Karol Beck

Karol Beck (born 3 April 1982) is a male former tennis player from Slovakia, who turned professional in 2001. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 36, achieved in August 2005. Beck reached the fourth round of the 2004 US Open and the quarterfinals of the 2005 Montreal Masters, defeating Nikolay Davydenko en route to both runs.

Career

On 25 October 2004, Beck lost in the final of the St. Petersburg Open to Mikhail Youzhny 6–2, 6–2.

On 13 February 2006 the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced Beck had tested positive for the beta agonist clenbuterol during the 2005 Davis Cup semifinal for Slovakia against Argentina, which Slovakia won 4–1. As a consequence, the ITF suspended him from the game for two years until 31 October 2007.[1]

2007

Beck finished serving his suspension and began playing again in November as an unranked player. He had to go through qualifying rounds in every tournament.

Without a ranking, he chose the Tunis challenger as his first tournament to qualify in. He qualified and won his first round match to get his first ranking points. The next week, he had a wild card entry into qualifying for the Dnipropetrovsk challenger, and qualified to pick up some more points.

He qualified a couple more times at challengers and futures tournaments before winning his final tournament of 2007, the Czech F6 Futures, to finish up the year at No. 581, after playing in just 5 tournaments.

2008

He began 2008 from where he left off in 2007, qualifying into and winning his first tournament, Germany's F1 Futures, to get into the top-500.

2009

Beck took part in the 2009 Wimbledon Championships ranked as 143rd in the world. He was a lucky loser due to the withdrawal of then-World No. 1, Rafael Nadal. He was drawn against 21st seed Feliciano López in the first round and won a thrilling five set encounter 1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 10–8 to reach the second round of a grand slam tournament for the first time since the 2005 Australian Open. In the second round, he would meet another Spaniard, this being Nicolás Almagro. He played another 5-setter, but, this time, he lost 4–6, 6–7, 6–3, 6–3, 5–7.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Oct 2004	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Mikhail Youzhny	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Feb 2010	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Harel Levy	Template:Flagicon Rohan Bopanna Template:Flagicon Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss	2.	Jun 2010	London, United Kingdom	Grass	Template:Flagicon David Škoch	Template:Flagicon Novak Djokovic Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich	6–7(6–8), 6–2, [10–3]

Challenger and Futures Finals

Singles: 32 (17–15)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (10–11) ITF Futures Tour (7–4)

Titles by surface Hard (9–9) Clay (2–1) Grass (2–2) Carpet (4–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Croatia F2, Zagreb	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Lovro Zovko	5–7, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Template:Dts	Togliatti, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Alexander Peya	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–2	Template:Dts	Russia F3, Balashikha	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Orest Tereshchuk	6–2, 6–3
Win	2–2	Template:Dts	Greece F2, Kalamata	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Janko Tipsarević	6–1, 6–4
Win	3–2	Template:Dts	Bristol, England	Challenger	Grass	Template:Flagicon Alexander Peya	6–0, 6–3
Loss	3–3	Template:Dts	Manchester, England	Challenger	Grass	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Voltchkov	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	3–4	Template:Dts	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Antony Dupuis	6–4, 4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win	4–4	Template:Dts	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Melzer	6–2, 5–7, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	4–5	Template:Dts	Andrezieux, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Thierry Ascione	4–6, 2–6
Win	5–5	Template:Dts	Wrocław, Poland	Challenger	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Jan Hernych	6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–2
Win	6–5	Template:Dts	Surbiton, England	Challenger	Grass	Template:Flagicon Wesley Moodie	6–4, 6–4
Win	7–5	Template:Dts	Sunrise, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Davide Sanguinetti	6–2, 6–2
Win	8–5	Template:Dts	Czech Republic F6, Opava	Futures	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Lukáš Rosol	2–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win	9–5	Template:Dts	Germany F1, Nussloch	Futures	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Sébastien de Chaunac	6–4, 6–4
Loss	9–6	Template:Dts	Kolding, Denmark	Challenger	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Roko Karanušić	4–6, 4–6
Loss	9–7	Template:Dts	Helsinki, Finland	Challenger	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Dmitry Tursunov	4–6, 3–6
Loss	9–8	Template:Dts	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Benjamin Becker	4–6, 4–6
Win	10–8	Template:Dts	Pozoblanco, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Thiago Alves	6–4, 6–3
Win	11–8	Template:Dts	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Gilles Müller	6–4, 6–4
Win	12–8	Template:Dts	Belgrade, Serbia	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Ilija Bozoljac	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	12–9	Template:Dts	Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Challenger	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Édouard Roger-Vasselin	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 0–1 ret.
Win	13–9	Template:Dts	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Gilles Müller	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–5
Loss	13–10	Template:Dts	Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Challenger	Hard (I)	Template:Flagicon Amer Delić	walkover
Win	14–10	Template:Dts	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Grégoire Burquier	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	14–11	Template:Dts	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Rajeev Ram	4–6, 2–6
Loss	14–12	Template:Dts	Nottingham, Great Britain	Challenger	Grass	Template:Flagicon Grega Žemlja	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 4–6
Loss	14–13	Template:Dts	Czech Republic F6, Jablonec nad Nisou	Futures	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Uladzimir Ignatik	2–6, 3–6
Loss	14–14	Template:Dts	Germany F2, Stuttgart	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Uladzimir Ignatik	6–4, 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	15–14	Template:Dts	France F7, Saint-Raphaël	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Maxime Authom	7–6(11–9), 6–4
Win	16–14	Template:Dts	Turkey F10, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Mate Delić	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–3
Loss	16–15	Template:Dts	Austria F5, Bad Waltersdorf	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Dušan Lojda	3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	17–15	Template:Dts	Slovakia F3, Piešťany	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ivo Klec	6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 43 (27–16)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (19–9) ITF Futures Tour (8–7)

