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Tomáš Berdych

Berdych at the 2011 US Open
Country	Czech Republic
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco[1]
Born	(1985-09-17) September 17, 1985 (age 26)[1] Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic[1]
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight	91 kg (200 lb)[1]
Turned pro	2002[1]
Plays	Right-handed[1] (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$11,202,961[1]
Singles
Career record	334-196[1] (61.59%)
Career titles	7 [1]
Highest ranking	No. 6 (October 18, 2010)[1]
Current ranking	No. 7 (May 14, 2012)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	QF (2011, 2012)
French Open	SF (2010)
Wimbledon	F (2010)
US Open	4R (2004, 2006, 2007)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (2011)
Olympic Games	QF (2004)
Doubles
Career record	75-91[1]
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 54 (April 10, 2006)[1]
Current ranking	No. 112 (April 16, 2012)[1]
Last updated on: April 19, 2012.

Tomáš Berdych (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈbɛrdɪx]; born September 17, 1985, in Valašské Meziříčí) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and the semi-finals of the 2010 French Open.^[2] He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić in five sets to win the Paris Masters (which is a part of the ATP Masters 1000) in 2005. He has since reached the finals of the Miami Masters in 2010 and the Madrid Open in 2012, losing to Andy Roddick and Roger Federer, respectively. He reached a career high of World No. 6 on October 18, 2010.

Career[link]

2002–2004[link]

Berdych turned pro in 2002, winning two Futures events, both in his country of the Czech Republic, in Czech F8 defeating Pavel Šnobel in the finals 6–2, 6–3, and in Czech F5 defeating Ladislav Chramosta 6–4, 6–3.

In 2003, Berdych won three Futures events in Great Britain F5 over Peter Clarke 6–1, 6–4, in the Challenger in Budaors, Hungary over Ivaylo Traykov 6–2, 6–3, and Challenger of Graz, Austria Julian Knowle 6–4, 5–7, 6–2. He also reached the final of Great Britain F1, losing to Wesley Moodie 6–7, 6–7. He also reached six other semifinals. He won his first ATP Tour match in the 2003 US Open over Tomas Behrend 5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3, but lost in the next round to Juan Ignacio Chela 6–2, 1–6, 4–6, 3–6.

In 2004, Berdych focused on Challengers and the ATP Tour. In Challengers, he won in Besançon, France over Julien Benneteau 6–3, 6–1, and in Braunschweig, Germany over Daniel Elsner 4–6, 6–1, 6–4. On the ATP Tour, he began with the 2004 Australian Open, defeating Nicolas Mahut 6–4, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3, before losing to fourth seed Andre Agassi 0–6, 2–6, 4–6. He also earned victories over Galo Blanco, Björn Phau, and Potito Starace on the ATP Tour. He made his debut in the 2003 French Open and at Wimbledon, but lost in the first rounds.

He then played at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He won in the first round against Florian Mayer 6–3, 7–5. He caused a major upset in the second round, defeating world no. 1 Roger Federer 4–6, 7–5, 7–5, despite having only five ATP Tour victories under his belt. He went on to defeat 15th seed Tommy Robredo 7–6, 4–6, 8–6, in the round of 16. He was finally defeated in the quarterfinals by Taylor Dent 4–6, 1–6.

After his run at the Olympics, he reached the fourth round of the 2004 US Open with victories over Jonas Björkman 6–3, 2–6, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3, Tuomas Ketola 6–3, 7–6, 6–3, and Mikhail Youzhny 2–6, 6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 6–1, before losing to Tommy Haas 6–7, 1–6, 5–7. He won his first title in Palermo, defeating David Ferrer 7–5, 6–4, in the semifinals and Filippo Volandri 6–3, 6–3, in the finals

2005–2006[link]

The start of Berdych's 2005 season brought losses in the first rounds in Adelaide, Sydney, and the Australian Open. He then lost in second rounds of Marseille, Rotterdam, and Dubai. He then recorded his first back-to-back win in Indian Wells, including a win over Mario Ančić, but lost to Ivan Ljubičić. He then lost in the first rounds of Miami, Estoril, Rome, and London. He also reached the second rounds of Monte Carlo, Hamburg, the French Open, and Nottingham.

