinals, he lost to Philipp Petzschner
6–7, 6–2, 3–6. At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships
, Berdych successfully won his first, second, and third-round matches in straight sets against Filippo Volandri
, Julien Benneteau
, and Alex Bogomolov Jr. respectively. In the fourth round, Berdych suffered a straight-set loss to Mardy Fish
6–7, 4–6, 4–6.
His next tournament was the 2011 Swedish Open
, where he reached the semifinals, before losing to eventual champion Robin Soderling
1–6, 0–6.
Berdych kicked off his US Open Series at the 2011 Rogers Cup
. As he was seeded seventh, he received a bye into the second round. In the second round, he beat Alexandr Dolgopolov 4–6, 6–2, 6–3. From that match onward, Berdych changed his racket to the Head
YouTek™ IG Instinct MP. In the Round of 16, Berdych successfully defeated Ivo Karlovic
with the scoreline of 6–3, 7–6. In the quarterfinals, Berdych fell to Janko Tipsarević
4–6, 4–6.
Berdych competed in the 2011 Western & Southern Open
held in Cincinnati, United States
. As the eighth seed, he received a bye into the second round. In the second round, Berdych beat Juan Mónaco
7–6, 6–0. In the third round, Berdych successfully dispatched ninth seed Nicolás Almagro
6–2, 6–2. In the quarterfinals, Berdych stunned the two-time defending champion, Roger Federer
6–2, 7–6. In the semifinals, Berdych faced world no. 1 Novak Djokovic
. Berdych retired after losing the first set 5–7, citing injury to the right shoulder.
The next tournament Berdych played in was the 2011 US Open
, the final Grand Slam
of 2011. In the first round, Berdych defeated French qualifier Romain Jouan
6–2, 7–6, 6–1. In the second round, Berdych dominated against Fabio Fognini
7–5, 6–0, 6–0. In the third round, Berdych retired against 20th seed, Janko Tipsarević
, after re-aggravating the shoulder injury he suffered at the 2011 Western & Southern Open
. He was trailing 4–6, 0–5 when he retired.
Berdych played with the Czech Republic Davis Cup team
against Romania
in the 2011 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs
. In his singles rubber, Berdych defeated Victor Crivoi
6–3, 6–3, 7–6. Berdych then teamed up with Radek Štěpánek
in the doubles rubber, and they defeated Marius Copil
and Horia Tecău
3–6, 6–3, 6–0, 6–2. Štěpánek also won his singles rubber to guarantee the Czech Republic
a spot in the 2012 Davis Cup World Group
.
After pulling out of the 2011 Proton Malaysian Open
due to a recurring shoulder injury, Berdych competed at the 2011 China Open
as the third seed. Berdych defeated Jürgen Melzer
and Philipp Kohlschreiber
in the first and second rounds, respectively, both in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, Berdych dominated against Fernando Verdasco
, thrashing him 6–1, 6–0. Berdych reached his first final since the 2010 Wimbledon Championships
after a hard-fought 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 victory over top seed, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Berdych won his sixth title of his career and his first title since the 2009 BMW Open
, after defeating Marin Čilić
in the final 3–6, 6–4, 6–1.
Berdych's next tournament was the 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters
. As sixth seed, he received a bye into the second round. Berdych continued his good run of form by defeating compatriot Radek Štěpánek
6–4, 6–3, before falling to Feliciano López
4–6, 4–6. Berdych next played at the 2011 Swiss Indoors Basel. He lost in the first round to eventual finalist Kei Nishikori
6–3, 3–6, 2–6.
Berdych then competed at the 2011 BNP Paribas Masters
held in Paris
, France
, the final ATP World Tour Masters 1000
tournament of the season. As the fifth seed, Berdych received a bye into the second round. In the second round, Berdych defeated Fernando Verdasco
6–3, 7–5. In the third round, Berdych defeated Janko Tipsarević
7–5, 6–4. Because of this victory, Berdych qualified for the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals
, along with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Mardy Fish
. This was Berdych's second consecutive year to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals. In the quarterfinals, Berdych shocked the 2nd seed, Andy Murray 4–6, 7–6, 6–4, ending the Scotsman's 17-match winning streak. In the semifinal, Berdych lost to the 3rd seed (and eventual champion), Roger Federer
4–6, 3–6.
Berdych's final tournament of the 2011 season
was the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals
. He came into the year-end championships as the 7th seed and was placed in Group A along with Novak Djokovic
, Andy Murray (Later replaced by Janko Tipsarević
), and David Ferrer
. In the first tie, Berdych lost to top seed, Novak Djokovic
6–3, 3–6, 6–7, after Berdych squandered match point at 5–4. In the second tie, Berdych was meant to face Andy Murray, but he was replaced by the alternate, Janko Tipsarević
, after Murray pulled out of the tournament with a groin injury. Berdych was forced to come back from a set down and hold match point in the final set tie-breaker, but he eventually won 2–6, 6–3, 7–6. In the final tie of the group stages, Berdych faced the 5th seed, David Ferrer
. Berdych once again came back from a set down to defeat Ferrer 3–6, 7–5, 6–1. This victory meant that Berdych won his group and he qualified for the semifinals for the first time in his career. In the semifinals, Berdych fell to the 6th seed, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3–6, 5–7. Berdych ended the season ranked 7th.
at the 2012 Hopman Cup
, representing the Czech Republic
along with compatriot, Petra Kvitová
. They are seeded first and they have been drawn in Group A along with the United States
, Denmark, and Bulgaria.
s and his serve
, making him dangerous on every surface, especially on grass, a surface on which he has reached three ATP finals, including one at Wimbledon
. At the same time, Berdych has reasonably sound footwork for being one of the taller players on the tour. Despite the technical strengths of his game, Berdych was known to be mentally fragile in important matches. However, since 2010 he has improved greatly in this regard, especially in Grand Slam events.
for his rackets and he uses a Pro Stock Head YouTek Radical MP with a 16/19 string pattern. For a brief period of time during the 2011 season, he used the same racquet but with a Head YouTek™ IG Instinct MP Paint Job, but he switched back. Berdych was sponsored with Dunlop Sport
and used the Dunlop Aerogel 4D 200, but he switched to Head at the start of the 2010 season. He is sponsored by Nike
for his attire and footwear.
.
Valašské Mezirící
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) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships
2010 Wimbledon Championships
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, and the semifinals of the 2010 French Open
2010 French Open
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. He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić
Ivan Ljubicic
----Ivan Ljubičić is a Croatian tennis player born in Bosnia and Herzegovina . His career-high ATP ranking to date has been no. 3, and he stands at no. 37....
in five sets to win the Paris Masters
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(which is a part of the ATP Masters 1000) in 2005. He has since reached the final of the Miami Masters
Miami Masters
The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park...
in 2010, but he was defeated by Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....
in straight sets. He reached a career high of world no. 6 on October 18, 2010.
2002–2004
Berdych turned pro in 2002, winning two Futures events, both in his country of the Czech RepublicCzech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, in Czech F8 defeating Pavel Šnobel
Pavel Šnobel
Pavel Šnobel is a left-handed, Czech tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of #178 in July, 2005 and his career-high doubles ranking of #110 in February, 2006.-Professional career:...
in the finals 6–2, 6–3, and in Czech F5 defeating Ladislav Chramosta 6–4, 6–3.
In 2003, Berdych won three Futures events in Great Britain F5 over Peter Clarke 6–1, 6–4, in the Challenger in Budaors, Hungary over Ivaylo Traykov
Ivaylo Traykov
Ivaylo Traykov is a professional Bulgarian tennis player.-Personal:Traykov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria on 17 December 1978, to Toncho, an economist, and Mariana, an engineer. Taking up tennis at the age of 7, Traykov is coached and trained by his father. Traykov enjoys reading books, playing cards...
6–2, 6–3, and Challenger of Graz, Austria Julian Knowle
Julian Knowle
----Julian Knowle is an Austrian male professional tennis player. Being a born left-hander Knowle is one of now only few on the ATP Tour who plays his forehand, backhand and even volleys double-handed. He is Austria's most successful doubles player in history by reaching no...
6–4, 5–7, 6–2. He also reached the final of Great Britain F1, losing to Wesley Moodie
Wesley Moodie
Wesley Moodie is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. Wesley is now retired.-Early life and college career:...
6–7, 6–7. He also reached six other semifinals. He won his first ATP Tour match in the 2003 US Open over Tomas Behrend
Tomas Behrend
Tomas Ugo Behrend is a former professional German Brazilian-born tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking was 74th, which he reached on October 3, 2005. His career high in doubles was at 43 set at October 15, 2007.Behrend retired in 2007 and said he regrets never having the opportunity to...
5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3, but lost in the next round to Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like most Argentine players he is comfortable on Clay courts and owns all six of his career titles on the surface...
6–2, 1–6, 4–6, 3–6.
In 2004, Berdych focused on Challengers and the ATP Tour. In Challengers, he won in Besançon
Besançon
Besançon , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It had a population of about 237,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2008...
, France over Julien Benneteau
Julien Benneteau
Julien Benneteau is a professional male tennis player from France. His career-best singles ranking is ATP world no. 32, which he reached in July 2010. He formerly resided in Boulogne Billancourt and now lives in Geneva...
6–3, 6–1, and in Braunschweig, Germany over Daniel Elsner
Daniel Elsner
Daniel Elsner is a former professional German tennis player.Elsner was a World No. 2 junior player in singles. He turned professional in 1997 and last played on the ATP World Tour in October, 2008.-External links:...
4–6, 6–1, 6–4. On the ATP Tour, he began with the 2004 Australian Open
2004 Australian Open
The 2004 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tournament held in Melbourne, Australia 19 January to 1 February, 2004.-Men's Singles: Roger Federer def. Marat Safin, 7–6, 6–4, 6–2...
, defeating Nicolas Mahut
Nicolas Mahut
Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut is a French tennis player. Mahut is right-handed and has previously won the Orange Bowl in 1999, becoming professional in 2000. He is a good serve and volleyer and a doubles expert, having won many tournaments with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau. His career high...
6–4, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3, before losing to fourth seed Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi is a retired American professional tennis player and former world no. 1. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game...
0–6, 2–6, 4–6. He also earned victories over Galo Blanco
Galo Blanco
Galo Blanco is a retired professional tennis player from Oviedo, Spain. Blanco is a member of the men's professional tour since 1995.Most of Blanco's early professional tour appearances were earned by qualifying for tournaments...
, Björn Phau
Bjorn Phau
Björn Phau is a German tennis player and the son of a German mother and an Indonesian father. He reached a singles ranking of 59 in the world on 19 June 2006. He defeated Andre Agassi 7–5, 7–5 at the 2006 Dubai Tennis Championships. In an interview, Agassi cited Phau as one of the quickest tennis...
, and Potito Starace
Potito Starace
Potito Starace is an Italian professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He achieved his career-high ranking of 27th on October 15, 2007 and prefers to play on red clay...
on the ATP Tour. He made his debut in the 2003 French Open
2003 French Open
The 2003 French Open was the second Grand Slam event of 2003 and the 102nd edition of the French Open. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from May 26 through June 8, 2003.-Men's singles:...
and at Wimbledon, but lost in the first rounds.
He then played at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He won in the first round against Florian Mayer
Florian Mayer
Florian Mayer is a German professional tennis player. He plays on both the ATP Tour and the Challenger Tour. He has won nine Challenger events, which has helped him stay in the top 50 on the rankings....
6–3, 7–5. He caused a major upset in the second round, defeating world no. 1 Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
4–6, 7–5, 7–5, despite having only five ATP Tour victories under his belt. He went on to defeat 15th seed Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo Garcés is a Spanish professional tennis player. On 8 May 2006, he broke into the world's top ten for the first time. His highest singles ranking to date is No...
7–6, 4–6, 8–6, in the round of 16. He was finally defeated in the quarterfinals by Taylor Dent
Taylor Dent
Taylor Phillip Dent is a retired professional tennis player from the United States.-Early career and back injury:He won 4 ATP singles titles during his career: Newport , Bangkok , Memphis , and Moscow , and reached the finals of three other events on tour...
4–6, 1–6.
After his run at the Olympics, he reached the fourth round of the 2004 US Open with victories over Jonas Björkman
Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....
