Pavel Složil

Pavel Složil

Country (sports)	Czechoslovakia
Born	(1955-12-29) 29 December 1955 Opava, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$925,242
Singles
Career record	144–163
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 35 (12 November 1984)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	3R (1982)
US Open	2R (1985, 1986)
Doubles
Career record	358–155
Career titles	32
Highest ranking	No. 4 (18 February 1985)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	F (1984)
Wimbledon	SF (1986)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	W (1978)
Medal record Summer Universiade 1977 Sofia Doubles 1977 Sofia Mixed Doubles

Pavel Složil (born 29 December 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia.

Složil enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 32 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 29 times, including at the French Open in 1984.

Slozil and his partner, Renata Tomanová (also from Czechoslovakia), won the 1978 French Open Mixed Doubles Championship, defeating Virginia Ruzici (Romania) and Patrice Dominguez (France). The mixed doubles championship was an important event in those days, contested by top players, with John McEnroe and Mary Carillo having won the year before.

In 1985, Složil achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 4.

Složil participated in 11 Davis Cup ties for Czechoslovakia from 1978 to 1986, posting a 7–2 record in doubles and a 4–2 record in singles. He was a member of the winning Czech Davis Cup team in 1980, along with teammates Ivan Lendl, Tomáš Šmíd and Jan Kodeš.

Složil served as Steffi Graf's coach from mid-1986 until the end of 1991. Shortly after the start of his tenure as Graf's coach, she had her Grand Slam breakthrough year in 1987, winning six tournaments and then defeating Martina Navratilova in the French Open. Graf went on to be a finalist at Wimbledon and the US Open, losing both times to Navratilova. The next year, Graf achieved a calendar year's Grand Slam, a feat performed only twice before. She also won the 1988 Olympics singles and the Wimbledon Ladies doubles that same year.

From 1987 through 1991, coached by Složil, Graf won ten Grand Slam singles championships, winning the Australian Open (1988–89-90), the French Open (1987–88), Wimbledon (1988–89-91) and the U.S. Open (1988–89), plus numerous side tournaments.

He subsequently served as coach for Jennifer Capriati, Anna Kournikova and Magdalena Maleeva between 1992 and 1999. In 2002, he began work at the World Tennis Club in Naples, Florida. He serves there as Tennis Director and continues to teach tennis to a wide range of players.