He then made it to the third round at Wimbledon, losing to Taylor Dent. He then had a good run and a runner-up finish in the 2005 Swedish Open to Rafael Nadal, losing 2–6, 6–2, 6–4, the quarterfinals of the 2005 MercedesCup, losing to Nikolay Davydenko 4–6, 2–6, and the semifinals of the 2005 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, losing to James Blake 4–6, 3–6. He then made it to the second round of the 2005 Rogers Cup and Cincinnati, after upsetting Rafael Nadal in the first round, and the third round of the 2005 US Open. He then lost early in Vienna, Madrid, Palermo, and Basel. At the 2005 Paris Masters, he won his first career ATP Masters Series title. En route to the final, he beat Jiří Novák, second seed Guillermo Coria, 13th seed Juan Carlos Ferrero, seventh seed Gastón Gaudio, eighth seed Radek Štěpánek, and sixth seed Ivan Ljubičić in the final 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4.

In 2006, Berdych started the year at the 2006 Next Generation Adelaide International, where he reached the semifinals, losing to Xavier Malisse 4–6, 0–6. However, he lost early in Sydney, the Australian Open, Marseille, Rotterdam, and Dubai. He then made it to the fourth round of the 2006 Pacific Life Open, where he defeated Lleyton Hewitt, before losing to Marcos Baghdatis, and the third round of the 2006 NASDAQ–100 Open, losing to David Nalbandian. He then lost in the second rounds at Barcelona and Monte Carlo, and the third round at Rome. He then reached his first French Open fourth round, losing to Roger Federer 3–6, 2–6, 3–6.

He then reached his first grass-court final at the 2006 Gerry Weber Open, falling to world no. 1 Roger Federer 0–6, 7–6, 2–6, and the fourth round at Wimbledon, once again losing to Federer 3–6, 3–6, 4–6. He then made it to the semifinals at the 2006 Mercedes Cup, losing to eventual champion David Ferrer. He then played in the 2006 Rogers Cup, where he upset Rafael Nadal 6–1, 3–6, 6–2, before losing to Richard Gasquet in the quarterfinals. He then made it to his third straight fourth round in a Major at the 2006 US Open, losing to James Blake.

He then reached the finals of the 2006 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open, where he lost to Dmitry Tursunov 3–6, 6–4, 6–7. In the 2006 Madrid Masters, Berdych delivered back-to-back upsets over former world no. 1 Andy Roddick 7–6, 6–3, and Rafael Nadal 6–3, 7–6, but lost to Fernando González in the semifinals. In the 2006 BNP Paribas Masters as the defending champion, he lost in the quarterfinals to Dominik Hrbatý 4–6, 6–1, 2–6. In earlier rounds, he defeated Olivier Rochus 6–7, 6–4, 6–2, and Robby Ginepri 6–3, 6–3.

Berdych defeated Rafael Nadal in Madrid 6–3, 7–6. Berdych never found his rhythm in his semifinal match against Fernando González as he slumped to a 3–6, 1–6 defeat.

2007–2008[link]

Tomáš Berdych at the 2008 Hamburg Masters.

Berdych began the year with a quarterfinal in the 2007 Medibank International and the fourth round of the 2007 Australian Open, losing to world no. 3 Nikolay Davydenko. He then had early losses in Rotterdam, Dubai, Indian Wells, and Miami. He then reached the semifinals on clay in the Monte Carlo Masters event, his best result at the event, defeating Nicolás Almagro, Benjamin Becker, fifth seed Tommy Robredo, and Robin Söderling, before losing to second seed Rafael Nadal. He also made it to the semifinals of the 2007 BMW Open, losing to Mikhail Youzhny, 6–4, 6–3, despite not a dropping a set before the loss. He also made it to the quarterfinals of the 2007 Rome Masters. However, despite his good run on clay, he lost in the first round of the 2007 French Open to Guillermo García López, 5–7, 4–6, 4–6.