6–3, 2–6, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3, Tuomas Ketola
Tuomas Ketola
Tuomas Ketola is a Finnish former professional tennis player on the ATP Tour.Ketola was the number two tennis player in Finland behind Jarkko Nieminen and as of April 14, 2006 is the 716th ranked player in the world. In 2004, he reached the first round of Wimbledon in singles by defeating three...
6–3, 7–6, 6–3, and Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny , is a professional Russian tennis player, noted for his consistency and all-court play style. He has been coached by Boris Sobkin for 17 years....
2–6, 6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 6–1, before losing to Tommy Haas
Tommy Haas
Tommy Haas is a German and recently naturalized American professional tennis player. He has competed on the ATP Tour since 1996. After breaking into the world top 100 in 1997, and reaching a career-high ranking of world no...
6–7, 1–6, 5–7. He won his first title in Palermo, defeating David Ferrer
David Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000...
7–5, 6–4, in the semifinals and Filippo Volandri
Filippo Volandri
Filippo Volandri is an Italian professional male tennis player. Volandri is a right-handed player who reached a career-high ranking of 25 on July 23, 2007. He turned pro in 1997, and as of January 2006, had earned over $1,300,000 in prize money...
6–3, 6–3, in the finals
2005–2006
The start of Berdych's 2005 season brought losses in the first rounds in Adelaide2005 Next Generation Adelaide International
The 2005 Next Generation Hardcourts was an Association of Tennis Professionals tennis tournament held in Adelaide, Australia. Joachim Johansson won his first title of the year and the 2nd of his career.-Men's Singles:...
, Sydney, and the Australian Open
2005 Australian Open
The 2005 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 until 30 January 2005.-Men's Singles: Marat Safin def. Lleyton Hewitt, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4...
. He then lost in second rounds of Marseille
2005 Open 13
The 2005 Open 13 was an ATP tournament held in Marseille, France. The tournament was held from February 7 to February 14.-Men's Singles: Joachim Johansson defeated Ivan Ljubičić 7-5, 6-4...
, Rotterdam
2005 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The 2005 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 33rd edition of the event known that year as the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and was part of the ATP International Series Gold of the 2005 ATP Tour...
, and Dubai
Dubai Tennis Championships
The Dubai Tennis Championships is a professional tennis tournament owned and organized by Dubai Duty Free and held annually in Dubai, United Arab...
. He then recorded his first back-to-back win in Indian Wells
2005 Pacific Life Open
The 2005 Indian Wells Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 29th edition of the Indian Wells Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2005 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2005 WTA Tour...
, including a win over Mario Ančić
Mario Ancic
Mario Ančić is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He won three singles titles and five doubles titles. His highest international ranking came during the 2006 ATP Tour, when he reached no. 7 in singles...
, but lost to Ivan Ljubičić
Ivan Ljubicic
----Ivan Ljubičić is a Croatian tennis player born in Bosnia and Herzegovina . His career-high ATP ranking to date has been no. 3, and he stands at no. 37....
. He then lost in the first rounds of Miami, Estoril
2005 Estoril Open
The 2005 Estoril Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. This event was the 16th edition of the Estoril Open, included in the 2005 ATP Tour International Series and in the 2005 WTA Tour Tier IV Series...
, Rome
2005 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
The 2005 Rome Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 62nd edition of the Rome Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2005 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2005 WTA Tour...
, and London. He also reached the second rounds of Monte Carlo
2005 Monte Carlo Masters
The 2005 Monte Carlo Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 99th edition of the event and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2005 ATP Tour. It took place from April 11 through April 17, 2005....
, Hamburg
2005 Hamburg Masters
The 2005 Hamburg Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 98th edition of the Hamburg Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2005 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center in Hamburg, Germany, from May 9 through May 16, 2005.The men's...
, the French Open
2005 French Open
The 2005 French Open was the 104th edition of the tournament. Rafael Nadal, seeded fourth in his first French Open, was a strong favorite after winning the Rome and Monte Carlo Masters, with Guillermo Coria, a 2004 finalist and runner-up in Monaco, calling Nadal the best clay-court player in the...
, and Nottingham
Nottingham Open
The Slazenger Nottingham Open was a tennis tournament on the ATP Tour that was held in Nottingham, Great Britain...
.
He then made it to the third round at Wimbledon, losing to Taylor Dent
Taylor Dent
Taylor Phillip Dent is a retired professional tennis player from the United States.-Early career and back injury:He won 4 ATP singles titles during his career: Newport , Bangkok , Memphis , and Moscow , and reached the finals of three other events on tour...
. He then had a good run and a runner-up finish in the 2005 Swedish Open
Swedish Open
The SkiStar Swedish Open is an ATP World Tour 250 series tennis tournament on the ATP Tour held in Båstad, Sweden in July each year.The Collector Swedish Open Women is a tennis tournament held in Båstad, Sweden...
to Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
, losing 2–6, 6–2, 6–4, the quarterfinals of the 2005 MercedesCup, losing to Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...
4–6, 2–6, and the semifinals of the 2005 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
Legg Mason Tennis Classic
The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an annual late-summer men's tennis tournament played in Washington, D.C. as part of the ATP Tour. It was first held in 1969. It was later known as the Sovran Bank Classic. . Originally an event of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour and part of the Grand Prix Championship...
, losing to James Blake
James Blake
James Riley Blake is an American professional tennis player. Blake is known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. As of August 2011, Blake is ranked no. 63 among active male players with 24 career finals appearances...
4–6, 3–6. He then made it to the second round of the 2005 Rogers Cup and Cincinnati
2005 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
The 2005 Cincinnati Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts...
, after upsetting Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
in the first round, and the third round of the 2005 US Open. He then lost early in Vienna, Madrid
2005 Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid
The 2005 Madrid Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the Madrid Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2005 ATP Tour. It took place at the Madrid Arena in Madrid, Spain, from October 17 through October 24, 2005.The singles field...
, Palermo
Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia
The Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia was a tennis tournament held annually in Palermo in Italy. Held from 1935 until 2006, the tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was a part of the ATP Tour schedule from 1979 to 2006.-Singles:-Doubles:...
, and Basel
2005 Davidoff Swiss Indoors
The 2005 Davidoff Swiss Indoors was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 36th edition of the event known that year as the Davidoff Swiss Indoors, and was part of the International Series of the 2005 ATP Tour. It took place at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, from...
. At the 2005 Paris Masters
Paris Masters
The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour...
, he won his first career ATP Masters Series
ATP Masters Series
The ATP Masters Series was a series of nine tennis tournaments that formed part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America...
title. En route to the final, he beat Jiří Novák
Jirí Novák
Jiří Novák is a former Czech tennis player, who was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco.-Career:Novák turned professional in 1993 and won 7 singles and 18 doubles titles during his career, winning $7,614,063 in prize money. For six years, he was the...
, second seed Guillermo Coria
Guillermo Coria
Guillermo Sebastián Coria , nicknames include El Mago , is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina who was runner-up in the 2004 French Open...
, 13th seed Juan Carlos Ferrero
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat is a professional tennis player, and a former world no. 1 player, from Spain. He captured the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year, he became the 21st player to hold the world no. 1 ranking. He was also the runner-up at the 2002...
, seventh seed Gastón Gaudio
Gastón Gaudio
Gastón Norberto Gaudio is a former tennis player from Argentina. His career-high ATP ranking was World No. 5 in 2005...
, eighth seed Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štepánek
Radek Štěpánek is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.-Career:Štěpánek turned professional in 1997. He started on tour as a doubles specialist, winning 12 ATP titles. Since 2002, Štěpánek has focused on being a better singles player while still playing top-level doubles...
, and sixth seed Ivan Ljubičić
Ivan Ljubicic
----Ivan Ljubičić is a Croatian tennis player born in Bosnia and Herzegovina . His career-high ATP ranking to date has been no. 3, and he stands at no. 37....
in the final 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4.
In 2006, Berdych started the year at the 2006 Next Generation Adelaide International
2006 Next Generation Adelaide International
The 2006 Next Generation Adelaide International was an ATP tournament held in Adelaide, Australia. The tournament was held 2 – 8 January 2006.-Men's Singles: Florent Serra defeated Xavier Malisse 6–3, 6–4.-Men's Doubles:...
, where he reached the semifinals, losing to Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse is a Belgian tennis player. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, he is the only men's player from his country to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour. He is sponsored by Prince and Lotto. His nickname is "The X-Man"....
4–6, 0–6. However, he lost early in Sydney
2006 Medibank International
The 2006 Medibank International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 39th edition of the event known that year as the Medibank International, and was part of the International Series of the 2006 ATP Tour, and of the Tier II Series of the 2006 WTA Tour...
, the Australian Open
2006 Australian Open
The 2006 Australian Open was played between 16 and 29 January 2006.- Leadup :Several leading men's players declined to attend the Open due to injury, including Andre Agassi, Rafael Nadal and defending champion Marat Safin....
, Marseille
2006 Open 13
The 2006 Open 13 was an ATP tournament held in Marseille, France. The tournament was held from February 13 to February 20.-Men's Singles: Arnaud Clément defeated Mario Ančić 6-4, 6-2...
, Rotterdam
2006 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The 2006 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 34th edition of the event known that year as the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and was part of the ATP International Series Gold of the 2006 ATP Tour...
, and Dubai
2006 Dubai Tennis Championships
The 2006 Dubai Duty Free Men’s Championships and Dubai Duty Free Women’s Championships was the 14th edition of this tennis tournament and was played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was part of the International Series Gold of the 2007 ATP Tour and the Tier II series of the 2007 WTA Tour...
. He then made it to the fourth round of the 2006 Pacific Life Open, where he defeated Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt born 24 February 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player and former world no. 1.In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked no. 1 at the age of 20...
, before losing to Marcos Baghdatis
Marcos Baghdatis
At the French Open, Baghdatis lost in the second round in five sets to Frenchman Julien Benneteau, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 7-6, 4-6.At Wimbledon, Baghdatis defeated British player Andy Murray in the fourth round in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, Baghdatis beat the 2002 champion and former world no. 1...
, and the third round of the 2006 NASDAQ–100 Open, losing to David Nalbandian
David Nalbandian
David Pablo Nalbandian is an Argentine professional tennis player and former world no. 3. He was runner-up at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships and the winner of the Tennis Masters Cup in 2005.-Biography:...
. He then lost in the second rounds at Barcelona
2006 Torneo Godó
The 2006 Torneo Godó was the fifty-fourth edition of the Torneo Godó and it took place from April 24-30, 2006.-Men's Singles: Rafael Nadal def. Tommy Robredo, 6–4, 6–4, 6–0-Men's Doubles:...
and Monte Carlo
2006 Monte Carlo Masters
The 2006 Monte Carlo Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 100th edition of the Monte Carlo Masters and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club from April 17 through April 25, 2006.The men's singles...
, and the third round at Rome. He then reached his first French Open fourth round, losing to Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
3–6, 2–6, 3–6.
He then reached his first grass-court final at the 2006 Gerry Weber Open
2006 Gerry Weber Open
The 2006 Gerry Weber Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 14th edition of the Gerry Weber Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the Gerry Weber Stadion in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, from June 12 through...
, falling to world no. 1 Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
0–6, 7–6, 2–6, and the fourth round at Wimbledon, once again losing to Federer 3–6, 3–6, 4–6. He then made it to the semifinals at the 2006 Mercedes Cup
2006 Mercedes Cup
The 2006 Mercedes Cup was the 2006 edition of the Mercedes Cup tennis tournament. The tournament was held 17–23 July 2006 in Stuttgart, Germany.David Ferrer won his first title of the year, and second of his career.-Men's Singles:...
, losing to eventual champion David Ferrer
David Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000...
. He then played in the 2006 Rogers Cup, where he upset Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
6–1, 3–6, 6–2, before losing to Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His highest ranking in singles is #7. His best achievements in tennis are reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2007 and later that year...
in the quarterfinals. He then made it to his third straight fourth round in a Major at the 2006 US Open, losing to James Blake
James Blake
James Riley Blake is an American professional tennis player. Blake is known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. As of August 2011, Blake is ranked no. 63 among active male players with 24 career finals appearances...
.
