Stefan Koubek

Stefan Koubek ( Klagenfurt , January 2 1977 ) is an Austrian tennis player . He is professor since 1994. He took first the top 100 in 1998 and the top 50 in 1999. His highest ranking on the ATP ranking is 20th, which he obtained on 13 March 2000.

Koubek wrote in his career just three tournaments and one men's doubles tournament in his name. He also won two challengers in singles. His best result in singles at agrand slam tournament was reaching the quarterfinals at the Australian Open in 2002.



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[verbergen]  *1 Career  ==[Career  edit ] == ===[Annual  edit ] === ====1994 - 1998 [  edit ] ==== Koubek was a tennis pro in 1994. He played that year his first match in an ATP tournament in St. Pölten, which he lost to Spaniard Oscar Martinez . He played his next tournament on the professional level until 1996. In August of that year Koubel won his first match at ATP level in Umag, where he was in the first round the Dane Frederik Fetterlein defeated. He lost in the second round of Ctislav Doseděl . He defeated his first top 100 players on the challenger from Cairo, where he was in the second round of the Moroccan Karim Alami defeated. In 1997 he lost in the finals of the challengers Ulm and Alpirsbach and he took in July the quarterfinals of the ATP tournament in Kitzbuhel . In 1998 he won his first two Challenger tournaments, in Alpirsbach and Lima . He took that year the quarterfinal on the ATP tournament in Bournemouth . In late November 1998, he climbed for the first time in the top 100. ====1999 [  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In 1999, Koubek made ​​his grand slam debut at the Australian Open . He lost in the first round of Cecil Mamiit . In March and May, he reached the quarter-finals respectively in Casablanca and St. Pölten . In April, he won his first ATP tournament. He defeated in the final of the ATP tournament in Atlanta Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean . At Roland Garros Koubek reached the fourth round, his best performance ever on the Grand Slam, but at Wimbledon he was already in the first round sent home. During the summer, he reached the semi-finals in Kitzbuhel and the quarterfinals in San Marino . He came in early August for the first time within the top 50. At theUS Open he was lying there after the first lap out. After the US Open he made ​​in September, the final of the ATP tournament in Bournemouth, which he lost to Adrian Voinea , and in October the quarterfinal on the ATP tournament in Vienna . ====2000 - 2001 <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In early 2000, Koubek reached the third round at the Australian Open . In February, he reached the semi-final in Mexico City and he won his second hardcourt title at theATP tournament in Delray Beach in the final to the Spaniard Álex Calatrava defeat. In March, he reached his highest position ever on the ATP rankings when he climbed up to place 20. In April he reached the quarterfinals in Atlanta . At Roland Garros, in Wimbledon and at the US Open , he was eliminated in the second round. His best result in the fall was the quarterfinal at the ATP tournament in Vienna .
 * 1.1 Annual Reports
 * 1.1.1 1994-1998
 * 1.1.2 1999
 * 1.1.3 2000-2001
 * 1.1.4 2002-2004
 * 1.1.5 2005-2009
 * 1.1.6 2010-2011
 * 1.2 Davis Cup
 * 2 Palmares
 * 2.1 Singles
 * 2.2 Doubles
 * 3 Performance Tables
 * 3.1 Performance Table singles
 * 3.2 Performance table doubles (grand slam)
 * 4 External links

