Dalibor Svrčina (born 2 October 2002) is a Czech tennis player. He has achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 154 on 2 October 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 276 on 2 October 2023.

Dalibor Svrčina
Svrčina at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Czech Republic
Born (2002-10-02) 2 October 2002 (age 21)
Ostrava, Czech Republic
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJan Mašík
Prize moneyUS $470,311
Singles
Career record2–4 (33.3% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 154 (2 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 172 (18 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2023)
French OpenQ2 (2023)
WimbledonQ2 (2022)
US OpenQ2 (2022)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 276 (2 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 327 (15 January 2024)
Last updated on: 20 March 2024.

Junior career edit

He achieved a career-high ITF juniors ranking of World No. 8. Svrčina and his partner Jonáš Forejtek won the 2019 Australian Open boys' doubles title, beating Emilio Nava and Cannon Kingsley in the finals.

Professional career edit

2021: First Challenger title, Top 300 debut edit

In August Svrčina won his first Challenger title as a wildcard at the 2021 ATP Prague Open where he defeated Dmitry Popko. As a result he reached a career-high of No. 334 on 16 August 2021. He reached the top 300 on 15 November 2021 at No. 298.

2022: Top 200 debut edit

In April Svrčina reached his second Challenger final at the 2022 ATP Prague Open where he lost to Sebastian Ofner. As a result he reached the top 200 at a career high of World No. 199 on 2 May 2022.

2023: Grand Slam, ATP debuts and first wins, top 155 edit

In January, Svrčina qualified for the 2023 Australian Open to make his Grand Slam debut.[1][2] He defeated Jaume Munar for his first Grand Slam win.[3]

He made his ATP debut at the 2023 Zhuhai Championships where he defeated local wildcard Zhu Li for his first win at this level, and only the second overall following the win at the Australian Open.[4] He reached a career high of No. 154 on 2 October 2023.

2024 edit

At the 2024 Open Sud de France he qualified for a second time at the ATP level but lost to Alexander Shevchenko.[5][6]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Performance Timeline edit

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.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2023 French Open qualifying

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 100%
French Open A Q1 Q2 0 / 0 0–0 0%
Wimbledon NH Q2 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A Q2 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–1 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Year-end ranking 298 226 164

Challenger and World Tennis Tour finals edit

Singles: 7 (2–5) edit

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–3)
ITF World Tennis Tour (1–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–4)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2021 M25 Most, Czech Republic World Tennis Tour Clay   Franco Agamenone 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win 2–0 Aug 2021 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Dmitry Popko 6–0, 7–5
Loss 2-1 Mar 2022 M25 Faro, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard   Clement Tabur 4-6, 2-6
Loss 2-2 Mar 2022 M25 Rovinj, Croatia World Tennis Tour Clay   Javier Barranco Cosano 1-6, 1-6
Loss 2–3 Apr 2022 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Sebastian Ofner 0–6, 4–6
Loss 2–4 May 2022 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Vít Kopřiva 2–6, 2–6
Loss 2–5 Jul 2023 Tampere, Finland Challenger Clay   Sumit Nagal 4–6, 5–7

Junior Grand Slam finals edit

Boys' doubles edit

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 2019 Australian Open Hard   Jonáš Forejtek   Cannon Kingsley
  Emilio Nava
7–6(7–5), 6–4

References edit

  1. ^ "Shang Juncheng: 17-Year-Old Charges into Australian Open Main Draw | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  2. ^ "What to Expect from the Men's Qualifiers at the 2023 Australian Open". 14 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Puntodebreak".
  4. ^ "#NextGenATP Star Svrcina Advances In Zhuhai".
  5. ^ "Midi Libre Open Sud de France : Lucas Pouille battu par Harold Mayot au premier tour à Montpellier et rejoint Benoît Paire en huitièmes" (in French).
  6. ^ "FINAL RESULTS MONTPELLIER; ATP Tour – Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024 final results". 31 January 2024.

External links edit