Tomáš Anzari

Tomáš Anzari
Country (sports) Czechoslovakia
(until 1992)
Czech Republic
(from 1993)
ResidenceOlomouc,
Czech Republic
Born (1970-06-24) 24 June 1970 (age 54)
Třinec, Czechoslovakia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1989
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$335,020
Singles
Career record1-14
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 134 (19 August 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (1992, 1993)
French OpenQ2 (1993, 1994)
WimbledonQ1 (1996)
US OpenQ1 (1992)
Doubles
Career record37–75
Career titles0
14 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 80 (22 February 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1992, 1993, 1998, 1999)
French Open3R (1990)
Wimbledon1R (1990, 1993, 1998)
US Open2R (1992, 1998)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (1990)
Last updated on: 5 October 2021.

Tomáš Anzari (born Třinec, 24 June 1970) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic and writer on psychology and stress in sports. He was also known as Tomáš Zdražila.

Career

Anzari, with countryman David Rikl, won the boys' doubles at the ITF World Championships in 1988, the same year that they were number-one-ranked juniors. The pair were runners-up in the 1988 Wimbledon Championships, losing the boys' doubles final to Jason Stoltenberg and Todd Woodbridge. He remained with Rikl after turning professional and at the 1990 French Open, their first Grand Slam tournament in the men's, they reached the third round. It would remain Anzari's best performance in a Grand Slam.

He reached eight doubles semi-finals on the ATP Tour, but only once made it into the final, in 1992, when he and Carl Limberger were runners-up at the BMW Open.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series(0–0)
ATP World Tour Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour World Series (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 1992 Munich, Germany World Series Clay Carl Limberger David Adams
Menno Oosting
6–3, 5–7, 3–6

ATP Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 1994 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Carpet Karol Kučera 0–6, 4–6

Doubles: 23 (14–9)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (10–6)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (2–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jan 1990 Heilbronn, West Germany Challenger Carpet David Rikl Byron Talbot
Jörgen Windahl
6–4, 6–4
Win 2–0 Mar 1990 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay David Rikl Eduardo Masso
Christian Miniussi
6–3, 6–7, 7–5
Win 3–0 Apr 1990 Zaragoza, Spain Challenger Clay David Rikl Carlos Costa
Francisco Roig
6–3, 7–6
Win 4–0 Apr 1991 Oporto, Portugal Challenger Clay Dimitri Poliakov Paul Haarhuis
Mark Koevermans
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 4–1 Jun 1991 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay Josef Čihák David Rikl
Éric Winogradsky
1–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win 5–1 Jul 1991 Oporto, Portugal Challenger Clay Josef Čihák Juan Carlos Báguena
Andrés Gómez
7–5, 6–2
Win 6–1 Aug 1991 Pescara, Italy Challenger Clay Josef Čihák Johan Donar
John Sobel
6–3, 6–4
Loss 6–2 Sep 1991 Merano, Italy Challenger Clay Josef Čihák Carlos Costa
Christian Miniussi
3–6, 3–6
Win 7–2 Apr 1992 Oporto, Portugal Challenger Clay Carl Limberger Brian Devening
Bent-Ove Pedersen
3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 7–3 Jun 1992 Yvetot, France Challenger Clay Jaime Oncins Mikael Tillström
Mårten Renström
6–7, 7–5, 2–6
Win 8–3 Oct 1992 Reggio Calabria, Italy Challenger Clay Brent Haygarth João Cunha-Silva
Dimitri Poliakov
6–4, 7–6
Loss 8–4 Oct 1992 Cherbourg, France Challenger Carpet Joost Winnink Christian Saceanu
Kent Kinnear
1–6, 4–6
Win 9–4 May 1994 Cali, Colombia Challenger Clay João Cunha-Silva Kirk Haygarth
Bill Behrens
7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Win 10–4 Nov 1994 Rogaška, Slovenia Challenger Carpet Jan Kodeš Barry Cowan
Andrew Richardson
6–5, 6–3
Loss 10–5 May 1995 Sliema, Malta Challenger Hard Patrick Baur Marius Barnard
Lionel Barthez
5–7, 3–6
Loss 10–6 Jul 1995 Ostend, Belgium Challenger Clay Emanuel Couto Clinton Ferreira
Aleksandar Kitinov
6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Loss 10–7 Mar 1997 Magdeburg, Germany Challenger Carpet Petr Luxa Trey Phillips
Chris Wilkinson
3–6, 4–6
Win 11–7 Jun 1997 Zagreb, Croatia Challenger Clay David Roditi Paul Rosner
Brandon Coupe
3–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win 12–7 Aug 1997 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay David Rikl Jordi Burillo
László Markovits
6–3, 6–2
Loss 12–8 Apr 1998 Espinho, Portugal Challenger Clay Alberto Martín Jens Knippschild
Stephen Noteboom
6–7, 5–7
Loss 12–9 May 1998 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay Alberto Martín Marius Barnard
Stephen Noteboom
6–7, 7–6, 6–7
Win 13–9 Dec 1999 Jaipur, India Challenger Grass Satoshi Iwabuchi Ivo Karlović
Yuri Schukin
7–6, 4–6, 7–6
Win 14–9 Mar 2000 Bombay, India Challenger Hard Satoshi Iwabuchi Maxime Boyé
Eyal Erlich
7–6(11–9), 6–4

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q3 Q3 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A Q2 Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami A A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Monte Carlo A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Stuttgart Q2 A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Hamburg A Q2 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%

Doubles

Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 1R A A A A 1R 1R 0 / 4 0–4 0%
French Open 3R A 2R A A A A A 2R A 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Wimbledon 1R A A 1R A A A A 1R A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
US Open A A A 2R A A A A 2R A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–loss 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–4 0–1 0 / 12 6–12 85%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Monte Carlo 1R A A A Q1 A A A A Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Stuttgart A A 1R A A A A A 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Hamburg 1R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome 1R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0 / 6 1–6 14%

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partnet Opponents Score
Loss 1988 Wimbledon Grass David Rikl Todd Woodbridge
Jason Stoltenberg
4–6, 6–1, 5–7

References

  1. ^ Tomáš Anzari Psychologický rozbor hráče tenisu v zátěžové situaci Bachelor's thesis
  2. ^ Tomáš Anzari own bio at psychology-tenisu.cz website
  3. ^ http://www.attour.cz/file.php?id=245 "Na fotografii zleva: Tomáš Anzari (dříve Zdražila)"
  4. ^ ITF Tennis Profile
  5. ^ ATP World Tour Profile