He then reached the finals of the 2006 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open
2006 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open
The 2006 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open was an ATP tournament held at Cricket Club of India in Mumbai, India. The tournament was held from September 25 to October 2.Dmitry Tursunov won his only title of the year, and the 1st of his career.-Men's Singles:...
, where he lost to Dmitry Tursunov
Dmitry Tursunov
Dmitry Igorevich Tursunov is a Russian professional male tennis player. He was 12 years old when he came to the United States to train and further his prospects of becoming a professional player....
3–6, 6–4, 6–7. In the 2006 Madrid Masters
Madrid Masters
There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters...
, Berdych delivered back-to-back upsets over former world no. 1 Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....
7–6, 6–3, and Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
6–3, 7–6, but lost to Fernando González
Fernando González
----Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest forehands on the circuit. In Spanish he is called El Bombardero de La Reina and Mano de Piedra...
in the semifinals. In the 2006 BNP Paribas Masters
2006 BNP Paribas Masters
The 2006 Paris Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 32nd edition of the Paris Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2006 ATP Tour...
as the defending champion, he lost in the quarterfinals to Dominik Hrbatý
Dominik Hrbatý
Dominik Hrbatý is a retired professional tennis player from Slovakia.-Personal life:Hrbatý was born on 4 January 1978 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. His father was an architecture engineer and his younger brother is an umpire...
4–6, 6–1, 2–6. In earlier rounds, he defeated Olivier Rochus
Olivier Rochus
Olivier Rochus is a Belgian tennis player. He was born in Namur, Belgium, and currently resides in Auvelais, Belgium.-Career:...
6–7, 6–4, 6–2, and Robby Ginepri
Robby Ginepri
Robert Louis Ginepri is an American professional tennis player.-Early life:Robby Ginepri is of Luxembourgish ancestry....
6–3, 6–3.
Berdych defeated Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
in Madrid 6–3, 7–6. Berdych never found his rhythm in his semifinal match against Fernando González
Fernando González
----Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest forehands on the circuit. In Spanish he is called El Bombardero de La Reina and Mano de Piedra...
as he slumped to a 3–6, 1–6 defeat.
2007–2008
Berdych began the year with a quarterfinal in the 2007 Medibank International2007 Medibank International
The 2007 Medibank International is the 2007 tournament of the annually-held Medibank International tennis tournament.The event was notable as being the last tournament Kim Clijsters won, before her retirement from the sport....
and the fourth round of the 2007 Australian Open
2007 Australian Open
The 2007 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia from 15 January until 28 January 2007.The total prize pool was set at exactly A$20 million, with the winners of both the men's and women's singles competition each receiving A$1,281,000. Over 500 players...
, losing to world no. 3 Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...
. He then had early losses in Rotterdam
2007 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The 2007 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 35th edition of the event known that year as the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and was part of the ATP International Series Gold of the 2007 ATP Tour...
, Dubai
2007 Dubai Tennis Championships
The 2007 Dubai Duty Free Men’s Championship and Dubai Duty Free Women’s Championship were the 15th edition of this professional tennis tournament and was played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was part of the International Series Gold of the 2007 ATP and the Tier II series of the 2007 WTA...
, Indian Wells
2007 Indian Wells Masters
The 2007 Indian Wells Masters was a tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 31st edition of the Indian Wells Masters and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2007 ATP Tour...
, and Miami
2007 Miami Masters
The 2007 Sony Ericsson Open was the 23rd edition of this tennis tournament and was played on outdoor hardcourts. The tournament was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2007 ATP Tour and was classified as a Tier I event on the 2007 WTA Tour...
. He then reached the semifinals on clay in the Monte Carlo Masters
2007 Monte Carlo Masters
The 2007 Monte Carlo Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 101st edition of the Monte Carlo Masters and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club from April 14 through April 22, 2007.-Review:Rafael...
event, his best result at the event, defeating Nicolás Almagro
Nicolás Almagro
Nicolas Almagro Sanchez Rolle is a professional Spanish tennis player, ranked 10 on the ATP World Tour.-2005:...
, Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker is a German professional tennis player. Becker's primary weapon is a very big serve that he can hit at up to 220km/h, along with powerful groundstrokes....
, fifth seed Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo Garcés is a Spanish professional tennis player. On 8 May 2006, he broke into the world's top ten for the first time. His highest singles ranking to date is No...
, and Robin Söderling
Robin Söderling
Robin Bo Carl Söderling is a professional tennis player from Sweden who is currently ranked number 13 in the ATP rankings. Söderling reached successive French Open finals in 2009 and 2010...
, before losing to second seed Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
. He also made it to the semifinals of the 2007 BMW Open
2007 BMW Open
The 2007 BMW Open was an event on the 2007 ATP Tour. The event was won by Philipp Kohlschreiber in men's singles and Philipp Kohlschreiber and Mikhail Youzhny in men's doubles.-Men's Singles: Philipp Kohlschreiber def. Mikhail Youzhny, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4...
, losing to Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny , is a professional Russian tennis player, noted for his consistency and all-court play style. He has been coached by Boris Sobkin for 17 years....
, 6–4, 6–3, despite not a dropping a set before the loss. He also made it to the quarterfinals of the 2007 Rome Masters
2007 Rome Masters
The 2007 Internazionali BNL d'Italia was the 2007 edition of the Rome Masters tennis tournament. The men's tournament was part of the 2007 ATP Masters Series and was held on May 5-13...
. However, despite his good run on clay, he lost in the first round of the 2007 French Open
2007 French Open
The 2007 French Open was held in Paris, France from 27 May through to 10 June 2007. Followed two weeks later, as usual, by Wimbledon in London, United Kingdom. Rafael Nadal became the first man to win the tournament 3 times consecutively since Björn Borg, 1978–81; and maintained his unbeaten run...
to Guillermo García López
Guillermo Garcia Lopez
Guillermo García López is a professional male tennis player from Spain.He is good friends with fellow Spanish tennis player Juan Carlos Ferrero, and both train at the JC Ferrero Equelite Tennis Academy in Villena, Spain.- Professional career :On November 23, 2009, García-López achieved his...
, 5–7, 4–6, 4–6.
He then won his third ATP singles title in Halle
Gerry Weber Open
The Gerry Weber Open is a tennis tournament held in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Held since 1993, the tournament is played on four outdoor grass courts and is a part of the ATP World Tour 250 series on the ATP Tour schedule....
, defeating Marcos Baghdatis
Marcos Baghdatis
At the French Open, Baghdatis lost in the second round in five sets to Frenchman Julien Benneteau, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 7-6, 4-6.At Wimbledon, Baghdatis defeated British player Andy Murray in the fourth round in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, Baghdatis beat the 2002 champion and former world no. 1...
7–5, 6–4, and not dropping a set en route to the title. At Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
, he made it to the quarterfinals in his best performance at a Grand Slam, defeating Nicolás Massú
Nicolás Massú
Nicolás Alejandro Massú Fried , nicknamed Vampiro , is a Chilean tennis player, a former world number nine in singles, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist...
, Michaël Llodra
Michaël Llodra
Michaël Llodra is a French professional tennis player. He is a prolific doubles player with three Grand Slam championships, and has also had success in singles.-Life and career:...
, Hyung-Taik Lee, and 19th seed (35th-ranked) Jonas Björkman
Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....
, before losing to Nadal again 6–7, 4–6, 2–6. In the Canadian Masters event, his first tournament since Wimbledon, as 10th seed and defending quarterfinalist, he lost in the first round to Robin Haase
Robin Haase
Robin Haase is a Dutch tennis player. Haase is currently the highest-ranked Dutch player, with his career high of No. 41 coming on 29 August 2011. He is endorsed by Head and SNS Reaal.-Career:...
, who was making his Canadian debut. The following week in Cincinnati
Cincinnati Masters
The Cincinnati Open is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city., Between...
, as 10th seed, he made it to the third round, before losing to Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...
, after which he rose to a new career high of no. 9. He then made it through the fourth round at the 2007 US Open, retiring against Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....
. He then reached the semifinals of the 2007 Thailand Open, losing to Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker is a German professional tennis player. Becker's primary weapon is a very big serve that he can hit at up to 220km/h, along with powerful groundstrokes....
and the 2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, losing to Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His highest ranking in singles is #7. His best achievements in tennis are reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2007 and later that year...
. His last tournament of the year was the 2007 Paris Masters
2007 Paris Masters
The 2007 Paris Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 33rd edition of the Paris Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2007 ATP Tour...
, losing to David Ferrer
David Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000...
.
Berdych began 2008 by competing in the Hopman Cup
Hopman Cup
The Hopman Cup is an annual international team tennis tournament held in Perth, Western Australia in early January each year, which plays mixed teams on a country by country basis...
, but his event was effected by a stomach virus. He then entered the 2008 Medibank International
2008 Medibank International
The 2008 Medibank International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the event known that year as the Medibank International, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour...
, being upset by Chris Guccione
Chris Guccione
Christopher "Chris" Luke Guccione , is an Australian professional tennis player from Greenvale, Victoria; his father is Italian and his mother is Australian....
in the quarterfinals. Entering the Australian Open as 13th seed, he reached the fourth round, where he fell to Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
4–6, 6–7, 3–6. He had a bad run in Rotterdam
2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The 2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 36th edition of the event known that year as the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and was part of the ATP International Series Gold of the 2008 ATP Tour...
, Dubai
2008 Dubai Tennis Championships
The 2008 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championship was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the Dubai Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour...
, and Indian Wells
2008 Indian Wells Masters
The 2008 Indian Wells Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 32nd edition of the Indian Wells Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2008 WTA Tour...
. However, in the 2008 Miami Masters
2008 Miami Masters
The 2008 Miami Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 24th edition of the Miami Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2008 WTA Tour...
, he made it through the semifinals, including a win over Juan Carlos Ferrero
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat is a professional tennis player, and a former world no. 1 player, from Spain. He captured the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year, he became the 21st player to hold the world no. 1 ranking. He was also the runner-up at the 2002...
and not dropping a set en route, but he lost to Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
6–7, 2–6. He had a bad run on clay and grass, as he dropped out of the top 20 due to a sprained right ankle which caused him to miss the 2008 Monte Carlo Masters
2008 Monte Carlo Masters
The 2008 Masters Series Monte-Carlo was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 102nd edition of the Monte Carlo Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour...
and the 2008 Rome Masters
2008 Rome Masters
The 2008 Rome Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 65th edition of the Rome Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2008 WTA Tour...
. He then reached the finals of the 2008 Swedish Open
2008 Swedish Open
The 2008 Swedish Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 61st edition of the Swedish Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour...
, losing to Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo Garcés is a Spanish professional tennis player. On 8 May 2006, he broke into the world's top ten for the first time. His highest singles ranking to date is No...
4–6, 1–6. He also had a bad run in North America, as he suffered early losses and a first-round loss in the 2008 US Open to Sam Querrey
Sam Querrey
Sam Austin Querrey is a professional American tennis player from Thousand Oaks, California currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of August 2010, he is the fourth-highest ranked American. His career high rank was #17, achieved on January 31, 2011. His height allows him to play with a strong...
. He then made it to the semifinals of the 2008 Thailand Open
2008 Thailand Open (tennis)
The 2008 Thailand Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the Thailand Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, from September 22 through September 28, 2008.The singles...
, losing to Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
. He then won his only title of the year in the 2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
The 2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 36th edition of the event known that year as the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the...
, with wins over four top-20 players: Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo Garcés is a Spanish professional tennis player. On 8 May 2006, he broke into the world's top ten for the first time. His highest singles ranking to date is No...
, Fernando González
Fernando González
----Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest forehands on the circuit. In Spanish he is called El Bombardero de La Reina and Mano de Piedra...
, Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....
, and Juan Martín del Potro
Juan Martin Del Potro
Juan Martín del Potro is an Argentine professional tennis player. Del Potro achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals for the first time on October 6, 2008. In January 2010, he reached a career-high ranking of world no. 4...
in the finals.
2009
Berydch's season did not have a good start, as he had a 2–6 record, excluding the 2009 Australian Open2009 Australian Open
The 2009 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 97th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 19 January through 1 February 2009. The 2009 men's...
, where he advanced to the fourth round to face Roger Federer. Berdych took a two sets to love lead over Federer, but ended by being defeated in a tough five-setter 6–4, 7–6, 4–6, 4–6, 2–6. He then competed in the Challenger in 2010 BMW Tennis Championship
2010 BMW Tennis Championship
The 2010 BMW Tennis Championship was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...
