About Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈbɛrdɪx]; born 17 September 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in May 2015. Berdych won 13 ATP Tour singles titles, including a Masters event at the 2005 Paris Masters. His most notable achievement was reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, achieved by consecutively upsetting top seed and six-time champion Roger Federer in the quarterfinals, and world No. 3 Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. Berdych reached the semifinals of all four majors during his career. Berdych was one of the few players who could consistently challenge the Big Four, and is one of three players (alongside Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Stan Wawrinka) to have wins over all of the Big Four at the majors. He is the second player (after David Nalbandian) to defeat Federer multiple times at majors before the semifinal stage. As well as his Paris Masters win, Berdych reached the finals of the Miami Masters in 2010, Madrid Open in 2012 and Monte Carlo Masters in 2015. He also played the longest men's doubles match ever, with Lukáš Rosol, defeating Marco Chiudinelli and Wawrinka in the first round of the 2013 Davis Cup 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–7, 24–22. The match was played on 2 February 2013, lasting 7 hours, 2 minutes. It was the second-longest ATP match ever (singles and doubles combined). Berdych won 13 ATP Tour singles titles, including the 2005 Paris Masters. At age 8 he won the top young boys of Czech Republic in Pardubice. Berdych soon became a top junior, winning the Czech Republic U-12 Junior Title. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in May 2015. He also reached a best doubles ranking of No. 54 in April 2006.
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