He then won his third ATP singles title in Halle, defeating Marcos Baghdatis 7–5, 6–4, and not dropping a set en route to the title. At Wimbledon, he made it to the quarterfinals in his best performance at a Grand Slam, defeating Nicolás Massú, Michaël Llodra, Hyung-Taik Lee, and 19th seed (35th-ranked) Jonas Björkman, before losing to Nadal again 6–7, 4–6, 2–6. In the Canadian Masters event, his first tournament since Wimbledon, as 10th seed and defending quarterfinalist, he lost in the first round to Robin Haase, who was making his Canadian debut. The following week in Cincinnati, as 10th seed, he made it to the third round, before losing to Nikolay Davydenko, after which he rose to a new career high of no. 9. He then made it through the fourth round at the 2007 US Open, retiring against Andy Roddick. He then reached the semifinals of the 2007 Thailand Open, losing to Benjamin Becker and the 2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, losing to Richard Gasquet. His last tournament of the year was the 2007 Paris Masters, losing to David Ferrer.

Berdych began 2008 by competing in the Hopman Cup, but his event was effected by a stomach virus. He then entered the 2008 Medibank International, being upset by Chris Guccione in the quarterfinals. Entering the Australian Open as 13th seed, he reached the fourth round, where he fell to Roger Federer 4–6, 6–7, 3–6. He had a bad run in Rotterdam, Dubai, and Indian Wells. However, in the 2008 Miami Masters, he made it through the semifinals, including a win over Juan Carlos Ferrero and not dropping a set en route, but he lost to Rafael Nadal 6–7, 2–6. He had a bad run on clay and grass, as he dropped out of the top 20 due to a sprained right ankle which caused him to miss the 2008 Monte Carlo Masters and the 2008 Rome Masters. He then reached the finals of the 2008 Swedish Open, losing to Tommy Robredo 4–6, 1–6. Representing his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Berdych advanced to the third round before being defeated by Roger Federer in their second meeting at an Olympics tennis tournament. He also had a bad run in North America, as he suffered early losses and a first-round loss in the 2008 US Open to Sam Querrey. He then made it to the semifinals of the 2008 Thailand Open, losing to Novak Djokovic. He then won his only title of the year in the 2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, with wins over four top-20 players: Tommy Robredo, Fernando González, Andy Roddick, and Juan Martín del Potro in the finals.

2009[link]

Berdych's season did not have a good start, as he had a 2–6 record, excluding the 2009 Australian Open, where he advanced to the fourth round to face Roger Federer. Berdych took a two sets to love lead over Federer, but ended by being defeated in a tough five-setter 6–4, 7–6, 4–6, 4–6, 2–6. He then competed in the Challenger in 2010 BMW Tennis Championship, where he lost to Robin Söderling in the finals. He then reached the fourth round of the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open, losing to Novak Djokovic after upsetting James Blake.

In the clay season, Berdych did not do well except for the 2009 French Open and the Masters as he lost in the first two rounds in all four events. He then reached the round of 16 at the 2009 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, losing to Fernando Verdasco 5–7, 7–5, 4–6, and he won his only title of the year and the only time he reached a result better than the quarterfinals in the 2009 BMW Open, defeating Mikhail Youzhny 6–4, 4–6, 7–6. In the 2009 Gerry Weber Open, he lost to Mischa Zverev 6–3, 2–6, 6–7, and at Wimbledon, he lost to eventual finalist Andy Roddick 6–7, 4–6, 3–6. He then lost in the first rounds of Stuttgart and the Rogers Masters, but reached the quarterfinals of 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, losing to John Isner 3–6, 7–6, 2–6, and 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, losing to Rafael Nadal 4–6, 5–7.

In the US Open, he reached the round of 32, losing to Fernando González. He then reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 Proton Malaysian Open and the 2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships. He then suffered back-to-back losses to Gilles Simon at the 2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 and the 2009 Valencia Open 500. He then reached the second round in Paris, losing to Tommy Robredo.

