Tomas Berdych was born on September 17, 1985 in Valasske Mezirici, Czech. He is a tennis player well known for his powerful groundstroke.

Biography and Career :

He started playing tennis since he was a child and became a professional player in 2002. On September 27, the first title of his career came at the tournament in Palermo, Italy. It was a final against Filippo Volandri and the match was won after two identical sets, 6-3, 6-3. The next title came after one year at Paris, France. The final was played against Ivan Ljubicic and it was a hard one, ended with the score 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4. In 2006 he managed to play another two finals, at Halle and Mumbai, but unfortunately he was defeated by Roger Federer and Dmitry Tursunov.
Until now (2007) he won three titles, the la st one at Halle, Germany in 2007 defeating Marcos Baghdati. As a doubles player he hasn't won a title yet. About the Grand Slam titles he hasn't won one yet. In 2004 and 2006 he played into the fourth round at the US Open. In 2006 he also played the fourth round at Wimbledon and Roland Garros and one year later he was defeated in the fourth round at the Australian Open.

He has a romantic relationship with Lucie Safarova, who is also a Czech professional tennis player. We can say that he is at the beginning of his career. He is talented and with hard training and work he will achieve a lot of success. In 2004 at the Athens Olympics he beat Roger Federer, World's number One. This was a great step for him in his career.

Trivia :

- Height: 195 cm
- Weight: 90 kg
- She plays: right-handed.
- She turned pro in 2002.

Career Review :

- Singles Record: 126 - 83
- Singles Titles: 3
- Doubles Record: 34 - 52
- Doubles Titles: 0
- Prize Money: $3,008,725
- Career High ATP Ranking - Singles: 10 (23-Oct-2006).
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Tags: 1985, czech, tennis, lucie safarova	[edit tags]

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Category: Sport Stars  - ( Sport Stars Archive)

Date Added: 19 August '09

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