, where he lost to Robin Söderling
Robin Söderling
Robin Bo Carl Söderling is a professional tennis player from Sweden who is currently ranked number 13 in the ATP rankings. Söderling reached successive French Open finals in 2009 and 2010...
in the finals. He then reached the fourth round of the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open
2009 Sony Ericsson Open
The 2009 Sony Ericsson Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament held from March 23 to April 5, 2009. It was the 25th edition of the Miami Masters event and was played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, located near Miami...
, losing to Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
after upsetting James Blake
James Blake
James Riley Blake is an American professional tennis player. Blake is known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. As of August 2011, Blake is ranked no. 63 among active male players with 24 career finals appearances...
.
In the clay season, Berdych did not do well except for the 2009 French Open
2009 French Open
The 2009 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 108th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
and the Masters as he lost in the first two rounds in all four events. He then reached the round of 16 at the 2009 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell
2009 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell
The 2009 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 57th edition of the event known that year as the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour...
, losing to Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player. He is currently ranked no. 22 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight...
5–7, 7–5, 4–6, and he won his only title of the year and the only time he reached a result better than the quarterfinals in the 2009 BMW Open
2009 BMW Open
The 2009 BMW Open is a tennis tournament that is going to be played on outdoor clay courts. It will be the 36th edition of the BMW Open, and will be part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour...
, defeating Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny , is a professional Russian tennis player, noted for his consistency and all-court play style. He has been coached by Boris Sobkin for 17 years....
6–4, 4–6, 7–6. In the 2009 Gerry Weber Open
2009 Gerry Weber Open
The 2009 Gerry Weber Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 17th edition of the event known that year as the Gerry Weber Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour...
, he lost to Mischa Zverev
Mischa Zverev
Mikhail "Mischa" Zverev is a German professional tennis player. He is the son of former Russian tennis player Alexander Zverev, who is also his coach. He now resides in Monte-Carlo, Monaco and represents Germany internationally...
6–3, 2–6, 6–7, and at Wimbledon, he lost to eventual finalist Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....
6–7, 4–6, 3–6. He then lost in the first rounds of Stuttgart
2009 MercedesCup
The 2009 MercedesCup is a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is the 32nd edition of the MercedesCup,and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour...
and the Rogers Masters, but reached the quarterfinals of 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
The 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the event known that year as Legg Mason Tennis Classic, and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the William H.G...
, losing to John Isner
John Isner
John Robert Isner is an American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high rank of no. 18 on July 5, 2010, and has been as high as the second-ranked American tennis player behind Andy Roddick...
3–6, 7–6, 2–6, and 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open
The 2009 Cincinnati Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts...
, losing to Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
4–6, 5–7.
In the US Open
2009 US Open (tennis)
The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 31 to September 14, 2009 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States. Originally, it was scheduled to end with the mens' singles final match on Sunday,...
, he reached the round of 32, losing to Fernando González
Fernando González
----Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest forehands on the circuit. In Spanish he is called El Bombardero de La Reina and Mano de Piedra...
. He then reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 Proton Malaysian Open and the 2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
The 2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 37th edition of the event known that year as the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, and was part of the 500 Series of the 2009 ATP World Tour...
. He then suffered back-to-back losses to Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon is a French professional tennis player and former world no. 6. He is a nine-time winner on the ATP World Tour...
at the 2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000
2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000
The 2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2009 ATP World Tour...
and the 2009 Valencia Open 500
2009 Valencia Open 500
The 2009 Valencia Open 500 was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, and was part of the 500 Series of the 2009 ATP Tour...
. He then reached the second round in Paris
2009 BNP Paribas Masters
The 2009 Paris Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 35th edition of the Paris Masters, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2009 ATP Tour...
, losing to Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo Garcés is a Spanish professional tennis player. On 8 May 2006, he broke into the world's top ten for the first time. His highest singles ranking to date is No...
.
In the Davis Cup first-round tie against France, he won the opening match, defeating top-ranked Frenchman Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon is a French professional tennis player and former world no. 6. He is a nine-time winner on the ATP World Tour...
and joined Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štepánek
Radek Štěpánek is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.-Career:Štěpánek turned professional in 1997. He started on tour as a doubles specialist, winning 12 ATP titles. Since 2002, Štěpánek has focused on being a better singles player while still playing top-level doubles...
to beat French duo Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His highest ranking in singles is #7. His best achievements in tennis are reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2007 and later that year...
and Michaël Llodra
Michaël Llodra
Michaël Llodra is a French professional tennis player. He is a prolific doubles player with three Grand Slam championships, and has also had success in singles.-Life and career:...
. He later helped his country to reach the Davis Cup final against Spain, after winning the semifinal tie 3–2 against Croatia. The tie ended 5–0 in favor of the defending champions, with Berdych losing to Nadal in the first rubber 5–7, 0–6, 2–6.
2010
Berdych began the year at the 2010 Brisbane International2010 Brisbane International
The 2010 Brisbane International was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament and was played at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson, Brisbane. The centre court, Pat Rafter Arena is named in honour of Australian tennis hero...
, where he reached the semifinals, before losing to eventual champion Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....
6–1, 3–6, 4–6. He then suffered second-round upsets at the 2010 Medibank International Sydney
2010 Medibank International Sydney
The 2010 Medibank International Sydney was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 43rd edition of the event known that year as the Medibank International Sydney, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier tournaments of...
to Peter Luczak
Peter Luczak
Peter Luczak is a professional tennis player for Australia. His career-high ATP Entry ranking was No. 64 on 12 October 2009.At the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, Luczak won the gold in the doubles....
and the 2010 Australian Open
2010 Australian Open
The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year....
to Evgeny Korolev
Evgeny Korolev
Evgeny Korolev is a Kazakhstani tennis player and the cousin of former Russian player Anna Kournikova. He began playing tennis at age four with his father, and picked up his first ATP points at age 15 in three German challenger events...
. He then recorded three straight quarterfinals in the 2010 SAP Open
2010 SAP Open
The 2010 SAP Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 121st edition of the SAP Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, United States, from February 8 through February 14,...
, once again losing to Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....
6–7, 6–7, at the 2010 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships upset by Ernests Gulbis
Ernests Gulbis
Ernests Gulbis is a Latvian professional tennis player. In 2008, Gulbis won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, teaming with Rainer Schüttler, and in 2010 won his first ATP Tour singles title in the Delray Beach, defeating Ivo Karlović in the final...
6–3, 3–6, 6–7, and the first Masters of the year at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open
2010 BNP Paribas Open
The 2010 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2010. It was the 36th edition of the event, known this year as the BNP Paribas Open, and is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2010 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on...
to Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
4–6, 6–7, after upsetting Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player. He is currently ranked no. 22 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight...
6–0, 6–3, en route.
In the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open
2010 Sony Ericsson Open
The 2010 Sony Ericsson Open , was a tennis tournament for men and women held from March 22 to April 4, 2010. It was the 26th edition of the Miami Masters event and is played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, located near Miami...
, he stunned an error-filled top seed Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
6–4, 6–7, 7–6, in the round of 16, after saving a match point on Federer's serve in the tiebreak at 6–5, which he won 8–6. This was his second victory over Roger and ended an eight straight losing streak to the Swiss. He then went on to defeat Spaniard Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player. He is currently ranked no. 22 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight...
4–6, 7–6, 6–4, for a spot in the semifinals. Berdych overpowered fifth seed Robin Söderling
Robin Söderling
Robin Bo Carl Söderling is a professional tennis player from Sweden who is currently ranked number 13 in the ATP rankings. Söderling reached successive French Open finals in 2009 and 2010...
in two sets in the semifinals 6–2, 6–2, but lost in the final to Roddick 5–7, 4–6.
He began his clay season at the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
The 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, a tennis tournament for male professional players, was played from April 10 through April 18, 2010, on outdoor clay courts. It was the 104th edition of the annual Monte Carlo Masters tournament, which is sponsored by Rolex for the second time...
, losing to eventual finalist Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player. He is currently ranked no. 22 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight...
7–5, 3–6, 2–6, in the third round, after cruising through the first two rounds. At the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
The 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia was a tennis tournament, being played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 67th edition of the event and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2010 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2010 WTA Tour...
, he lost to Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player. He also holds German citizenship as his father is German. His career ranking high is no. 9, achieved on 9 June 2008. He considers clay his best surface and his backhand his best shot...
6–2, 3–6, 6–7. At the 2010 BMW Open
2010 BMW Open
The 2010 BMW Open was a tennis tournament that was played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 36th edition of the BMW Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
, he was upset by Philipp Petzschner
Philipp Petzschner
Philipp Petzschner is a professional German tennis player. He is known for his hard-hitting and incredible bursts of speed around the court, and now for controversy in the US Open Men's Doubles Final which he won partnered with Jurgen Melzer against the Polish team of Fystenberg/Matkowski...
6–1, 3–6, 4–6, in the quarterfinals. He then withdrew from the 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open
2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open
The 2010 Madrid Masters was played on outdoor clay courts at the Park Manzanares in Madrid, Spain from May 7 – May 16. It was the 9th edition of the event on the ATP and 2nd on the WTA...
due to a right hip injury. He then represented Czech Republic at the 2010 ARAG World Team Cup
2010 ARAG World Team Cup
The 2010 ARAG World Team Cup was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 32nd edition of the World Team Cup, and was part of the 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
and won all his three singles matches, but failed to reach the final after losing the tie against USA. In the 2010 French Open
2010 French Open
The 2010 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 109th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
, Berdych enjoyed his best performance to date in a Grand Slam tournament. He reached the semifinals, where he was defeated by fifth seed Robin Söderling
Robin Söderling
Robin Bo Carl Söderling is a professional tennis player from Sweden who is currently ranked number 13 in the ATP rankings. Söderling reached successive French Open finals in 2009 and 2010...
3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 3–6. En route to the semifinals, he defeated three seeded opponents in straight sets: John Isner
John Isner
John Robert Isner is an American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high rank of no. 18 on July 5, 2010, and has been as high as the second-ranked American tennis player behind Andy Roddick...
in the third round, world no. 4 Andy Murray in the fourth round, and Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny , is a professional Russian tennis player, noted for his consistency and all-court play style. He has been coached by Boris Sobkin for 17 years....
in the quarterfinals.
He reached his first career slam final at Wimbledon after beating Andrey Golubev
Andrey Golubev
Andrey Golubev is a Kazakhstani professional tennis playercurrently living in Italy. His career high rank is #33, achieved on October 4, 2010. He has participated in all Grand Slam tournaments, the first being the 2008 US Open, as well in the main draw of ATP Masters Series and ATP International...
and Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker is a German professional tennis player. Becker's primary weapon is a very big serve that he can hit at up to 220km/h, along with powerful groundstrokes....
in straight sets, Denis Istomin
Denis Istomin
Denis Istomin is a professional Uzbek tennis player. His career high rank is #39, achieved on August 30, 2010. He is coached by his mother.- 2006 :...
in five, and Daniel Brands
Daniel Brands
Daniel Brands is a German professional tennis player. His career high rank was No. 66, achieved on July 5, 2010.- 2008 :...
in four sets. He also defeated defending champion Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
in four sets 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4, to record his second straight victory over the Swiss. The win also made him only the fourth Czech-born man to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon, after Jaroslav Drobný
Jaroslav Drobný
Jaroslav Drobný was an amateur tennis champion as well as being an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team...
, Jan Kodeš
Jan Kodeš
Jan Kodeš is a right-handed Czech former tennis player who won three Grand Slam events in the early-1970s.Kodeš's greatest success was on the clay courts of the French Open. He won the title there in 1970, beating Željko Franulović in the final, and in 1971, defeating Ilie Năstase in the final...
, and Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. He is considered to be one of the greatest tennis...
. In the semifinal match against Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
, Berdych won in straight sets 6–3, 7–6, 6–3, to reach his first Grand Slam final, against world no. 1 Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
. There, he lost to the Spaniard 3–6, 5–7, 4–6, to finish as runner-up.