In the Davis Cup first-round tie against France, he won the opening match, defeating top-ranked Frenchman Gilles Simon and joined Radek Štěpánek to beat French duo Richard Gasquet and Michaël Llodra. He later helped his country to reach the Davis Cup final against Spain, after winning the semifinal tie 3–2 against Croatia. The tie ended 5–0 in favor of the defending champions, with Berdych losing to Nadal in the first rubber 5–7, 0–6, 2–6.

2010[link]

Berdych began the year at the 2010 Brisbane International, where he reached the semifinals, before losing to eventual champion Andy Roddick 6–1, 3–6, 4–6. He then suffered second-round upsets at the 2010 Medibank International Sydney to Peter Luczak and the 2010 Australian Open to Evgeny Korolev. He then recorded three straight quarterfinals in the 2010 SAP Open, once again losing to Andy Roddick 6–7, 6–7, at the 2010 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships upset by Ernests Gulbis 6–3, 3–6, 6–7, and the first Masters of the year at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open to Rafael Nadal 4–6, 6–7, after upsetting Fernando Verdasco 6–0, 6–3, en route.

In the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open, he stunned an error-filled top seed Roger Federer 6–4, 6–7, 7–6, in the round of 16, after saving a match point on Federer's serve in the tiebreak at 6–5, which he won 8–6. This was his second victory over Roger and ended an eight straight losing streak to the Swiss. He then went on to defeat Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 4–6, 7–6, 6–4, for a spot in the semifinals. Berdych overpowered fifth seed Robin Söderling in two sets in the semifinals 6–2, 6–2, but lost in the final to Roddick 5–7, 4–6.

He began his clay season at the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, losing to eventual finalist Fernando Verdasco 7–5, 3–6, 2–6, in the third round, after cruising through the first two rounds. At the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, he lost to Stanislas Wawrinka 6–2, 3–6, 6–7. At the 2010 BMW Open, he was upset by Philipp Petzschner 6–1, 3–6, 4–6, in the quarterfinals. He then withdrew from the 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open due to a right hip injury. He then represented Czech Republic at the 2010 ARAG World Team Cup and won all his three singles matches, but failed to reach the final after losing the tie against USA. In the 2010 French Open, Berdych enjoyed his best performance to date in a Grand Slam tournament. He reached the semifinals, where he was defeated by fifth seed Robin Söderling 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 3–6. En route to the semifinals, he defeated three seeded opponents in straight sets: John Isner in the third round, world no. 4 Andy Murray in the fourth round, and Mikhail Youzhny in the quarterfinals.

He reached his first career slam final at Wimbledon after beating Andrey Golubev and Benjamin Becker in straight sets, Denis Istomin in five, and Daniel Brands in four sets. He also defeated defending champion Roger Federer in four sets 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4, to record his second straight victory over the Swiss.^[3] The win also made him only the fourth Czech-born man to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon, after Jaroslav Drobný, Jan Kodeš, and Ivan Lendl. In the semifinal match against Novak Djokovic, Berdych won in straight sets 6–3, 7–6, 6–3, to reach his first Grand Slam final, against world no. 1 Rafael Nadal. There, he lost to the Spaniard 3–6, 5–7, 4–6, to finish as runner-up.^[4]

Afterwards, he played at the 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington as the top seed. He made the quarterfinals, after beating both Dmitry Tursunov and Andrey Golubev in three sets en route. However, he lost to Xavier Malisse 4–6, 6–3, 2–6, in the quarterfinal round.

At the 2010 Rogers Cup held in Toronto, he was seventh seed. He beat two Ukrainian players, Sergiy Stakhovsky 6–2, 6–4, (in the opening round) and Alexandr Dolgopolov 6–3, 6–7, 6–4, (in the third round) to reach the quarterfinals. There, he lost to Roger Federer 3–6, 7–5, 6–7, despite serving for the match at 5–3 in the third set while being two points away from victory numerous times.

At the 2010 US Open as seventh seed, Berdych was upset in the first round by Michaël Llodra, 6–7, 4–6, 4–6.

Appearing at the 2010 Proton Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur, he made the quarterfinals, where he lost to David Ferrer, 6–4, 5–7, 4–6. Berdych then made a first-round exit at the 2010 China Open, where he lost to Michael Berrer, 6–4, 5–7, 4–6.

