Viktor Bruthans (born 9 November 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Slovakia.

Viktor Bruthans
Full nameViktor Bruthans
Country (sports) Slovakia
Born (1979-11-09) 9 November 1979 (age 44)
Kyjov, Czechoslovakia
Prize money$111,244
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 238 (10 October 2005)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 240 (26 July 2004)
Medal record
Tennis
Representing  Slovakia
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2005 İzmir Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2005 İzmir Mixed

Biography edit

Bruthans was born in the Czechoslovakian town of Kyjov, which is now part of the Czech Republic.

At the 2005 Summer Universiade in Izmir, he won bronze medals for Slovakia in both the men's doubles and mixed doubles events.

His professional career was spent on the Futures and Challenger circuits. As a singles player he reached 238 in the world, with Futures titles in India, Ukraine and Nigeria, as well as a runners-up trophy at the 2005 Togliatti Challenger. He won two Challenger titles in doubles.

Bruthans made several attempts to qualify for the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, most notably at the 2005 Australian Open, where he reached the final round of qualifying.[1]

In 2006 he represented Slovakia in a Davis Cup tie against Chile in Rancagua. The tie, a World Group opener, was secured by Chile after the doubles match, which gave Bruthans an opportunity as the reverse singles were dead rubbers. He lost his match in straight sets to Paul Capdeville.[2]

Challenger titles edit

Doubles: (2) edit

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 2003 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Clay   Sergiy Stakhovsky   Pavel Ivanov
  Darko Mađarovski
6–2, 6–4
2. 2006 Košice, Slovakia Clay   Pavel Šnobel   Kamil Čapkovič
  Lukáš Lacko
7–5, 5–7, 10–4

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Australian Open - 17 January - 30 January 2005". ITF. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Davis cup: Bruthans prehral s Capdevillom, Čile vedie už 4:0" (in Slovak). sport.sme.sk. 12 February 2006. Retrieved 10 September 2017.

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