Petr Korda (born 23 January 1968) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He won the 1998 Australian Open and was runner-up at the 1992 French Open, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 2 in February 1998. Korda tested positive for doping in July 1998 at Wimbledon, and was banned from September 1999 for 12 months, but he retired shortly before the ban.[2]

Petr Korda
Korda in 2024
Country (sports) Czechoslovakia (1987–1992)
 Czech Republic
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco & Bradenton, Florida
Born (1968-01-23) 23 January 1968 (age 56)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1987
Retired2005[1]
PlaysLeft-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$10,448,900
Singles
Career record410–248 (62.3%)
Career titles10
Highest rankingNo. 2 (2 February 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (1998)
French OpenF (1992)
WimbledonQF (1998)
US OpenQF (1995, 1997)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (1992)
Grand Slam CupW (1993)
Doubles
Career record234–160
Career titles10
Highest rankingNo. 10 (11 June 1990)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1996)
French OpenF (1990)
Wimbledon2R (1990, 1991)
US Open3R (1989, 1991, 1995)
Team competitions
Davis CupSF (1996)
Hopman CupW (1994)
Last updated on: July 1999.

Tennis career

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Juniors

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He first came to the tennis world's attention as a promising junior player. In 1985, he partnered with fellow Czech Cyril Suk to win the boys' doubles title at the French Open. Korda and Suk ranked the joint-World No. 1 junior doubles players that year.

Junior Slam results:

  • Australian Open: -
  • French Open: 3R (1986)
  • Wimbledon: QF (1986)
  • US Open: QF (1986)

Professional career

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Korda turned professional in 1987. He won his first career doubles title in 1988, and his first top-level singles title in 1991. Korda was involved in four Grand Slam finals during his career – two in singles and two in doubles. Korda also was known for the "Scissors Kick" which he would do at midcourt after winning matches.

In 1990, Korda and Goran Ivanišević finished runners-up in the men's doubles at the French Open, and as a result, Korda reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 10. In 1992, he rose to the men's singles final at the French Open beating Christian Bergström, Shuzo Matsuoka, Michiel Schapers, Jaime Oncins, Andrei Cherkasov and Henri Leconte, before he was defeated in straight sets by defending champion Jim Courier 7–5, 6–2, 6–1.

A highlight of Korda's career include winning the Grand Slam Cup in 1993, with five-set wins in the semifinal and final over Pete Sampras and Michael Stich, the number 1 and 2 tennis players in the world at that time. Korda also was a part of the Czech Republic's team which won the Hopman Cup in 1994. In 1996 he teamed-up with Stefan Edberg to win the men's doubles title at the Australian Open. He also upset the defending champion, Pete Sampras, in five sets in the fourth round of the 1997 US Open.

The crowning moment of Korda's career came in 1998, when he defeated Albert Portas, Scott Draper, Vincent Spadea, Cédric Pioline, Jonas Björkman and Karol Kučera to face Marcelo Ríos in the men's singles final at the Australian Open. Korda dominated the match from start to finish by winning in straight sets 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 and claimed his first Grand Slam singles title in just 1 hour and 25 minutes. The win propelled him to his career-high singles ranking of World No. 2. At four tournaments in 1998, Korda had the world No. 1 ranking in his sights, but he lost to Karol Kučera in Antwerp, Marcelo Ríos at Indian Wells, Tim Henman in Miami and Richard Krajicek in Monte Carlo.

Suspension and retirement

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Following his quarterfinal match against Tim Henman at the Wimbledon 1998, Korda tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone.[3][4] This came to light in December 1998 when the appeals board of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) accepted his denial of intent and agreed not to ban him, instead merely withholding his Wimbledon prize money and ranking points.[3] The ensuing controversy caused the ITF to launch an appeal against its own decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).[3] In January 1999 Korda obtained a ruling in the High Court of England and Wales that the ITF could not appeal,[5] but the High Court ruling was overturned by the Court of Appeal. In July 1999 the CAS allowed the ITF appeal and on 1 September 1999 the ITF banned Korda for 12 months and stripped him of all prize money and ranking points since the failed test.[3]

Before the ban, Korda had already announced his retirement, after losing to Danny Sapsford and failing to qualify for Wimbledon 1999.[3] However, after his ban he competed in Czech ATP Challenger Tour events: the Prague Open (singles and doubles) in December 2000 and the Czech Open (doubles) in 2001 and 2005.