At the 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters as seventh seed, Berdych lost to Guillermo García López in the third round, 6–7, 3–6.

Berdych at the 2011 Australian Open

He then suffered two successive opening-round losses, first at the 2010 If Stockholm Open in Stockholm (Sweden) falling to Jarkko Nieminen for the first time, 1–6, 4–6, and at the 2010 Davidoff Swiss Indoors in Basel (Switzerland), losing to Tobias Kamke, 4–6, 1–6.

At the 2010 BNP Paribas Masters as fifth seed, Berdych lost to Nikolay Davydenko in the third round, 6–4, 6–7, 0–6. With Andy Roddick defeating Ernests Gulbis, while including Fernando Verdasco failing to make the final, Berdych automatically qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, taking the sixth spot, which allowed him to make his first appearance at the year-end championships.

He was sixth seed at the 2010 ATP World Tour Finals. His lack of confidence showed in his opening round-robin loss to Novak Djokovic, 3–6, 3–6. However, as a surprise to many, Berdych somehow defeated Andy Roddick in the second round-robin match, 7–5, 6–3. In his last round-robin match, Berdych was defeated by Rafael Nadal in two sets, which meant that he could not advance to the semifinals.

2011[link]

Berdych began the year at the 2011 Aircel Chennai Open, where he reached the semifinals, before losing to eventual champion Stanislas Wawrinka 4–6, 1–6. At the 2011 Australian Open, Berdych advanced to the quarterfinals, where he was defeated by eventual champion Novak Djokovic 1–6, 6–7, 1–6.^[5] He then recorded two straight quarterfinals and a semifinal in the 2011 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, pulling out against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga citing injury, at the 2011 Open 13 falling to Marin Cilic 3–6, 4–6, and at the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships, retiring with a thigh injury against the eventual champion, Novak Djokovic, whilst trailing 7–6, 2–6, 2–4.

At the 2011 Davis Cup World Group, the Czech Republic were defeated by Kazakhstan 2–3 meaning that the Czechs would have to go through the Play-offs. Berdych won his first singles rubber against Mikhail Kukushkin and in the doubles, Berdych and his partner, Lukáš Dlouhý, defeated Evgeny Korolev and Yuri Schukin, both in straight sets. In his second rubber, Berdych was beaten by Andrey Golubev 5–7, 7–5, 4–6, 2–6.

In the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open, Berdych reached the round of 16, after defeating Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, Carlos Berlocq, and Florian Mayer, before falling to eventual finalist Rafael Nadal 2–6, 6–3, 3–6.

He began his clay season at the 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, losing in the round of 16 to Ivan Ljubicic 4–6, 2–6. At the 2011 Mutua Madrid Open, Berdych reached the quarterfinals, before losing to Thomaz Bellucci 6–7, 3–6. At the 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, he reached the quarterfinals, before falling to Richard Gasquet 6–4, 2–6, 4–6. At the 2011 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, Berdych reached his first semifinal of the clay season, before losing to eventual champion Nicolás Almagro 4–6, 4–6.^[6] At the 2011 French Open, Berdych was seeded sixth. In the first round, Berdych suffered a shocking loss to Stephane Robert 6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 2–6, 7–9.

In preparation for Wimbledon, Berdych played in the 2011 Gerry Weber Open held in Halle, Germany. In the first round, Berdych defeated Ruben Bemelmans 5–7, 7–6, 6–4, after saving three match points.^[7] He then defeated Jan Hernych and Viktor Troicki in the second round and quarterfinals respectively, both in straight sets.^[8] In the semifinals, he lost to Philipp Petzschner 6–7, 6–2, 3–6. At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, Berdych won his first, second, and third-round matches in straight sets against Filippo Volandri,^[9] Julien Benneteau, and Alex Bogomolov Jr.^[10] respectively. In the fourth round, Berdych suffered a straight-set loss to Mardy Fish 6–7, 4–6, 4–6.

