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David Prinosil

b. 1973

German tennis player

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Born 1973. David Prinosil is a German tennis player.

David Prinosil (; born 9 March 1973) is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991.

Prinosil was born in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, but later moved to Germany. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the first round by Daniel Vacek of the Czech Republic. In the doubles competition in Stone Mountain Park he won the bronze medal partnering Marc-Kevin Goellner. He was the first opponent of Tim Henman in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, in the first round of Wimbledon in 1994.

The right-hander reached the fourth round of Wimbledon in 2000 and the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters in 1999 and the Paris Masters in 2000. Prinosil won three career titles in singles, and reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 23 April 2001, when he became world No. 28. He began playing for Germany in the Davis Cup in 1996.

ATP career finals

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP International Series (3–3)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (2–0)Carpet (1–3)Finals by settingOutdoors (2–0)Indoors (1–3)

Doubles: 21 (10 titles, 11 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–2)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–1)ATP Championship Series (2–1)ATP World Series (8–7)Finals by surfaceHard (4–4)Clay (1–1)Grass (1–1)Carpet (4–5)Finals by settingOutdoors (5–5)Indoors (5–6)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (5–4) LegendATP Challenger (5–4)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–1)Carpet (4–2)

Doubles: 4 (4–0) LegendATP Challenger (4–0)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (3–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)

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Doubles

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Who is David Prinosil?

German tennis player

When was David Prinosil born?

David Prinosil was born on 9 March 1973 in Olomouc.

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David Prinosil is a tennis player.

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David Prinosil is German.

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· Wikipedia: David Prinosil

· Wikidata: Q63355

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