Afterwards, he played at the 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
The 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic was a tennis tournament to played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 42nd edition of this event and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at the William H.G...
in Washington as the top seed. He made the quarterfinals, after beating both Dmitry Tursunov
Dmitry Tursunov
Dmitry Igorevich Tursunov is a Russian professional male tennis player. He was 12 years old when he came to the United States to train and further his prospects of becoming a professional player....
and Andrey Golubev
Andrey Golubev
Andrey Golubev is a Kazakhstani professional tennis playercurrently living in Italy. His career high rank is #33, achieved on October 4, 2010. He has participated in all Grand Slam tournaments, the first being the 2008 US Open, as well in the main draw of ATP Masters Series and ATP International...
in three sets en route. However, he lost to Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse is a Belgian tennis player. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, he is the only men's player from his country to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour. He is sponsored by Prince and Lotto. His nickname is "The X-Man"....
4–6, 6–3, 2–6, in the quarterfinal round.
At the 2010 Rogers Cup
2010 Rogers Cup
The 2010 Canada Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Canada. It was the 121st edition of the Canada Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2010 WTA Tour...
held in Toronto, he was seventh seed. He beat two Ukrainian players, Sergiy Stakhovsky
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Sergiy Stakhovsky is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. Stakhovsky turned professional in 2003 and had been playing mostly at the Challenger level from 2005–2008. His career high in singles of #31 and his high of #86 in doubles...
6–2, 6–4, (in the opening round) and Alexandr Dolgopolov 6–3, 6–7, 6–4, (in the third round) to reach the quarterfinals. There, he lost to Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
3–6, 7–5, 6–7, despite serving for the match at 5–3 in the third set while being two points away from victory numerous times.
At the 2010 US Open
2010 US Open (tennis)
The 2010 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 30 to September 13, 2010 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City, United States....
as seventh seed, Berdych was upset in the first round by Michaël Llodra
Michaël Llodra
Michaël Llodra is a French professional tennis player. He is a prolific doubles player with three Grand Slam championships, and has also had success in singles.-Life and career:...
, 6–7, 4–6, 4–6.
Appearing at the 2010 Proton Malaysian Open
2010 Proton Malaysian Open
The 2010 Malaysian Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the Proton Malaysian Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
in Kuala Lumpur, he made the quarterfinals, where he lost to David Ferrer
David Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000...
, 6–4, 5–7, 4–6. Berdych then made a first-round exit at the 2010 China Open
2010 China Open (tennis)
The 2010 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the China Open, and is part of the ATP 500 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2010 WTA Tour...
, where he lost to Michael Berrer
Michael Berrer
Michael Berrer is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career high in singles with No. 42 on May 2010 and his high in doubles in March 2009 with No...
, 6–4, 5–7, 4–6.
At the 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters as seventh seed, Berdych lost to Guillermo García López
Guillermo Garcia Lopez
Guillermo García López is a professional male tennis player from Spain.He is good friends with fellow Spanish tennis player Juan Carlos Ferrero, and both train at the JC Ferrero Equelite Tennis Academy in Villena, Spain.- Professional career :On November 23, 2009, García-López achieved his...
in the third round, 6–7, 3–6.
He then suffered two successive opening-round losses, first at the 2010 If Stockholm Open
2010 If Stockholm Open
The 2010 If Stockholm Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 42nd edition of the event known this year as the If Stockholm Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
in Stockholm (Sweden) falling to Jarkko Nieminen
Jarkko Nieminen
Jarkko Kalervo Nieminen is a professional tennis player from Finland.His highest ranking is 13th, which was achieved on July 10, 2006. He has won one ATP singles title and two doubles titles in his career so far. His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments have been reaching the quarter-finals...
for the first time, 1–6, 4–6, and at the 2010 Davidoff Swiss Indoors
2010 Davidoff Swiss Indoors
The 2010 Swiss Indoors was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the event known that year as the Davidoff Swiss Indoors, and was part of the 500 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It was held at the St...
in Basel (Switzerland), losing to Tobias Kamke
Tobias Kamke
Tobias Kamke is a German tennis player. He reached his career high ranking in singles at No. 64 on 31 January 2011 and in doubles at No. 419 on 17 October 2011.-2008:...
, 4–6, 1–6.
At the 2010 BNP Paribas Masters
2010 BNP Paribas Masters
The 2010 BNP Paribas Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 36th edition of the tournament known that year as the BNP Paribas Masters after the sponsor BNP Paribas. It was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Palais...
as fifth seed, Berdych lost to Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...
in the third round, 6–4, 6–7, 0–6. With Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....
defeating Ernests Gulbis
Ernests Gulbis
Ernests Gulbis is a Latvian professional tennis player. In 2008, Gulbis won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, teaming with Rainer Schüttler, and in 2010 won his first ATP Tour singles title in the Delray Beach, defeating Ivo Karlović in the final...
, while including Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player. He is currently ranked no. 22 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight...
failing to make the final, Berdych automatically qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, taking the sixth spot, which allowed him to make his first appearance at the year-end championships.
He was sixth seed at the 2010 ATP World Tour Finals
2010 ATP World Tour Finals
The 2010 ATP World Tour Finals was held at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom between November 21 and November 28, 2010...
. His lack of confidence showed in his opening round-robin loss to Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
, 3–6, 3–6. However, as a surprise to many, Berdych somehow defeated Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....
in the second round-robin match, 7–5, 6–3. In his last round-robin match, Berdych was defeated by Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
in two sets, which meant that he could not advance to the semifinals.
2011
Berdych began the year at the 2011 Aircel Chennai Open2011 Aircel Chennai Open
The 2011 Aircel Chennai Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the Chennai Open, and part of the 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai, India, from January 3 through January 9, 2011.-Seeds:*...
, where he reached the semifinals, before losing to eventual champion Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player. He also holds German citizenship as his father is German. His career ranking high is no. 9, achieved on 9 June 2008. He considers clay his best surface and his backhand his best shot...
4–6, 1–6. At the 2011 Australian Open
2011 Australian Open
The 2011 Australian Open was a tennis tournament featuring six different competitions, and part of the 2011 ATP World Tour, the 2011 WTA Tour, ITF Junior Tour and the NEC Tour, as tournaments for professional, junior and wheelchair players were held...
, Berdych advanced to the quarterfinals, where he was defeated by eventual champion Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
1–6, 6–7, 1–6. He then recorded two straight quarterfinals and a semifinal in the 2011 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
2011 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The 2011 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 38th edition of the event known as the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour...
, pulling out against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga citing injury, at the 2011 Open 13
2011 Open 13
The 2011 Open 13 was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the Open 13, and was part of the International Series of the 2011 ATP World Tour...
falling to Marin Cilic
Marin Cilic
Marin Čilić , is a Croatian professional tennis player. His career high ATP ranking is no. 9, achieved on 22 February 2010, following his best-ever performance at a Grand Slam, reaching the semi-finals in the 2010 Australian Open...
3–6, 4–6, and at the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships
2011 Dubai Tennis Championships
The 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships was a 500 Series event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2011 WTA Tour. The tournament was known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons...
, retiring with a thigh injury against the eventual champion, Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
, whilst trailing 7–6, 2–6, 2–4.
At the 2011 Davis Cup World Group
2011 Davis Cup World Group
The World Group is the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2011. The first round losers go into the Davis Cup World Group Play-offs while the winners progress to the quarterfinals...
, the Czech Republic
Czech Republic Davis Cup team
The Czech Republic Davis Cup team represents the Czech Republic in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Czech Tennis Federation. The Czech team was started in 1993, following the Czechoslovakian break-up....
were defeated by Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Davis Cup team
The Kazakhstan Davis Cup team represents Kazakhstan in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Kazakhstan Tennis Federation. , Kazakhstan compete in the World Group for the first time after they won against Switzerland in the 2010 World Group Play-offs...
2–3 meaning that the Czechs would have to go through the Play-offs
2011 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs
The 2011 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs, scheduled to be held from September 16–18, 2011, are the main play-offs of 2011 Davis Cup. Winners of the playoffs will advance to the 2012 World Group, and losers will play in their respective Zonal Regions I....
. Berdych won his first singles rubber against Mikhail Kukushkin
Mikhail Kukushkin
Mikhail Kukushkin is a professional Kazakh tennis player of Russian origin.-History:Born in Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, he turned pro in 2006 and achieved his highest ranking on 1 November 2010....
and in the doubles, Berdych and his partner, Lukáš Dlouhý
Lukáš Dlouhý
Lukáš Dlouhý is a professional Czech tennis player on the ATP Tour. A doubles specialist, Dlouhý reached a career-high ranking of World Number 5 on June 22, 2009.-2006-2008:...
, defeated Evgeny Korolev
Evgeny Korolev
Evgeny Korolev is a Kazakhstani tennis player and the cousin of former Russian player Anna Kournikova. He began playing tennis at age four with his father, and picked up his first ATP points at age 15 in three German challenger events...
and Yuri Schukin
Yuri Schukin
-2008:The 6 ft 2 inch 181 pound Russian began the 2008 tour season by losing in the first round to Rajeev Ram at the Chennai Open 6–7 , 6–7 .-References:...
, both in straight sets. In his second rubber, Berdych was beaten by Andrey Golubev
Andrey Golubev
Andrey Golubev is a Kazakhstani professional tennis playercurrently living in Italy. His career high rank is #33, achieved on October 4, 2010. He has participated in all Grand Slam tournaments, the first being the 2008 US Open, as well in the main draw of ATP Masters Series and ATP International...
5–7, 7–5, 4–6, 2–6.
In the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open
2011 Sony Ericsson Open
The 2011 Sony Ericsson Open , a men's and women's tennis tournament, was held from March 21 to April 3, 2011. It was the 27th edition of the Miami Masters event and played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami...
, Berdych reached the round of 16, after defeating Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo is a professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP entry ranking is #50 , and his current ranking is #84 . He turned pro in 1998...
, Carlos Berlocq
Carlos Berlocq
Carlos Alberto Berlocq is an Argentine professional male tennis player. He is nicknamed Charly. Berlocq's favourite surface is clay and he is currently coached by Jorge Gerosi.-Career:...
, and Florian Mayer
Florian Mayer
Florian Mayer is a German professional tennis player. He plays on both the ATP Tour and the Challenger Tour. He has won nine Challenger events, which has helped him stay in the top 50 on the rankings....
, before falling to eventual finalist Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
2–6, 6–3, 3–6.
He began his clay season at the 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
The 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, a tennis tournament for male professional players, was played from April 9 through April 17, 2011, on outdoor clay courts. It was the 105th edition of the annual Monte Carlo Masters tournament, which was sponsored by Rolex for the third time...
, losing in the round of 16 to Ivan Ljubicic
Ivan Ljubicic
----Ivan Ljubičić is a Croatian tennis player born in Bosnia and Herzegovina . His career-high ATP ranking to date has been no. 3, and he stands at no. 37....
4–6, 2–6. At the 2011 Mutua Madrid Open
2011 Mutua Madrid Open
The 2011 Madrid Masters was played on outdoor clay courts at the Park Manzanares in Madrid, Spain from April 30 – May 8. It was the 10th edition of the event on the ATP and 3rd on the WTA...
, Berdych reached the quarterfinals, before losing to Thomaz Bellucci
Thomaz Bellucci
Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci , a professional tennis player, is the top ranked Brazilian tennis player. He achieved a career high ranking of #21 on July 26, 2010....
6–7, 3–6. At the 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
The 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia was a tennis tournament, being played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 68th edition of the event and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2011 WTA Tour...
, he reached the quarterfinals, before falling to Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His highest ranking in singles is #7. His best achievements in tennis are reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2007 and later that year...
6–4, 2–6, 4–6. At the 2011 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur
2011 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur
The 2011 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur was a tennis tournament play on outdoor clay courts. It was the 27th edition of the Open de Nice Côte d’Azur and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour...
, Berdych reached his first semifinal of the clay season, before losing to eventual champion Nicolás Almagro
Nicolás Almagro
Nicolas Almagro Sanchez Rolle is a professional Spanish tennis player, ranked 10 on the ATP World Tour.-2005:...
4–6, 4–6. At the 2011 French Open
2011 French Open
The 2011 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 110th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
, Berdych was seeded sixth. In the first round, Berdych suffered a shocking loss to Stephane Robert
Stéphane Robert
Stéphane Robert is a professional French professional tennis player.He reached his first ATP-level final at the 2010 SA Tennis Open, falling to Feliciano López 5–7, 1–6....