His next tournament was the 2011 Swedish Open, where he reached the semifinals, before losing to eventual champion Robin Soderling 1–6, 0–6.^[11]

Berdych kicked off his US Open Series at the 2011 Rogers Cup. As he was seeded seventh, he received a bye into the second round. In the second round, he beat Alexandr Dolgopolov 4–6, 6–2, 6–3. From that match onward, Berdych changed his racket to the Head YouTek™ IG Instinct MP.^[12] In the Round of 16, Berdych defeated Ivo Karlovic with the scoreline of 6–3, 7–6.^[13] In the quarterfinals, Berdych fell to Janko Tipsarević 4–6, 4–6.

Berdych competed in the 2011 Western & Southern Open held in Cincinnati, United States. As the eighth seed, he received a bye into the second round. In the second round, Berdych beat Juan Mónaco 7–6, 6–0. In the third round, Berdych dispatched ninth seed Nicolás Almagro 6–2, 6–2. In the quarterfinals, Berdych stunned the two-time defending champion, Roger Federer 6–2, 7–6.^[14] In the semifinals, Berdych faced world no. 1 Novak Djokovic. Berdych retired after losing the first set 5–7, citing injury to the right shoulder.^[15]

The next tournament Berdych played in was the 2011 US Open, the final Grand Slam of 2011. In the first round, Berdych defeated French qualifier Romain Jouan 6–2, 7–6, 6–1.^[16] In the second round, Berdych dominated against Fabio Fognini 7–5, 6–0, 6–0.^[17] In the third round, Berdych retired against 20th seed, Janko Tipsarević, after re-aggravating the shoulder injury he suffered at the 2011 Western & Southern Open. He was trailing 4–6, 0–5 when he retired.^[18]

Berdych played with the Czech Republic Davis Cup team against Romania in the 2011 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs. In his singles rubber, Berdych defeated Victor Crivoi 6–3, 6–3, 7–6.^[19] Berdych then teamed up with Radek Štěpánek in the doubles rubber, and they defeated Marius Copil and Horia Tecău 3–6, 6–3, 6–0, 6–2. Štěpánek also won his singles rubber to guarantee the Czech Republic a spot in the 2012 Davis Cup World Group.^[20][21]

After pulling out of the 2011 Proton Malaysian Open due to a recurring shoulder injury, Berdych competed at the 2011 China Open as the third seed. Berdych defeated Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Kohlschreiber in the first and second rounds, respectively, both in straight sets.^[22] In the quarterfinals, Berdych dominated against Fernando Verdasco, thrashing him 6–1, 6–0.^[23] Berdych reached his first final since the 2010 Wimbledon Championships after a hard-fought 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 victory over top seed, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.^[24] Berdych won his sixth title of his career and his first title since the 2009 BMW Open, after defeating Marin Čilić in the final 3–6, 6–4, 6–1.^[25]

Berdych's next tournament was the 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters. As sixth seed, he received a bye into the second round. Berdych continued his good run of form by defeating compatriot Radek Štěpánek 6–4, 6–3, before falling to Feliciano López 4–6, 4–6. Berdych next played at the 2011 Swiss Indoors Basel. He lost in the first round to eventual finalist Kei Nishikori 6–3, 3–6, 2–6.

Berdych then competed at the 2011 BNP Paribas Masters held in Paris, France, the final ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament of the season. As the fifth seed, Berdych received a bye into the second round. In the second round, Berdych defeated Fernando Verdasco 6–3, 7–5.^[26] In the third round, Berdych defeated Janko Tipsarević 7–5, 6–4. Because of this victory, Berdych qualified for the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals, along with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Mardy Fish. This was Berdych's second consecutive year to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals.^[27] In the quarterfinals, Berdych shocked the 2nd seed, Andy Murray 4–6, 7–6, 6–4, ending the Scotsman's 17-match winning streak.^[28] In the semifinal, Berdych lost to the 3rd seed (and eventual champion), Roger Federer 4–6, 3–6.^[29]