Titles by surface Hard (16–11) Clay (8–5) Grass (1–0) Carpet (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	Slovak Republic Masters, Piešťany	Satellites	Clay	Template:Flagicon Igor Zelenay	Template:Flagicon Branislav Sekáč Template:Flagicon Martin Štěpánek	6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)
Win	2–0	Template:Dts	Finland F2, Helsinki	Futures	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Igor Zelenay	Template:Flagicon Jarkko Nieminen Template:Flagicon Tero Vilen	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Template:Dts	United States F28, Malibu	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Igor Zelenay	Template:Flagicon Lassi Ketola Template:Flagicon Kim Tiilikainen	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	3–1	Template:Dts	United States F29, Laguna Niguel	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Cedric Kauffmann	Template:Flagicon Kelly Gullett Template:Flagicon Djalmar Sistermans	6–2, 6–3
Win	4–1	Template:Dts	Czech Republic F2, Jablonec nad Nisou	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Branislav Sekáč	Template:Flagicon Martin Hromec Template:Flagicon Martin Štěpánek	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	4–2	Template:Dts	Slovenia F3, Kranj	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Branislav Sekáč	Template:Flagicon Igor Brukner Template:Flagicon Josef Neštický	4–6, 5–7
Win	5–2	Template:Dts	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Branislav Sekáč	Template:Flagicon Thomas Strengberger Template:Flagicon Clemens Trimmel	2–6, 6–1, 6–0
Win	6–2	Template:Dts	Togliatti, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Igor Zelenay	Template:Flagicon Abdul Hamid Makhkamov Template:Flagicon Dmitriy Tomashevich	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Win	7–2	Template:Dts	Russia F1, Balashikha	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Igor Zelenay	Template:Flagicon Alexey Kedryuk Template:Flagicon Orest Tereshchuk	0–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	7–3	Template:Dts	Zabrze, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Igor Zelenay	Template:Flagicon Julian Knowle Template:Flagicon Michael Kohlmann	1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	7–4	Template:Dts	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Igor Zelenay	Template:Flagicon Lukáš Dlouhý Template:Flagicon David Miketa	1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	7–5	Template:Dts	United States F2, Delray Beach	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ladislav Švarc	Template:Flagicon Graydon Oliver Template:Flagicon Travis Rettenmaier	2–6, 4–6
Win	8–5	Template:Dts	Osaka, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Cedric Kauffmann	Template:Flagicon Laurence Tieleman Template:Flagicon JohnVan Lottum	7–5, 6–1
Loss	8–6	Template:Dts	Greece F1, Syros	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Michal Mertiňák	Template:Flagicon Thierry Ascione Template:Flagicon Florent Serra	6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win	9–6	Template:Dts	Greece F2, Kalamata	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Michal Mertiňák	Template:Flagicon Tapio Nurminen Template:Flagicon Marko Tkalec	6–1, 6–2
Win	10–6	Template:Dts	Budapest, Hungary	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Levinský	Template:Flagicon Mariano Hood Template:Flagicon Sebastián Prieto	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win	11–6	Template:Dts	Manchester, Great Britain	Challenger	Grass	Template:Flagicon Aisam Qureshi	Template:Flagicon John Hui Template:Flagicon Anthony Ross	6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	11–7	Template:Dts	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sander Groen	Template:Flagicon Tim Crichton Template:Flagicon Todd Perry	7–5, 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss	11–8	Template:Dts	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Zíb	Template:Flagicon Jamie Delgado Template:Flagicon Arvind Parmar	6–7(6–8), 1–6
Win	12–8	Template:Dts	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Levinský	Template:Flagicon Aleksandar Kitinov Template:Flagicon Lovro Zovko	7–5, 6–2
Win	13–8	Template:Dts	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Levinský	Template:Flagicon Jordan Kerr Template:Flagicon Tom Vanhoudt	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win	14–8	Template:Dts	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Levinský	Template:Flagicon Andrei Pavel Template:Flagicon Gabriel Trifu	6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)
Win	15–8	Template:Dts	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Levinský	Template:Flagicon Benedikt Dorsch Template:Flagicon Philipp Petzschner	6–3, 6–2