6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 2–6, 7–9.
In preparation for Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
, Berdych played in the 2011 Gerry Weber Open
2011 Gerry Weber Open
The 2011 Gerry Weber Open was a tennis tournament to played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 19th edition of the event known that year as the Gerry Weber Open and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour...
held in Halle
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Halle is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. In the first round, Berdych defeated Ruben Bemelmans
Ruben Bemelmans
Ruben Bemelmans , is a Belgian male professional tennis player. His career-high rank ATP singles ranking was No. 172 reached on October 26, 2009. His best doubles rank is No. 245....
5–7, 7–6, 6–4, after saving three match points. He then defeated Jan Hernych
Jan Hernych
Jan Mauda Hernych is a professional male tennis player from Czech Republic. Born in Prague, he turned pro in 1998 and achieved his highest ranking of World No. 59 on 27 April 2009. He is currently 241st in the ATP rankings.-External links:...
and Viktor Troicki
Viktor Troicki
Viktor Troicki is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has Serb and Russian ethnic roots. His paternal grandparents emigrated from Tver and Rostov-on-Don to Serbia in 1917. His career-high ranking is no. 12, achieved on 6 June 2011. He won his first ATP singles title at the 2010 Kremlin Cup,...
in the second round and quarterfinals respectively, both in straight sets. In the semifinals, he lost to Philipp Petzschner
Philipp Petzschner
Philipp Petzschner is a professional German tennis player. He is known for his hard-hitting and incredible bursts of speed around the court, and now for controversy in the US Open Men's Doubles Final which he won partnered with Jurgen Melzer against the Polish team of Fystenberg/Matkowski...
6–7, 6–2, 3–6. At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships
2011 Wimbledon Championships
The 2011 Wimbledon Championships took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England, from 20 June to 3 July 2011. It was the 125th edition of the championships, and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It was played on grass courts and was part of the...
, Berdych successfully won his first, second, and third-round matches in straight sets against Filippo Volandri
Filippo Volandri
Filippo Volandri is an Italian professional male tennis player. Volandri is a right-handed player who reached a career-high ranking of 25 on July 23, 2007. He turned pro in 1997, and as of January 2006, had earned over $1,300,000 in prize money...
, Julien Benneteau
Julien Benneteau
Julien Benneteau is a professional male tennis player from France. His career-best singles ranking is ATP world no. 32, which he reached in July 2010. He formerly resided in Boulogne Billancourt and now lives in Geneva...
, and Alex Bogomolov Jr. respectively. In the fourth round, Berdych suffered a straight-set loss to Mardy Fish
Mardy Fish
Mardy Simpson Fish is an American professional tennis player, and Olympic silver medalist. He is a hardcourt specialist...
6–7, 4–6, 4–6.
His next tournament was the 2011 Swedish Open
2011 Swedish Open
The 2011 Swedish Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2011 ATP World Tour and 2011 WTA Tour. It took place in Båstad, Sweden, from July 4 through July 10, 2011 for Women's and from July 11 through July 17, 2011 for Men's...
, where he reached the semifinals, before losing to eventual champion Robin Soderling
Robin Söderling
Robin Bo Carl Söderling is a professional tennis player from Sweden who is currently ranked number 13 in the ATP rankings. Söderling reached successive French Open finals in 2009 and 2010...
1–6, 0–6.
Berdych kicked off his US Open Series at the 2011 Rogers Cup
2011 Rogers Cup
The 2011 Canada Masters was a tennis tournament to be played on outdoor hard courts in Canada. It was the 122nd edition of the Canada Masters, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2011 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2011 WTA Tour...
. As he was seeded seventh, he received a bye into the second round. In the second round, he beat Alexandr Dolgopolov 4–6, 6–2, 6–3. From that match onward, Berdych changed his racket to the Head
Head (company)
Head N.V. is a sports equipment and clothing company, known mainly for their alpine skis and tennis racquets. Founded as a ski company in Baltimore, Maryland, the company is currently headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Kennelbach, Austria...
YouTek™ IG Instinct MP. In the Round of 16, Berdych successfully defeated Ivo Karlovic
Ivo Karlovic
Ivo Karlović is a Croatian tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles: three in 2007 and one in 2008. Karlović is the tallest player ever on the ATP Tour at 208 cm . He is a serve-and-volleyer, Karlovic holds the fastest serve recorded in professional tennis, measured at 251 km/h ...
with the scoreline of 6–3, 7–6. In the quarterfinals, Berdych fell to Janko Tipsarević
Janko Tipsarevic
Janko Tipsarević is a Serbian tennis player. His career-high ranking is No. 9, achieved on 14 November 2011. He is the 117th player in history to crack the top 10....
4–6, 4–6.
Berdych competed in the 2011 Western & Southern Open
2011 Western & Southern Open
The 2011 Cincinnati Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, near Cincinnati, United States. The tournament was a joint men's and women's event, with six new courts being built for the tournament...
held in Cincinnati, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. As the eighth seed, he received a bye into the second round. In the second round, Berdych beat Juan Mónaco
Juan Mónaco
Juan Mónaco , nicknamed "Pico", is a male tennis player from Argentina. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 14 on February 4, 2008. He is sponsored by Adidas and Yonex.-Biography:...
7–6, 6–0. In the third round, Berdych successfully dispatched ninth seed Nicolás Almagro
Nicolás Almagro
Nicolas Almagro Sanchez Rolle is a professional Spanish tennis player, ranked 10 on the ATP World Tour.-2005:...
6–2, 6–2. In the quarterfinals, Berdych stunned the two-time defending champion, Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
6–2, 7–6. In the semifinals, Berdych faced world no. 1 Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
. Berdych retired after losing the first set 5–7, citing injury to the right shoulder.
The next tournament Berdych played in was the 2011 US Open
2011 US Open (tennis)
The 2011 US Open was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, of Queens, New York City, United States...
, the final Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
of 2011. In the first round, Berdych defeated French qualifier Romain Jouan
Romain Jouan
Romain Jouan is a French professional tennis player.-2008:On September 29, Jouan qualified for the first ATP tournament of his career in Metz after beating Fabio Fognini 7–5, 7–6 Prakash Amritraj 4–6, 6–4, 7–6 and Tobias Kamke 6–1, 7–6...
6–2, 7–6, 6–1. In the second round, Berdych dominated against Fabio Fognini
Fabio Fognini
Fabio Fognini is a professional tennis player.He is the current Italian No. 1. He achieved his career high rank of No. 32 in the world on 20 June 2011 as a result of his success at the 2011French Open...
7–5, 6–0, 6–0. In the third round, Berdych retired against 20th seed, Janko Tipsarević
Janko Tipsarevic
Janko Tipsarević is a Serbian tennis player. His career-high ranking is No. 9, achieved on 14 November 2011. He is the 117th player in history to crack the top 10....
, after re-aggravating the shoulder injury he suffered at the 2011 Western & Southern Open
2011 Western & Southern Open
The 2011 Cincinnati Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, near Cincinnati, United States. The tournament was a joint men's and women's event, with six new courts being built for the tournament...
. He was trailing 4–6, 0–5 when he retired.
Berdych played with the Czech Republic Davis Cup team
Czech Republic Davis Cup team
The Czech Republic Davis Cup team represents the Czech Republic in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Czech Tennis Federation. The Czech team was started in 1993, following the Czechoslovakian break-up....
against Romania
Romania Davis Cup team
The Romania Davis Cup team represents Romania in Davis Cup tennis competition , being governed by the Romanian Tennis Federation and currently competes in the 2011 Davis Cup World Group.Romania has finished as runners-up three times...
in the 2011 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs
2011 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs
The 2011 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs, scheduled to be held from September 16–18, 2011, are the main play-offs of 2011 Davis Cup. Winners of the playoffs will advance to the 2012 World Group, and losers will play in their respective Zonal Regions I....
. In his singles rubber, Berdych defeated Victor Crivoi
Victor Crivoi
Victor Crivoi is a Romanian tennis player who lives in Bucharest. In 2005, he played in the International Tennis Federation's Professional Circuit and won seven titles. As a result, he was named the ITF's "Player Of The Year" for 2005. At the end of 2005, he was ranked #269 by the ATP, up from...
6–3, 6–3, 7–6. Berdych then teamed up with Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štepánek
Radek Štěpánek is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.-Career:Štěpánek turned professional in 1997. He started on tour as a doubles specialist, winning 12 ATP titles. Since 2002, Štěpánek has focused on being a better singles player while still playing top-level doubles...
in the doubles rubber, and they defeated Marius Copil
Marius Copil
Marius Copil is a Romanian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour and a member of the Romanian Davis Cup team. On February 7, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking to date, World No. 205 whilst in doubles his highest ranking was No...
and Horia Tecău
Horia Tecau
Horia Tecău is a Romanian tennis player who turned pro in 2003, and is a doubles specialist. Tecău is currently ranked 9th in ATP's doubles ranking, being also his highest doubles ranking achieved on August 8, 2011....
3–6, 6–3, 6–0, 6–2. Štěpánek also won his singles rubber to guarantee the Czech Republic
Czech Republic Davis Cup team
The Czech Republic Davis Cup team represents the Czech Republic in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Czech Tennis Federation. The Czech team was started in 1993, following the Czechoslovakian break-up....
a spot in the 2012 Davis Cup World Group
2012 Davis Cup World Group
The World Group is the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2012. The first round losers go into the Davis Cup World Group Play-offs while the winners progress to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinalists are guaranteed a World Group spot for 2013....
.
After pulling out of the 2011 Proton Malaysian Open
2011 Proton Malaysian Open
The 2011 Malaysian Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the Proton Malaysian Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2011 ATP World Tour...
due to a recurring shoulder injury, Berdych competed at the 2011 China Open
2011 China Open (tennis)
The 2011 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the China Open, and was part of the ATP 500 Series of the 2011 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2011 WTA Tour...
as the third seed. Berdych defeated Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but...
and Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The right-hander has won six doubles and three singles titles. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 28 September 2009, when he achieved a ranking of World No. 22...
in the first and second rounds, respectively, both in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, Berdych dominated against Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player. He is currently ranked no. 22 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight...
, thrashing him 6–1, 6–0. Berdych reached his first final since the 2010 Wimbledon Championships
2010 Wimbledon Championships
The 2010 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from Monday 21 June until Sunday 4 July 2010. It was the 124th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand...
after a hard-fought 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 victory over top seed, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Berdych won his sixth title of his career and his first title since the 2009 BMW Open
2009 BMW Open
The 2009 BMW Open is a tennis tournament that is going to be played on outdoor clay courts. It will be the 36th edition of the BMW Open, and will be part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour...
, after defeating Marin Čilić
Marin Cilic
Marin Čilić , is a Croatian professional tennis player. His career high ATP ranking is no. 9, achieved on 22 February 2010, following his best-ever performance at a Grand Slam, reaching the semi-finals in the 2010 Australian Open...
in the final 3–6, 6–4, 6–1.
Berdych's next tournament was the 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters
2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters
The 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, People's...
. As sixth seed, he received a bye into the second round. Berdych continued his good run of form by defeating compatriot Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štepánek
Radek Štěpánek is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.-Career:Štěpánek turned professional in 1997. He started on tour as a doubles specialist, winning 12 ATP titles. Since 2002, Štěpánek has focused on being a better singles player while still playing top-level doubles...
6–4, 6–3, before falling to Feliciano López
Feliciano López
Feliciano López Diaz-Guerra is a Spanish professional male tennis player. He was born in Toledo and now lives in the Spanish capital Madrid....
4–6, 4–6. Berdych next played at the 2011 Swiss Indoors Basel. He lost in the first round to eventual finalist Kei Nishikori
Kei Nishikori
is a Japanese tennis player, currently ranked 25th in the world, as of 10 October 2011. He began playing tennis at the age of five, and on 17 July 2007 he qualified for his first ATP main draw event at the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles, California at the age of 17.-Junior career:Nishikori won...
6–3, 3–6, 2–6.