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In January 2001 Koubek reached the quarterfinals in Auckland . At the Australian Open he was lying there after the second round already out after losing to the much lower ranked Lars Burgsmuller . In April he did in Atlanta one better than in 2000, and he made ​​the semi-final, which he lost to Andy Roddick . The week after, in Houston, he lost again Roddick, this time in the quarterfinals. At Roland Garros, in Wimbledon and at the US Open , he lost in the opening round, respectively, Juan Carlos Ferrero , Sjeng Schalken and Andrew Ilie . During the summer Koubek reached the quarterfinals in Kitzbuhel . In the autumn he reached the semi-finals in Vienna and the quarterfinals in St. Petersburg . ====2002 - 2004 <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In January 2002 Koubek took his best ever performance at a Grand Slam. At the Australian Open he reached the quarterfinals, where he was defeated by Jiří Novák . Then continued the good results from. Only in May he got another good result with a quarterfinal at the Masters Tournament in Hamburg. At Roland Garros, however, he lost in the first round and in Wimbledon in the second round. The summer was very successful. At the US Open, he was also right in the first round out. The same thing happened on each of the six tournaments he played in the autumn.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">After a few successful second half of 2002 Koubek started 2003 strongly with a win in Doha, where he Jan-Michael Gambill defeated in the finals twice with 6-4. He did not lose a set throughout the tournament. The week after he made ​​the quarterfinals in Auckland . At the Australian Open, he was however immediately in the first round by Swede Andreas Vinciguerra . Then followed a series of six knockouts in the first round to it in April Munich reached the semifinals. At Roland Garros, in Wimbledon and at the US Open , he lost each time in the second round, respectively Xavier Malisse , Roger Federer and Fernando Gonzalez . His best results were after Wimbledon quarterfinals in Gstaad (July) and in Moscow (September-October).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In contrast to 2003, began in 2004 with little success. On the ATP tournament in Doha, he had won in 2003, he was eliminated in the second round and at the Australian Open , he lost all in the opening round. AtRoland Garros he reached the third round and in Wimbledon second. The best performance of the summer he delivered at the US Open, where he reached the third round, his best performance at the Grand Slam tournament. He defeated there in the second round, the seventh seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero . His best performance of the year he took in October, when he reached the semi-finals in Basel . At Roland Garros 2004 Koubek tested positive for the use of glucocorticoids, after a doctor gave him an injection to a wrist injury. Although Koubek cited in his defense that he had not made ​​a mistake, rejected the ITF his profession, but she accepted that he had not used performance enhancing banned substance. Nevertheless result at Roland Garros was nullified and his ranking points and prize money were withdrawn. Moreover, it was imposed from 21 December 2004, a suspension of 3 months. The results Koubek had won after Roland Garros untouched. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2] ====2005 - 2009 <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In 2005, Koubek played his first tournament until his suspension in March at the Miami Masters . At Roland Garros and Wimbledon, he lost again in the first round of players outside the top 100. Also on the US Open, he did not get past the first round. His best results of the year were the third rounds in Kitzbuhel and New Haven . In the autumn Koubek fell outside the top 100 and played a few challengers.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In 2006, Koubek did not play at the Australian Open . In early February he reached the final of the ATP tournament in Zagreb, which he lost to Ivan Ljubicic . He played for the rest of the spring and summer mainly challengers. The only Grand Slam tournament where he took part in that year was the US Open, where he just like the year before in the first round was eliminated. In the autumn he came back inside the top 100, thanks to a semi-final place in Mumbai and a quarter-final in Vienna .

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Koubek started in 2007 with a final in Chennai, which he lost to Xavier Malisse . He took part for the first time in three years at the Australian Open, but he was eliminated in the first round by the lower ranked home player Wayne Arthurs . In February Koubek reached the quarterfinals in Memphis . At Roland Garros he lost in the second round and in Wimbledon in the first. During the summer he made ​​the quarterfinals in Sopot .At the US Open with a third round he equaled his best performance at the Grand Slam of 2004. In the autumn he took another quarterfinal on the ATP tournament in Mumbai and the semifinals at the challenger ofBratislava . Koubek ended for the first time since 1999 again within the top 50, at 47th place.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In early 2008 Koubek reached the third round at the Australian Open . In February, he lost the final of the challenger of East London Ivan Ljubičić . Koubek played no tournaments from late March to late September because of a back injury and fell out of the top 100. In the autumn he was playing mainly challengers. In October he even fell out of the top 200. He finished the year off on final place 192.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In 2009, Koubek reached the second round at the Australian Open, where he lost to Gael Monfils . In February he made ​​the quarterfinals in Delray Beach . At Roland Garros he was by tenth seeded Nikolay Davydenko eliminated in the first round. In Wimbledon happened in the second round. His best result of the summer was the semi-finals of the challenger Oberstaufen . Koubek did himself no place for the US Open .In the autumn he reached two quarterfinals at challengers. He finished 2009 at position 135. ====2010 - 2011 <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In January 2010 took Koubek through qualifying the main draw of the Australian Open, where he made ​​it to the third round, where he was forced to retire against Fernando Verdasco . Also at Wimbledon he put himself through the qualifiers for the main draw. He lost in the first round. At the US Open he did not survive the qualifications. His best result of the fall was the final of the challenger in Bratislava . He finished the year at position 131.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Koubek came in early 2011 hardly play until after mid-April, he played even more tournaments, but one doubles match in Kitzbuhel . Therefore he fell back on the ATP rankings and he ended the year at position 646. ===Davis Cup <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Koubek played for the first time for the Austrian Davis Cup team in 1998, in a game against Israel in Group 1 of the Euro-African zone. Since then he has played in each year from 1998 to 2009 and in 2011 in the Davis Cup. He played a total of 39 single party, of which he won 20. ==Honours <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Single  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Doubles  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Performance tables <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Performance chart singles <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">This information is current as of January 2, 2012. <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">NB "gt" = no tournament / "LC" = lower category / "G" = group stage ===Performance table doubles (grand slam) <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">NB "g" = no ranking