Personal life

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Korda married Regina Rajchrtová, a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia. They have two daughters and a son. The oldest, Jessica, was born on 27 February 1993; she is a professional golfer, and finished 19th in the 2008 U.S. Women's Open as a 15-year-old, with Korda as her caddy. He later caddied at the 2013 U.S. Women's Open for his other daughter, Nelly, also a professional golfer.

Korda's son, Sebastian, is a professional tennis player.[6]

Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1992 French Open Clay   Jim Courier 5–7, 2–6, 1–6
Win 1998 Australian Open Hard   Marcelo Ríos 6–2, 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1990 French Open Clay   Goran Ivanišević   Sergio Casal
  Emilio Sánchez Vicario
5–7, 3–6
Win 1996 Australian Open Hard   Stefan Edberg   Sébastien Lareau
  Alex O'Brien
7–5, 7–5, 4–6, 6–1

Other significant finals

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Grand Slam Cup

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Singles: 1 (1–0)

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Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win 1993 Grand Slam Cup, Munich Carpet (i)   Michael Stich 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 11–9

Masters Series finals

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Singles: 3 (1–2)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1991 Canada Masters Hard   Andrei Chesnokov 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 1994 Indian Wells Masters Hard   Pete Sampras 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win 1997 Stuttgart Masters Carpet (i)   Richard Krajicek 7–6(8–6), 6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 4 (3–1)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Win 1990 Monte-Carlo Masters Clay   Tomáš Šmíd   Andrés Gómez
  Javier Sánchez
6–4, 7–6
Loss 1992 Monte-Carlo Masters Clay   Karel Nováček   Boris Becker
  Michael Stich
4–6, 4–6
Win 1993 Monte-Carlo Masters Clay   Stefan Edberg   Paul Haarhuis
  Mark Koevermans
3–6, 6–2, 7–6
Win 1993 Cincinnati Masters Hard   Andre Agassi   Stefan Edberg
  Henrik Holm
7–6, 6–4