Berdych then competed at the 2011 BNP Paribas Masters
2011 BNP Paribas Masters
The 2011 BNP Paribas Masters was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 40th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP World Tour...
held in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, the final ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
The ATP World Tour Masters 1000 is a series of nine tennis tournaments that are part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America and Asia...
tournament of the season. As the fifth seed, Berdych received a bye into the second round. In the second round, Berdych defeated Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player. He is currently ranked no. 22 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight...
6–3, 7–5. In the third round, Berdych defeated Janko Tipsarević
Janko Tipsarevic
Janko Tipsarević is a Serbian tennis player. His career-high ranking is No. 9, achieved on 14 November 2011. He is the 117th player in history to crack the top 10....
7–5, 6–4. Because of this victory, Berdych qualified for the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals
2011 ATP World Tour Finals
The 2011 ATP World Tour Finals was a tennis tournament that was played at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom between November 20 and November 27, 2011. The defending champion in singles was world no. 4 Roger Federer, while the defending champions in doubles were Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić...
, along with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Mardy Fish
Mardy Fish
Mardy Simpson Fish is an American professional tennis player, and Olympic silver medalist. He is a hardcourt specialist...
. This was Berdych's second consecutive year to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals. In the quarterfinals, Berdych shocked the 2nd seed, Andy Murray 4–6, 7–6, 6–4, ending the Scotsman's 17-match winning streak. In the semifinal, Berdych lost to the 3rd seed (and eventual champion), Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
4–6, 3–6.
Berdych's final tournament of the 2011 season
2011 ATP World Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2011 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World...
was the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals
2011 ATP World Tour Finals
The 2011 ATP World Tour Finals was a tennis tournament that was played at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom between November 20 and November 27, 2011. The defending champion in singles was world no. 4 Roger Federer, while the defending champions in doubles were Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić...
. He came into the year-end championships as the 7th seed and was placed in Group A along with Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
, Andy Murray (Later replaced by Janko Tipsarević
Janko Tipsarevic
Janko Tipsarević is a Serbian tennis player. His career-high ranking is No. 9, achieved on 14 November 2011. He is the 117th player in history to crack the top 10....
), and David Ferrer
David Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000...
. In the first tie, Berdych lost to top seed, Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
6–3, 3–6, 6–7, after Berdych squandered match point at 5–4. In the second tie, Berdych was meant to face Andy Murray, but he was replaced by the alternate, Janko Tipsarević
Janko Tipsarevic
Janko Tipsarević is a Serbian tennis player. His career-high ranking is No. 9, achieved on 14 November 2011. He is the 117th player in history to crack the top 10....
, after Murray pulled out of the tournament with a groin injury. Berdych was forced to come back from a set down and hold match point in the final set tie-breaker, but he eventually won 2–6, 6–3, 7–6. In the final tie of the group stages, Berdych faced the 5th seed, David Ferrer
David Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000...
. Berdych once again came back from a set down to defeat Ferrer 3–6, 7–5, 6–1. This victory meant that Berdych won his group and he qualified for the semifinals for the first time in his career. In the semifinals, Berdych fell to the 6th seed, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3–6, 5–7. Berdych ended the season ranked 7th.
2012
Berdych will kick off the 2012 season2012 ATP World Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2012 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World...
at the 2012 Hopman Cup
2012 Hopman Cup
-USA vs. Denmark: -Denmark vs. Bulgaria: -Czech Republic vs. USA: -Czech Republic vs. Denmark: -USA vs. Bulgaria: -Standings:-France vs. China: -Australia vs. Spain: -Spain vs. China: -Australia vs. France: -Australia vs. China:...
, representing the Czech Republic
Czech Republic at the Hopman Cup
The Czech Republic is a nation that has competed at the Hopman Cup tournament on six occasionz, first competing at the 5th Hopman Cup in 1993. Their best result to date is winning the title in 1994....
along with compatriot, Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová is a Czech professional tennis player. She has won seven WTA singles titles. As of 31 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 2. Kvitová won the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and the 2011 WTA Tour Championships singles titles...
. They are seeded first and they have been drawn in Group A along with the United States
United States at the Hopman Cup
The United States have appeared at every Hopman Cup apart from its first edition. The United States have appeared in ten Hopman Cup finals and have a record six victories. They are also the only country to successfully defend the title and hold the record for consecutive final appearances at four...
, Denmark, and Bulgaria.
Playing style
Tomáš Berdych is known for having one of the cleanest and hardest-hitting games on the ATP tour. He is capable of generating great pace on both his groundstrokeGroundstroke
A groundstroke in tennis is a forehand or backhand shot that is executed after the ball bounces once on the court. It is usually hit from the back of the tennis court, around the baseline....
s and his serve
Serve (tennis)
A serve in tennis is a shot to start a point. A player begins a serve by tossing the ball into the air and hitting it into the diagonally opposite backside box without being stopped by the net. The ball can only touch the net on a return and will be considered good if it falls on the opposite side...
, making him dangerous on every surface, especially on grass, a surface on which he has reached three ATP finals, including one at Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
. At the same time, Berdych has reasonably sound footwork for being one of the taller players on the tour. Despite the technical strengths of his game, Berdych was known to be mentally fragile in important matches. However, since 2010 he has improved greatly in this regard, especially in Grand Slam events.
Equipment and apparel
Berdych is sponsored by HeadHead (company)
Head N.V. is a sports equipment and clothing company, known mainly for their alpine skis and tennis racquets. Founded as a ski company in Baltimore, Maryland, the company is currently headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Kennelbach, Austria...
for his rackets and he uses a Pro Stock Head YouTek Radical MP with a 16/19 string pattern. For a brief period of time during the 2011 season, he used the same racquet but with a Head YouTek™ IG Instinct MP Paint Job, but he switched back. Berdych was sponsored with Dunlop Sport
Dunlop Sport
Dunlop Sport is a tennis, squash, golf, badminton, clothing, travel and bicycle equipment brand, that specializes in sporting goods.After Dunlop Holdings was acquired by BTR plc in 1985, Dunlop Sport was combined with the Slazenger brand which Dunlop had acquired in 1959 to form Dunlop Slazenger...
and used the Dunlop Aerogel 4D 200, but he switched to Head at the start of the 2010 season. He is sponsored by Nike
Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...
for his attire and footwear.
Singles: 1 (0–1)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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| Runner-up | 2010 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles The Men's Singles event at the 2010 saw Rafael Nadal, the World No. 1 and 2nd seed, defeat 12th seed Tomáš Berdych 6–3 7–5 6–4 in the final to win his 2nd Wimbledon title, and his 8th Grand Slam title overall.... |
Wimbledon | Grass |  Rafael NadalRafael Nadal Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals... |
3–6, 5–7, 4–6 |
Singles: 2 (1–1)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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| Winner | 2005 | Paris Paris Masters The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour... |
Carpet (i) |  Ivan LjubičićIvan Ljubicic ----Ivan Ljubičić is a Croatian tennis player born in Bosnia and Herzegovina . His career-high ATP ranking to date has been no. 3, and he stands at no. 37.... |
6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 2010 2010 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's Singles Andy Murray was the defending champion, but lost to Mardy Fish in the second round.Andy Roddick beat Tomáš Berdych 7-5, 6-4 to win his first Masters 1000 event since 2006... |
Miami Miami Masters The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park... |
Hard |  Andy RoddickAndy Roddick Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish.... |
5–7, 4–6 |
Singles: 12 (6–6)
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| Winner | 1. | September 27, 2004 |  PalermoCampionati Internazionali di Sicilia The Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia was a tennis tournament held annually in Palermo in Italy. Held from 1935 until 2006, the tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was a part of the ATP Tour schedule from 1979 to 2006.-Singles:-Doubles:... , Italy |
Clay | Filippo Volandri Filippo Volandri Filippo Volandri is an Italian professional male tennis player. Volandri is a right-handed player who reached a career-high ranking of 25 on July 23, 2007. He turned pro in 1997, and as of January 2006, had earned over $1,300,000 in prize money... |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 1. | July 4, 2005 |  BåstadSwedish Open The SkiStar Swedish Open is an ATP World Tour 250 series tennis tournament on the ATP Tour held in Båstad, Sweden in July each year.The Collector Swedish Open Women is a tennis tournament held in Båstad, Sweden... , Sweden |
Clay | Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals... |
6–2, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 2. | October 31, 2005 |  Paris, France |
Carpet | Ivan Ljubičić Ivan Ljubicic ----Ivan Ljubičić is a Croatian tennis player born in Bosnia and Herzegovina . His career-high ATP ranking to date has been no. 3, and he stands at no. 37.... |
6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 2. | June 12, 2006 |  HalleGerry Weber Open The Gerry Weber Open is a tennis tournament held in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Held since 1993, the tournament is played on four outdoor grass courts and is a part of the ATP World Tour 250 series on the ATP Tour schedule.... , Germany |
Grass |  Roger FedererRoger Federer Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles... |
0–6, 7–6(7–4), 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | September 25, 2006 |  MumbaiKingfisher Airlines Tennis Open The Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the International Series of the ATP Tour... , India |
Hard |  Dmitry TursunovDmitry Tursunov Dmitry Igorevich Tursunov is a Russian professional male tennis player. He was 12 years old when he came to the United States to train and further his prospects of becoming a professional player.... |
3–6, 6–4, 6–7(6–8) |
| Winner | 3. | June 11, 2007 | Halle, Germany |
Grass |  Marcos BaghdatisMarcos Baghdatis At the French Open, Baghdatis lost in the second round in five sets to Frenchman Julien Benneteau, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 7-6, 4-6.At Wimbledon, Baghdatis defeated British player Andy Murray in the fourth round in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, Baghdatis beat the 2002 champion and former world no. 1... |
7–5, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 4. | July 7, 2008 | Båstad, Sweden |
Clay | Tommy Robredo Tommy Robredo Tommy Robredo Garcés is a Spanish professional tennis player. On 8 May 2006, he broke into the world's top ten for the first time. His highest singles ranking to date is No... |
4–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 4. | October 5, 2008 |  Tokyo, Japan |
Hard |  Juan Martín del PotroJuan Martin Del Potro Juan Martín del Potro is an Argentine professional tennis player. Del Potro achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals for the first time on October 6, 2008. In January 2010, he reached a career-high ranking of world no. 4... |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 5. | May 11, 2009 | Munich BMW Open The BMW Open is a tennis tournament held in Munich, Germany. Held since 1900, the tournament is played on outdoor clay courts and is a part of the ATP Tour schedule.-History:... , Germany |
Clay | Mikhail Youzhny Mikhail Youzhny Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny , is a professional Russian tennis player, noted for his consistency and all-court play style. He has been coached by Boris Sobkin for 17 years.... |
6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–5) |
| Runner-up | 5. | April 4, 2010 | Miami Miami Masters The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park... , United States |
Hard | Andy Roddick Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish.... |
5–7, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | July 4, 2010 |  Wimbledon Championships, London, UK |
Grass | Rafael Nadal |
3–6, 5–7, 4–6 |
| Winner | 6. | October 9, 2011 |  BeijingChina Open (tennis) The China Open is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Beijing, China. The men's singles and doubles events were first held in 1993, the year in which the Qatar Open and Dubai Tennis Championships were also introduced to the men's tour, as the ATP opened a series of new tournaments in... , China |
Hard | Marin Čilić Marin Cilic Marin Čilić , is a Croatian professional tennis player. His career high ATP ranking is no. 9, achieved on 22 February 2010, following his best-ever performance at a Grand Slam, reaching the semi-finals in the 2010 Australian Open... |
3–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
Doubles: 2 (1–1)
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| Winner | 1. | February 24, 2008 |  RotterdamABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament The ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the 500 series of the ATP Tour... , Netherlands |
Hard (i) | Dmitry Tursunov Dmitry Tursunov Dmitry Igorevich Tursunov is a Russian professional male tennis player. He was 12 years old when he came to the United States to train and further his prospects of becoming a professional player.... |
Philipp Kohlschreiber Philipp Kohlschreiber Philipp Kohlschreiber is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The right-hander has won six doubles and three singles titles. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 28 September 2009, when he achieved a ranking of World No. 22... Mikhail YouzhnyMikhail Youzhny Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny , is a professional Russian tennis player, noted for his consistency and all-court play style. He has been coached by Boris Sobkin for 17 years.... |
7–5, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Runner-up | 1. | August 8, 2010 | Washington, D.C. Legg Mason Tennis Classic The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an annual late-summer men's tennis tournament played in Washington, D.C. as part of the ATP Tour. It was first held in 1969. It was later known as the Sovran Bank Classic. . Originally an event of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour and part of the Grand Prix Championship... , United States |
Hard |  Radek ŠtěpánekRadek Štepánek Radek Štěpánek is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.-Career:Štěpánek turned professional in 1997. He started on tour as a doubles specialist, winning 12 ATP titles. Since 2002, Štěpánek has focused on being a better singles player while still playing top-level doubles... |
Mardy Fish Mardy Fish Mardy Simpson Fish is an American professional tennis player, and Olympic silver medalist. He is a hardcourt specialist...  Mark KnowlesMark Knowles Mark Knowles is a former World number 1 doubles professional male tennis player from the Bahamas, who will go down as one of the greatest athletes of his country for his longevity within his sport and charitable contributions off the court.After being awarded a scholarship to the Nick... |
6–4, 6–7(7–9), [7–10] |
Singles performance timeline
Davis Cup and World Team Cup matches are included in the statistics. Walkovers are neither official wins nor official losses. This table is updated till the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals2011 ATP World Tour Finals
The 2011 ATP World Tour Finals was a tennis tournament that was played at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom between November 20 and November 27, 2011. The defending champion in singles was world no. 4 Roger Federer, while the defending champions in doubles were Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić...