Win	16–8	Template:Dts	Besançon, France	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Levinský	Template:Flagicon David Škoch Template:Flagicon Igor Zelenay	2–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Win	17–8	Template:Dts	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Levinský	Template:Flagicon Chris Haggard Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win	18–8	Template:Dts	Rhodes, Greece	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Levinský	Template:Flagicon Rajeev Ram Template:Flagicon Bobby Reynolds	6–3, 6–3
Win	19–8	Template:Dts	Pozoblanco, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Levinský	Template:Flagicon Colin Fleming Template:Flagicon Ken Skupski	2–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]
Loss	19–9	Template:Dts	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jiří Krkoška	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Marray Template:Flagicon Jamie Murray	1–6, 7–6(7–2), [8–10]
Loss	19–10	Template:Dts	Bordeaux, France	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Leoš Friedl	Template:Flagicon Nicolas Mahut Template:Flagicon Édouard Roger-Vasselin	7–5, 3–6, [7–10]
Win	20–10	Template:Dts	Trnava, Slovakie	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Lukáš Rosol	Template:Flagicon Alexander Peya Template:Flagicon Martin Slanar	4–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–8]
Loss	20–11	Template:Dts	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Filip Polášek	Template:Flagicon Ross Hutchins Template:Flagicon Jamie Murray	6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	21–11	Template:Dts	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Template:Flagicon Matthias Bachinger Template:Flagicon Frank Moser	6–1, 6–3
Loss	21–12	Template:Dts	Astana, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kamil Čapkovič	Template:Flagicon Konstantin Kravchuk Template:Flagicon Denys Molchanov	4–6, 3–6
Win	22–12	Template:Dts	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Lukáš Dlouhý	Template:Flagicon Adrián Menéndez Maceiras Template:Flagicon John Peers	3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win	23–12	Template:Dts	Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Rik de Voest	Template:Flagicon Rameez Junaid Template:Flagicon Michael Kohlmann	6–3, 6–4
Win	24–12	Template:Dts	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Andrej Martin	Template:Flagicon Claudio Grassi Template:Flagicon Amir Weintraub	6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss	24–13	Template:Dts	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Mirza Bašić	Template:Flagicon Konstantin Kravchuk Template:Flagicon Tomislav Brkić	3–6, 5–7
Win	25–13	Template:Dts	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Michal Mertiňák	Template:Flagicon Konstantin Kravchuk Template:Flagicon Denys Molchanov	4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Win	26–13	Template:Dts	Turkey F10, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Maximilian Neuchrist	Template:Flagicon George Coupland Template:Flagicon Andreas Mies	6–2, 6–3
Win	27–13	Template:Dts	Slovakia F3, Piešťany	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Filipp Kekercheni	Template:Flagicon Danylo Kalenichenko Template:Flagicon Gonçalo Oliveira	6–2, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss	27–14	Template:Dts	Slovakia F4, Trnava	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Filipp Kekercheni	Template:Flagicon Jakub Filipsky Template:Flagicon Jan Šátral	3–6, 2–6
Loss	27–15	Template:Dts	Slovakia F1, Trnava	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Artem Dubrivnyy	Template:Flagicon Danylo Kalenichenko Template:Flagicon Filipp Kekercheni	0–6, 1–6
Loss	27–16	Template:Dts	Estonia F3, Tallinn	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Artem Dubrivnyy	Template:Flagicon Niels Lootsma Template:Flagicon BoticVan de Zandschulp

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	3R	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	1R	1R	A	3–5
French Open	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	Q1	1R	A	1R	A	0–5
Wimbledon	2R	1R	3R	1R	A	A	Q1	2R	2R	3R	1R	Q2	7–8
US Open	A	1R	4R	1R	A	A	Q2	1R	Q1	1R	1R	Q1	3–6
Win–loss	1–1	0–4	6–4	2–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–3	0–4	0–0	13–24
Career statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1
Year-end ranking	117	66	44	57	N/A	582	145	114	103	101	141	360

Doubles

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	2–2
French Open	A	1R	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	2–3
Wimbledon	1R	2R	A	3R	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	3–6
US Open	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	2–2
Win–loss	0–1	1–2	2–3	6–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	12–13

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

External links

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