Doubles titles (32)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1978	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Pavel Hutka	Mike Fishbach Chris Lewis	7–6, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	1978	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Wojtek Fibak Jan Kodeš	7–6, 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	1979	Nice, France	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	1979	Florence, Italy	Clay	Ivan Lendl	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	1979	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	Colin Dowdeswell Frew McMillan	4–6, 2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	1979	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Heinz Günthardt	Gene Mayer Stan Smith	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	1980	Vienna, Austria	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Gianni Ocleppo Christophe Roger-Vasselin	DEF
Runner-up	8.	1980	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Steve Denton Ivan Lendl	2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	1980	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Heinz Günthardt	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	10.	1981	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Brad Drewett	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	11.	1981	Nice, France	Clay	Chris Lewis	Yannick Noah Pascal Portes	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	1981	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	3–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	1981	Florence, Italy	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	2.	1981	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	13.	1981	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Ferdi Taygan	Raúl Ramírez Van Winitsky	7–5, 6–7, 6–7
Runner-up	14.	1981	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Ferdi Taygan	Heinz Günthardt Peter McNamara	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	15.	1981	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up	16.	1981	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Markus Günthardt	José Luis Clerc Ilie Năstase	6–7, 7–6, 6–7
Winner	3.	1982	Genova WCT, Italy	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Mike Cahill Buster Mottram	6–7, 7–5, 6–3
Winner	4.	1982	Brussels, Belgium	Hard (i)	Sherwood Stewart	Tracy Delatte Chris Dunk	6–4, 6–7, 7–5
Winner	5.	1982	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–1, 3–6, 9–7
Winner	6.	1982	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	17.	1982	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Rod Frawley	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	18.	1982	Cap d'Agde WCT, France	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Andy Andrews Drew Gitlin	2–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	1982	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Carl Limberger Mike Myburg	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	19.	1982	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Fritz Buehning	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	2–6, 2–6
Winner	8.	1982	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Henri Leconte	Mark Dickson Terry Moor	6–1, 7–6
Winner	9.	1982	Dortmund WCT, Germany	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Mike Cahill Francisco González	6–2, 6–7, 6–1
Winner	10.	1982	Toulouse, France	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Jean-Louis Haillet Yannick Noah	6–4, 6–4
Winner	11.	1983	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Fritz Buehning Brian Teacher	6–2, 6–4
Winner	12.	1983	Delray Beach WCT, U.S.	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Anand Amritraj Johan Kriek	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	20.	1983	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Peter Fleming	Fritz Buehning Tom Gullikson	6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Winner	13.	1983	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Fritz Buehning Peter Fleming	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up	21.	1983	Lisbon, Portugal	Clay	Ferdi Taygan	Carlos Kirmayr Cassio Motta	5–7, 4–6
Winner	14.	1983	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Markus Günthardt Zoltan Kuharszky	6–3, 6–3
Winner	15.	1983	Munich, Germany	Clay	Chris Lewis	Anders Järryd Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 6–2
Winner	16.	1983	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Colin Dowdeswell Wojtek Fibak	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	22.	1983	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Anand Amritraj Mike Bauer	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	17.	1983	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	Colin Dowdeswell Zoltan Kuharszky	7–5, 6–2
Winner	18.	1983	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Tomáš Šmíd	Stefan Edberg Florin Segărceanu	6–1, 3–6, 7–6
Winner	19.	1983	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Heinz Günthardt	Bernard Mitton Butch Walts	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	20.	1984	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	1–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Winner	21.	1984	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	23.	1984	French Open, Paris	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	22.	1984	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Ferdi Taygan	Drew Gitlin Blaine Willenborg	7–6, 6–1
Winner	23.	1984	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Blaine Willenborg	Loïc Courteau Guy Forget	6–1, 6–4
Winner	24.	1984	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Martín Jaite Víctor Pecci	6–2, 6–0
Winner	25.	1984	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Tomáš Šmíd	Stefan Edberg Tim Wilkison	7–6, 6–2
Runner-up	24.	1984	Wembley, England	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Andrés Gómez Ivan Lendl	2–6, 2–6
Winner	26.	1984	Treviso, Italy	Clay	Tim Wilkison	Jan Gunnarsson Sherwood Stewart	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	25.	1984	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Tim Wilkison	Jan Gunnarsson Michael Mortensen	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	26.	1984	Masters, New York	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	2–6, 2–6
Winner	27.	1985	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	28.	1985	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Vitas Gerulaitis Paul McNamee	6–4, 6–4
Winner	29.	1985	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Shlomo Glickstein Shahar Perkiss	6–2, 6–3
Winner	30.	1985	Nice, France	Clay	Claudio Panatta	Loïc Courteau Guy Forget	3–6, 6–3, 8–6
Runner-up	27.	1985	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Kim Warwick	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	28.	1985	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Tomáš Šmíd	Ricardo Acuña Jakob Hlasek	6–3, 2–6, 7–9
Winner	31.	1986	Nice, France	Clay	Jakob Hlasek	Gary Donnelly Colin Dowdeswell	6–3, 4–6, 11–9
Winner	32.	1986	Saint Vincent, Italy	Clay	Libor Pimek	Bud Cox Michael Fancutt	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	29.	1986	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Jakob Hlasek	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	2–6, 6–3, 4–6

Singles titles (2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1979	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	2–6, 2–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	1981	Nancy, France	Hard (i)	Ilie Năstase	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	1983	Delray Beach WCT, U.S.	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	1–6, 4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	1984	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Tim Wilkison	1–6, 1–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	1985	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Michael Westphal	7–5, 6–2

External links

• Pavel Složil at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Pavel Složil at the International Tennis Federation
• Pavel Složil at the Davis Cup