Berdych's final tournament of the 2011 season was the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals. He came into the year-end championships as the 7th seed and was placed in Group A along with Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray (Later replaced by Janko Tipsarević), and David Ferrer. In the first tie, Berdych lost to top seed, Novak Djokovic 6–3, 3–6, 6–7, after Berdych squandered match point at 5–4 in the final set.^[30] In the second tie, Berdych was meant to face Andy Murray, but he was replaced by the alternate, Janko Tipsarević, after Murray pulled out of the tournament with a groin injury. Berdych was forced to come back from a set down and hold match point in the final set tie-breaker, but he eventually won 2–6, 6–3, 7–6.^[31] In the final tie of the group stages, Berdych faced the 5th seed, David Ferrer. Berdych once again came back from a set down to defeat Ferrer 3–6, 7–5, 6–1.^[32] This victory meant that Berdych won his group and he qualified for the semifinals for the first time in his career. In the semifinals, Berdych fell to the 6th seed, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3–6, 5–7.^[33] Berdych ended the season ranked 7th.

2012[link]

Berdych kicked off the 2012 season with a bang, winning the 2012 Hopman Cup for the Czech Republic along with compatriot, Petra Kvitová.^[34] They were seeded first and they won all their ties. Berdych finished the tournament with a 4–0 singles record, defeating Grigor Dimitrov, Mardy Fish and Frederik Nielsen in the group stages. In the final, Berdych and Kvitova both won their singles ties against France, with Berdych defeating Richard Gasquet 7–6(0), 6–4.^[35]

At 2012 AAMI Classic, Berdych was unfortunate to lose his ties against Bernard Tomic and Andy Roddick respectively, after being a set up in each match. At the 2012 Australian Open, Berdych reached the quarterfinals after battling past Nicolás Almagro in the fourth round 4–6, 7–6(5), 7–6(3), 7–6(2).^[36] The match was marred with controversy as Berdych refused to shake Almagro's hand because he believed Almagro intentionally aimed a shot towards him during the match. Because of this Berdych was booed whilst leaving the court. ^[37] In the quarterfinals, Berdych lost to the 2nd seed and eventual finalist, Rafael Nadal in four sets after winning the first set.^[38]

Berdych won his first ATP tournament of 2012 at the 2012 Open Sud de France, after defeating the 3rd seed, Gael Monfils 6–2, 4–6, 6–3.^[39][40] This is Berdych's 7th career title and his fourth ATP World Tour 250 series title. This was followed by Berdych reaching the semifinals at the 2012 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, before falling to Juan Martin del Potro.

Berdych played at the 2012 BNP Paribas Open as the 7th seed where he faced Sergiy Stakhovsky in the second round after receiving a bye. After winning the second round, Berdych defeated Andy Roddick 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, but then lost to Almagro 4–6, 0–6. This was followed by another upset in the 3rd round of the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open, losing to Grigor Dimitrov 3–6, 6–2, 4–6.

Berdych kicked off his clay-court season at the 2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, where he reached the semifinals after upsetting the 3rd seed Andy Murray 6–7(4), 6–2, 6–3 in the quarterfinals.^[41] He was defeated by World No. 1 Novak Djokovic 6–4, 3–6, 2–6 in the semifinals. ^[42] Berdych is currently competing at the 2012 Mutua Madrid Open as the 6th seed. In the earlier rounds, Berdych had straight set victories over Kevin Anderson and Gaël Monfils. He thrashed Fernando Verdasco 6–1, 6–2 in the quarterfinals and in the semifinals, Berdych defeated 10th seed Juan Martín del Potro 7–6(5), 7–6(6) for a place in the final.^[43][44] He was beaten by Roger Federer in 3 sets in the final. Federer leads their head-to-head 11-4.

Berdych represented the Czech Republic at the 2012 Power Horse World Team Cup where they reached the finals before being defeated by Serbia. Berdych is currently competing at the 2012 French Open and is the 7th seed. He defeated Dudi Sela in the first round and Michael Llodra in the second round, both in straight sets.^[45][46] In the 3rd round, Berdych was pushed to 5 sets in a four-hour marathon against 31st seed Kevin Anderson, before he eventually prevailed 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(4), 6–4, 6–4.^[47] He will face either Juan Martín del Potro or Marin Čilić for a place in the quarterfinals.