ATP career finals

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Singles: 27 (10 titles, 17 runners-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam (1–1)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
Grand Slam Cup (1–0)
ATP Masters Series (1–2)
ATP Championship Series (2–5)
ATP World Series (5–9)
Titles by surface
Hard (6–8)
Clay (0–4)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (4–4)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Oct 1989 Frankfurt, West Germany Carpet   Kevin Curren 2–6, 5–7
Loss 2. May 1991 Tampa, US Clay   Richey Reneberg 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 3. Jul 1991 Washington, D.C., US Hard   Andre Agassi 3–6, 4–6
Loss 4. Jul 1991 Montreal, Canada Hard   Andrei Chesnokov 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win 1. Aug 1991 New Haven, US Hard   Goran Ivanišević 6–4, 6–2
Win 2. Oct 1991 Berlin, Germany Carpet   Arnaud Boetsch 6–3, 6–4
Loss 5. May 1992 Munich, Germany Clay   Magnus Larsson 4–6, 6–4, 1–6
Loss 6. Jun 1992 French Open, Paris Clay   Jim Courier 5–7, 2–6, 1–6
Win 3. Jul 1992 Washington, D.C., US Hard   Henrik Holm 6–4, 6–4
Win 4. Aug 1992 Long Island, US Hard   Ivan Lendl 6–2, 6–2
Loss 7. Oct 1992 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i)   Boris Becker 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 4–6
Loss 8. Oct 1992 Toulouse, France Hard (i)   Guy Forget 3–6, 2–6
Win 5. Oct 1992 Vienna, Austria Carpet   Gianluca Pozzi 6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 6–1
Loss 9. Aug 1993 New Haven, US Hard   Andrei Medvedev 5–7, 4–6
Loss 10. Oct 1993 Sydney, Australia Hard (i)   Jaime Yzaga 2–6, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–7(7–9)
Win 6. Dec 1993 Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany Carpet   Michael Stich 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 11–9
Loss 11. Feb 1994 Milan, Italy Carpet   Boris Becker 2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 12. Mar 1994 Indian Wells, US Hard   Pete Sampras 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 13. May 1994 Munich, Germany Clay   Michael Stich 2–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win 7. Jan 1996 Doha, Qatar Hard   Younes El Aynaoui 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 14. Jul 1996 Ostrava, Czech Republic Carpet   David Prinosil 1–6, 2–6
Loss 15. Jun 1997 Halle, Germany Grass   Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–7(7–9)
Loss 16. Jul 1997 Washington, D.C., US Hard   Michael Chang 7–5, 2–6, 1–6
Win 8. Oct 1997 Stuttgart, Germany Carpet   Richard Krajicek 7–6(8–6), 6–2, 6–4
Loss 17. Nov 1997 Moscow, Russia Carpet   Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win 9. Jan 1998 Doha, Qatar Hard   Fabrice Santoro 6–0, 6–3
Win 10. Feb 1998 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard   Marcelo Ríos 6–2, 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 24 (10 titles, 14 runners-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam (1–1)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
Grand Slam Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (3–1)
ATP Championship Series (1–4)
ATP World Series (5–10)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (5–9)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Oct 1987 Palermo, Italy Clay   Tomáš Šmíd   Leonardo Lavalle
  Claudio Panatta
6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win 1. Jul 1988 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay   Milan Šrejber   Andrés Gómez
  Emilio Sánchez
7–6, 7–6
Win 2. Aug 1988 Prague, Czechoslovakia Clay   Jaroslav Navrátil   Thomas Muster
  Horst Skoff
7–5, 7–6
Loss 2. Jul 1989 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay   Milan Šrejber   Cássio Motta
  Todd Witsken
4–6, 3–6
Win 3. Jul 1989 Stuttgart, West Germany Clay   Tomáš Šmíd   Florin Segărceanu
  Cyril Suk
6–3, 6–4
Loss 3. Aug 1989 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay   Tomáš Šmíd   Emilio Sánchez
  Javier Sánchez
5–7, 6–7
Loss 4. Aug 1989 Prague, Czechoslovakia Clay   Gene Mayer   Jordi Arrese
  Horst Skoff
4–6, 4–6
Win 4. Apr 1990 Monte-Carlo, Monaco Clay   Tomáš Šmíd   Andrés Gómez
  Javier Sánchez
6–4, 7–6
Loss 5. May 1990 Munich, West Germany Clay   Tomáš Šmíd   Udo Riglewski
  Michael Stich
1–6, 4–6
Loss 6. Jun 1990 French Open, Paris, France Clay   Goran Ivanišević   Sergio Casal
  Emilio Sánchez
5–7, 3–6
Loss 7. Aug 1990 New Haven, US Hard   Goran Ivanišević   Jeff Brown
  Scott Melville
6–2, 5–7, 0–6
Win 5. Aug 1991 New Haven, US Hard   Wally Masur   Jeff Brown
  Scott Melville
W/O
Win 6. Oct 1991 Berlin, Germany Carpet   Karel Nováček   Jan Siemerink
  Daniel Vacek
3–6, 7–5, 7–5
Loss 8. Sep 1991 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i)   John McEnroe   Jakob Hlasek
  Patrick McEnroe
6–3, 6–7, 6–7
Loss 9. Apr 1992 Monte-Carlo, Monaco Clay   Karel Nováček   Boris Becker
  Michael Stich
4–6, 4–6
Loss 10. Jul 1992 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay   Cyril Suk   Hendrik Jan Davids
  Libor Pimek
W/O
Win 7. Apr 1993 Monte-Carlo, Monaco Clay   Stefan Edberg   Paul Haarhuis
  Mark Koevermans
3–6, 6–2, 7–6
Win 8. Jun 1993 Halle, Germany Grass   Cyril Suk   Mike Bauer
  Marc-Kevin Goellner
7–6, 5–7, 6–3
Win 9. Aug 1993 Cincinnati, US Hard   Andre Agassi   Stefan Edberg
  Henrik Holm
7–6, 6–4
Loss 11. May 1994 Munich, Germany Clay   Boris Becker   Yevgeny Kafelnikov
  David Rikl
6–7, 5–7
Loss 12. Feb 1995 Milan, Italy Carpet   Karel Nováček   Boris Becker
  Guy Forget
2–6, 4–6
Loss 13. Jul 1995 Washington, D.C., US Hard   Cyril Suk   Olivier Delaître
  Jeff Tarango
6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Win 10. Jan 1996 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard   Stefan Edberg   Sébastien Lareau
  Alex O'Brien
7–5, 7–5, 4–6, 6–1
Loss 14. Aug 1996 Indianapolis, US Hard   Cyril Suk   Jim Grabb
  Richey Reneberg
6–7, 6–4, 4–6