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| Tournament | 2003 2003 ATP Tour The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.- January :... | 2004 2004 ATP Tour The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.- January :... | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 2007 ATP Tour The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.-January:... | 2008 2008 ATP Tour The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.-Schedule:This... | 2009 2009 ATP World Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 2009 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World... | 2010 2010 ATP World Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2010 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World... | 2011 2011 ATP World Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2011 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World... | 2012 2012 ATP World Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2012 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World... | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||||
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| Grand Slam tournaments Grand Slam (tennis) The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and... |
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| Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 4R | 4R | 2R 2010 Australian Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but retired due to a right knee injury trailing 3–6, 6–7, 0–3 in the quarterfinals against Andy Murray.Roger Federer met Andy Murray in the final of this event... |
QF 2011 Australian Open – Men's Singles Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Novak Djokovic, who went on to win the tournament by defeating Andy Murray 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 in the final. It was Djokovic's 2nd title at the Australian Open, with this title bearing many resemblances to his title in 2008. Djokovic... |
0 / 8 | 16–8 | 66.67 | |||||||
| French Open | A | 1R | 2R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 1R 2009 French Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion but lost in the fourth round to Robin Söderling. This was Nadal's first ever defeat at the French Open, having won the title in all six of his other appearances... |
SF 2010 French Open – Men's Singles Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Robin Söderling, which allowed him to make a second-successive final here. This was the first time since the 2004 French Open that Federer did not reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament.Rafael Nadal won his fifth... |
1R 2011 French Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal, the defending champion and, after this tournament, six-time winner of this event defended his title by beating long-time rival Roger Federer for his sixth French Open title, tying him with Björn Borg for most all-time in the open era. Notably, the Spaniard played his first ever... |
0 / 8 | 10–8 | 55.56 | |||||||
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 3R | 4R | QF | 3R | 4R | F 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles The Men's Singles event at the 2010 saw Rafael Nadal, the World No. 1 and 2nd seed, defeat 12th seed Tomáš Berdych 6–3 7–5 6–4 in the final to win his 2nd Wimbledon title, and his 8th Grand Slam title overall.... |
4R 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion but lost to Novak Djokovic in the final.Djokovic won his first Wimbledon title. Upon reaching the final, he gained the World No.1 ranking as a result. This marks the first time that neither Roger Federer nor Rafael Nadal is ranked No... |
0 / 7 | 23–8 | 74.19 | |||||||
| US Open | 2R | 4R | 3R | 4R | 4R | 1R | 3R | 1R 2010 US Open – Men's Singles Juan Martín del Potro was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year, after undergoing a wrist operation in May and only starting to practice again in August... |
3R 2011 US Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but was defeated in the final by Novak Djokovic with a score of 6–2, 6–4, 6–7, 6–1. Djokovic claimed his first US Open title, his third Grand Slam of the year, and his fourth Grand Slam overall.-Seeds:... |
0 / 9 | 16–9 | 64.00 | |||||||
| Win–Loss | 1–1 | 4–4 | 5–4 | 10–4 | 10–4 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 12–4 | 9–4 | 0 / 33 | 65–33 | 66.33 | |||||||
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| Tour Finals | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | RR 2010 ATP World Tour Finals – Singles Nikolay Davydenko was the defending champion, but did not qualify for the event.Roger Federer won the tournament after beating Rafael Nadal 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 in the final. It was his fifth title of the year and his fifth year-end championships title. The single set that he lost to Nadal was the only... |
SF 2011 ATP World Tour Finals – Singles Roger Federer was the defending champion and confirmed the title, beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6–3, 6–7, 6–3 in the final. It was the 6th ATP World Tour Finals title for Federer and the 70th title of his whole career.-Seeds:... |
0 / 2 | 3–4 | 42.86 | |||||||
| Davis Cup Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By... |
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| Davis Cup Singles Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By... |
1R 2003 Davis Cup The 2003 Davis Cup was the 92nd edition of the most important tournament between nations in men's tennis. A total of 135 nations participated in the tournament... |
1R 2004 Davis Cup The 2004 Davis Cup was the 93rd edition of the most important tournament between nations in men's tennis. A total of 131 nations participated in the tournament... |
1R 2005 Davis Cup The 2005 Davis Cup was the 94th edition of the most important tournament between nations in men's tennis. A total of 130 teams participated in the tournament... |
PO 2006 Davis Cup The 2006 Davis Cup was the 95th edition of the most important tournament between nations in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and 125 participated in total... |
1R 2007 Davis Cup The 2007 Davis Cup was the 96th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and 123 took part in different regional groups... |
QF 2008 Davis Cup The 2008 Davis Cup was the 97th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and more than one hundred others took part in different regional groups. The first matches were played on February 8–10... |
F 2009 Davis Cup The 2009 Davis Cup was the 98th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and more than one hundred other took part in different regional groups. Spain won their fourth title... |
SF 2010 Davis Cup The 2010 Davis Cup was the 99th edition of the most important annual tournament among national teams in men's tennis worldwide... |
1R 2011 Davis Cup The 2011 Davis Cup is the 100th edition of a tournament between national teams in men's tennis.The draw took place in September 2010 in Brussels, Belgium.-World Group:... |
0 / 9 | 15–11 | 57.69 | |||||||
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| Summer Olympics Tennis at the Summer Olympics Tennis was part of the Summer Olympic Games program from the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics, but was dropped after the 1924 Summer Olympics... |
NH | QF | Not Held | 3R Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Singles The Men's Singles tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 10 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt competition. Matches were in best-of-3 sets, except for the final which was in best-of-5 sets... |
Not Held | 0 / 2 | 5–2 | 71.43 | |||||||||||
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 The ATP World Tour Masters 1000 is a series of nine tennis tournaments that are part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America and Asia... |
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| Indian Wells | A | A | 3R | 4R | 2R | 2R | 2R | QF 2010 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Singles The Men's singles tournament of this event started in the week of March 8. It was the year's first of nine tournaments in the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 series.Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but he lost to Ivan Ljubičić in the semifinals.... |
4R 2011 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Singles The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2011. It was the 37th edition of the event, known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2011... |
0 / 7 | 9–7 | 56.25 | |||||||
| Miami | A | A | 1R | 3R | 3R | SF | 4R | F 2010 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's Singles Andy Murray was the defending champion, but lost to Mardy Fish in the second round.Andy Roddick beat Tomáš Berdych 7-5, 6-4 to win his first Masters 1000 event since 2006... |
QF 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's Singles Andy Roddick was the defending champion, but lost to Pablo Cuevas in the second round.Novak Djokovic won the title, defeating Rafael Nadal 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 in the final for the second week in a row after also beating him in the Indian Wells final the previous week... |
0 / 7 | 16–7 | 69.57 | |||||||
| Monte Carlo | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | SF | A | 1R | 3R 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Singles Rafael Nadal defended the 2009 title by defeating his compatriot Fernando Verdasco 6–0, 6–1 to break an 11-month title drought, and to win a historic 6th consecutive title here in Monte-Carlo.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.... |
3R 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Singles Rafael Nadal was the six-time defending champion and defended his title by beating compatriot David Ferrer 6–4, 7–5. This was Nadal's 7th consecutive title in Monte-Carlo, which is the all-time record both for consecutive titles at any tournament and the most titles at this tournament.-Seeds:The... |
0 / 7 | 9–7 | 56.25 | |||||||
| Rome Rome Masters The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's... |
A | LQ | 1R | 3R | QF | A | 1R | 2R 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal successfully defended his title by defeating David Ferrer 7–5, 6–2.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Roger Federer # Novak Djokovic # Rafael Nadal ... |
QF 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, however he lost to Novak Djokovic in the final. Djokovic defeated him 6–4, 6–4 to win his 39th consecutive match and his 7th title of 2011... |
0 / 6 | 8–6 | 57.14 | |||||||
| Madrid Madrid Masters There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters... |
A | 1R | 1R | SF | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | QF 2011 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion but lost to world No. 2 Novak Djokovic 7–5, 6–4 in the final. It was the second win for Djokovic on a ATP Master 1000 Tournament played on clay courts, the 6th title of the year and 24th of his career... |
0 / 7 | 7–7 | 50 | |||||||
| Montreal / Toronto Canada Masters The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour... |
A | A | 2R | QF | 1R | 2R | 1R | QF | QF 2011 Rogers Cup – Men's Singles Andy Murray was the two-time defending champion, but lost to Kevin Anderson in the second round.World No.1 Novak Djokovic won his 10th Masters 1000 title of his career and his 9th title of the year, beating Mardy Fish in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–4... |
0 / 7 | 9–7 | 56.25 | |||||||
| Cincinnati Cincinnati Masters The Cincinnati Open is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city., Between... |
A | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | QF | 3R 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Singles Roger Federer became the first player since Andre Agassi in 1996 to have successfully defended the title. He defeated Mardy Fish in the final 6–7, 7–6, 6–4. It was his 4th win at the event also winning in 2005, 2007, and 2009... |
SF | 0 / 7 | 11–7 | 61.11 | |||||||
| Shanghai Shanghai Masters (tennis) The Shanghai Masters is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour. It is held annually in October at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, People's... |
Not Held | Not ATP Masters Series | 3R | 3R 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters 1000 – Singles Nikolay Davydenko was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Mischa Zverev.Andy Murray won this tournament, by beating Roger Federer 6–3, 6–2 in the final.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.... |
3R 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles Andy Murray was the defending champion and successfully defended his title by beating David Ferrer 7–5, 6–4 in the final.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Rafael Nadal # Andy Murray ... |
0 / 3 | 4–3 | 51.14 | |||||||||||
| Paris Paris Masters The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour... |
A | A | W | QF | 3R | 3R | 2R | 3R 2010 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Michaël Llodra.Robin Söderling won the title, defeating Gaël Monfils 6–1, 7–6 in the final.-Seeds:All seeds received a bye into the second round.# Roger Federer ... |
SF 2011 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles Robin Söderling was the defending champion, but could not participate due to mononucleosis.Roger Federer won the title, defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–1, 7–6 in the final.-Seeds:All seeds received a bye into the second round.... |
1 / 7 | 16–6 | 72.73 | |||||||
| Hamburg Hamburg Masters The German Open Hamburg, established in 1892, is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Originally a Grand Prix Tennis Tour event between 1978 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix Championship... |
A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | NMS | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33.33 | |||||||||
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–2 | 12–8 | 14–9 | 12–9 | 9–7 | 9–9 | 16–8 | 19–9 | 1 / 62 | 91–61 | 59.87 | |||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments Played | 2 | 15 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 186 | |||||||||
| Titles | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| Finals Reached | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Overall Win–Loss | 2–2 | 16–15 | 34–29 | 48–24 | 46–24 | 35–21 | 36–26 | 45–27 | 53–23 | 6 / 185 | 315–191 | 62.25 | |||||||
| Year End Ranking | 113 | 45 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 7 | $9,879,024 | |||||||||