Playing style[link]

Tomáš Berdych is known for having one of the cleanest and hardest-hitting games on the ATP tour. He is capable of generating great pace on both his groundstrokes and his serve, making him dangerous on every surface, especially on grass, a surface on which he has reached three ATP finals, including one at Wimbledon. At the same time, Berdych has reasonably sound footwork for being one of the taller players on the tour. However, his footwork becomes a problem when the ball gets behind him. Despite the technical strengths of his game, Berdych was known to be mentally fragile in important matches. However, since 2010 he has improved greatly in this regard, especially in Grand Slam events. One of his most notable shots is his Forehand. He has been known to boast one of the most powerful forehands, being able to generate speeds of 150 km/h and over from the baseline. This combined with his great accuracy makes it one of the deadliest forehands on tour. Berdych is great at the centre of the baseline, being able to produce angles which are unreturnable in most cases. He frequently goes for cross-court shots in his game and generally hits more flat than topspin.

Equipment and apparel[link]

Berdych is sponsored by Head for his rackets and he is using the Head YouTek™ IG Instinct MP from the 2012 season onward.^[12] Since the start of 2010 until the end of the 2011 season, Berdych used the Pro Stock Head YouTek Radical MP with a 16/19 string pattern. Before the 2010 season, Berdych was sponsored by Dunlop Sport and used the Dunlop Aerogel 4D 200.^[48] He is sponsored by Nike for his attire and footwear.

Major finals[link]

Grand Slam[link]

Singles: 1 (0–1)[link]

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	2010	Wimbledon	Grass	Rafael Nadal	3–6, 5–7, 4–6

ATP Masters Series[link]

Singles: 3 (1–2)[link]

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	2005	Paris	Carpet (i)	Ivan Ljubičić	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	2010	Miami	Hard	Andy Roddick	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	2012	Madrid	Clay	Roger Federer	6–3, 5–7, 5–7

ATP Career Finals[link]

Singles: 14 (7–7)[link]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	September 27, 2004	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Filippo Volandri	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	July 4, 2005	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Rafael Nadal	6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	October 31, 2005	Paris, France	Carpet	Ivan Ljubičić	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	June 12, 2006	Halle, Germany	Grass	Roger Federer	0–6, 7–6(7–4), 2–6
Runner-up	3.	September 25, 2006	Mumbai, India	Hard	Dmitry Tursunov	3–6, 6–4, 6–7(5–7)
Winner	3.	June 11, 2007	Halle, Germany	Grass	Marcos Baghdatis	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	July 7, 2008	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Tommy Robredo	4–6, 1–6
Winner	4.	October 5, 2008	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Juan Martín del Potro	6–1, 6–4
Winner	5.	May 11, 2009	Munich, Germany	Clay	Mikhail Youzhny	6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up	5.	April 4, 2010	Miami, United States	Hard	Andy Roddick	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	July 4, 2010	London, United Kingdom	Grass	Rafael Nadal	3–6, 5–7, 4–6
Winner	6.	October 9, 2011	Beijing, China	Hard	Marin Čilić	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	7.	February 5, 2012	Montpellier, France	Hard (i)	Gaël Monfils	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	May 13, 2012	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Roger Federer	6–3, 5–7, 5–7

Doubles: 2 (1–1)[link]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	February 24, 2008	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Dmitry Tursunov	Philipp Kohlschreiber Mikhail Youzhny	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	1.	August 8, 2010	Washington, United States	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Mardy Fish Mark Knowles	6–4, 6–7(7–9), [7–10]

Singles performance timeline[link]

Key

Won tournament, or reached Final, Semifinal, Quarterfinal, Round 4, 3, 2, 1, played in Round Robin or lost in Qualification Round 3, Round 2, Round 1, Absent from a tournament or Participated in a team event, played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off, won a bronze or silver match at the Olympics. The last is for a Masters Series/1000 tournament that was relegated (Not a Masters Series).

Updated till 2012 Power Horse World Team Cup.

References[link]

External links[link]

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