Performance timelines

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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

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Professional Career
Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A NH A A A 2R 2R 1R QF 1R 3R 1R 1R W 3R A 1 / 10 17–9
French Open A A A 2R A 2R 2R F 2R 1R 1R 3R 4R 1R 2R A 0 / 11 15–11
Wimbledon A A A 3R A 1R 1R 2R 4R 2R 4R A 4R QF Q2 A 0 / 9 17–9
US Open A A A 1R A 2R 1R 1R 1R A QF 3R QF 1R A A 0 / 9 11–9
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–3 0–0 3–4 2–4 7–4 8–4 1–3 9–4 4–3 9–4 11–3 3–2 0–0 1 / 39 60–38
Year-end championship
Tennis Masters Cup Did not qualify RR Did not qualify 0 / 1 0–3
Grand Slam Cup Not Held QF W 1R SF QF NH 1 / 5 7–4
Grand Prix ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A 1R 3R QF F 2R 1R A QF 1R A 0 / 8 11–8
Miami Masters A A A 1R A 2R 2R 3R SF QF 2R 4R 2R 4R 1R A 0 / 11 14–11
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A 2R A 2R 3R 2R 1R 3R A QF A A 0 / 7 7–7
Rome Masters A A A A A 1R A SF A A 1R 2R A 1R A A 0 / 5 5–5
Hamburg Masters A A A 1R A 1R A 2R A 3R 2R A A A A A 0 / 5 2–5
Canada Masters A A A A A 2R F QF SF 2R 2R 3R 1R 2R A A 0 / 9 13–9
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A 1R 2R QF 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R QF A A 0 / 9 9–9
Stuttgart Masters1 A A A A A 3R QF QF QF 1R A A W 2R A A 1 / 7 13–6
Paris Masters A A A A 1R 1R QF 2R 3R QF A SF 3R 2R A A 0 / 9 11–9
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 3–8 11–6 12–9 13–7 14–8 4–7 13–7 7–4 8–8 0–2 0–0 1 / 67 85–66
Career Statistics
Finals 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 7 3 3 0 2 3 2 0 0 27
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 10
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–0 2–1 8–13 13–8 24–27 45–24 62–30 54–23 38–22 27–23 42–19 55–24 34–21 6–12 0–0 410–248
Win % 0% 66% 38% 62% 47% 65% 67% 70% 63% 54% 69% 70% 62% 33% 62.31%
Year-End Ranking 794 511 87 188 59 38 9 7 12 18 41 24 13 13 1332

1 Held as Stockholm Masters until 1994, Stuttgart Masters from 1995 to 2001.

Doubles

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Professional Career
Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 ... 2005 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A NH A A A 2R 1R 2R 1R 3R SF W 2R A A A A A 1 / 8 15–7
French Open A A 1R 2R 2R F 2R QF SF A 1R 3R 3R A A A A A 0 / 10 19–10
Wimbledon A A A 1R A 2R 2R 1R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 4 2–4
US Open A A A A 3R 2R 3R 1R A A 3R 1R 1R A A A A A 0 / 7 7–7
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 3–2 8–4 4–4 4–4 4–2 2–1 6–3 8–2 3–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1 / 29 43–28
Grand Prix ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 6 0–6
Miami Masters A A A 2R A 2R A QF QF A QF 3R 1R A A A A A 0 / 7 12–6
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A 2R A W A F W 1R 1R 1R A QF A A A A 2 / 8 16–5
Rome Masters A A A A 2R 1R A 2R A A 2R 2R A A A A A A 0 / 5 4–5
Hamburg Masters A A 1R 2R A 2R A 2R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 4 3–4
Canada Masters A A A A A 1R 2R A A 1R 1R 2R A A A A A A 0 / 5 2–5
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A 2R 1R 1R W 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R A A A A 1 / 9 8–7
Stuttgart Masters1 A A A A A QF A A A A A 2R A A A A A A 0 / 2 2–2
Paris Masters A A A A 1R 1R A A 2R A A QF A A A A A A 0 / 4 3–4
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–3 1–2 9–8 1–3 9–6 14–3 1–4 4–5 7–7 0–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3 / 44 48–38
Year-End Ranking 296 91 46 26 15 63 64 32 115 44 23 220 321 1009 1536 1683

