Martin Střelba

Martin Střelba

Country (sports)	Czechoslovakia  Czech Republic
Residence	Stará Boleslav[1]
Born	(1967-03-22) 22 March 1967 Stará Boleslav
Height	6'3" (190 cm)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$400,835
Singles
Career record	42-67
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 53 (26 Feb 1990)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (1992)
French Open	2R (1990)
Wimbledon	1R (1989, 1990, 1993)
US Open	1R (1990, 1992)

Martin Střelba (born 22 March 1967) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.

Career

Střelba was the Czechoslovakian junior champion in 1985. He reached the semi finals of a Grand Prix event for the first time in 1988, in Prague. The following year he went one better and finished runner-up in Munich's BMW Open. His run to the final included wins over three top 20 players, Emilio Sánchez, Jonas Svensson and reigning Wimbledon champion Stefan Edberg, the latter in straight sets. In 1989 he also reached the quarter-finals of the Athens Open, Prague Open and in Kitzbühel.

His only win in a Grand Slam match came in the 1990 French Open, where he defeated American Kelly Jones in four sets.^[2]

Střelba never reached another final on the ATP World Tour but made quarter-finals at Munich in 1990, Kitzbühel in 1992 and Casablanca in 1993.

He also played some doubles during his career and in 1992 attained his best ever ranking of 208 in the world.^[3]

Grand Prix career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1989	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Andrei Chesnokov	7–5, 6–7, 2–6

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	1992	Fürth, Germany	Clay	Raul Viver	6–1, 6–2

Doubles: (1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
1.	1991	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Vladimir Gabrichidze	Roberto Argüello Christian Miniussi	1–6, 6–3, 6–4

References