1 Held as Stockholm Masters until 1994, Stuttgart Masters from 1995 to 2001.

Top 10 wins

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Season 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total
Wins 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 7 7 6 1 2 4 3 0 37
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score KR
1990
1.   Jay Berger 10 Philadelphia, United States Carpet (i) QF 7–6, 6–1 53
2.   Brad Gilbert 5 Davis Cup, Prague, Czechoslovakia Carpet (i) RR 6–2, 6–3, 6–3 26
1991
3.   Andre Agassi 6 Montreal, Canada Hard 2R 7–6(7–3), 6–2 40
4.   Jim Courier 5 Montreal, Canada Hard SF 3–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–2 40
5.   Ivan Lendl 5 Stockholm, Sweden Carpet (i) 3R 5–7, 6–1, 6–4 13
6.   Sergi Bruguera 9 Paris, France Carpet (i) 3R 6–2, 6–4 11
1992
7.   Pete Sampras 4 Davis Cup, Fort Myers, United States Hard RR 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 10
8.   Pete Sampras 4 Rome, Italy Clay QF 1–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3 9
9.   Michael Stich 5 World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany Clay RR 6–3, 6–2 8
10.   Pete Sampras 3 World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany Clay RR 6–3, 6–1 8
11.   Stefan Edberg 2 Long Island, United States Hard SF 7–5, 7–5 6
12.   Ivan Lendl 9 Long Island, United States Hard F 6–2, 6–2 6
13.   Ivan Lendl 9 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) SF 6–4, 6–3 7
1993
14.   Stefan Edberg 3 Miami, United States Hard QF 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5) 5
15.   Michael Stich 10 World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany Clay RR 7–6(7–0), 6–1 6
16.   Stefan Edberg 3 World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany Clay RR 6–1, 6–1 6
17.   Michael Stich 7 Davis Cup, Halle, Germany Grass RR 6–2, 7–6(7–5) 9
18.   Ivan Lendl 7 Montreal, Canada Hard QF 7–6(7–4), 6–1 11
19.   Sergi Bruguera 4 Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany Carpet (i) QF 4–6, 6–0, 6–4 12
20.   Pete Sampras 1 Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany Carpet (i) SF 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 7–6(12–10), 13–11 12
21.   Michael Stich 2 Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany Carpet (i) F 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 11–9 12
1994
22.   Goran Ivanišević 7 Milan, Italy Carpet (i) QF 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 14
23.   Sergi Bruguera 4 Milan, Italy Carpet (i) SF 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 14
24.   Todd Martin 9 Indian Wells, United States Hard 3R 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 14
25.   Magnus Gustafsson 10 Munich, Germany Clay QF 6–4, 6–4 13
26.   Stefan Edberg 3 World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany Clay RR 6–1, 6–4 12
27.   Stefan Edberg 6 Paris, France Carpet (i) 2R 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 20
1995
28.   Michael Chang 5 Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom Grass 2R 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 56
1996
29.   Goran Ivanišević 5 Ostrava, Czech Republic Carpet (i) 2R 7–6(7–5), 6–2 49
30.   Marcelo Ríos 10 Paris, France Carpet (i) 2R 6–3, 6–4 37
1997
31.   Thomas Muster 4 Halle, Germany Grass QF 6–3, 6–4 27
32.   Pete Sampras 1 US Open, New York, United States Hard 4R 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–6(7–3) 16
33.   Marcelo Ríos 10 Stuttgart, Germany Carpet (i) QF 6–3, 6–4 17
34.   Pat Rafter 3 Stuttgart, Germany Carpet (i) SF 6–4, 7–6(7–3) 17
1998
35.   Jonas Björkman 4 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard QF 3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 7
36.   Marcelo Ríos 8 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard F 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 7
37.   Jonas Björkman 7 World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany Clay RR 6–3, 6–1 2

References

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  1. ^ "Petr Korda: Overview". ATP Tour. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  2. ^ Rios asks for doping check of Korda from 1998. tennis.com (5 March 2015). Retrieved on 2015-11-07.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Korda suspended for a year". The Augusta Chronicle. Associated Press. 1 September 1999. Archived from the original on 9 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Korda awaits doping case ruling", BBC, 28 January 1999.
  5. ^ "Korda escapes ban", BBC, 29 January 1999.
  6. ^ "Sebastian Korda | Player Bio". ATP Tour. 13 September 2021. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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