Petr Pála

Petr Pála (born 2 October 1975) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Together with Pavel Vízner he reached the men's doubles final of the 2001 French Open but lost to Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes (6–7, 3–6).

Pála was coached by his father František, who was a professional tennis player on the ATP tour.

Pála never had the opportunity to do his singles ability justice on the ATP Tour due to injury. When he recovered from these injuries he returned immediately to the doubles tour, but could not gain entry to official ATP matches.

Pála became the non-playing captain of the Czech Republic Fed Cup team in December 2007. Since then, he has led the Fed Cup team to world titles in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018, becoming the most successful Fed Cup team captain of all time.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 runner-up

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2001	French Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi Template:Flagicon Leander Paes	6–7, 3–6

Performance timelines

Doubles

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	3R	1R	3R	1R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 9	6–9	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	A	A	2R	F	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	0 / 9	9–9	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	3R	A	A	A	2R	QF	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	3R	0 / 10	11–10	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	1R	A	A	1R	1R	3R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	0 / 10	5–10	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–4	11–4	3–4	1–4	3–4	0–4	2–4	5–4	2–3	0 / 38	31–38	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	1R	A	0 / 6	2–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	A	A	A	Q1	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	0 / 6	1–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	3–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	SF	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	4–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Madrid	Not Held						1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	1–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	SF	1R	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 4	3–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	2R	Not Masters Series							0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	10–9	2–7	0–2	3–6	0–3	0–0	0–2	0–0	0 / 29	15–29	Template:Tennis win percentage

Mixed doubles

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	QF	A	A	1R	A	0 / 2	2–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	SF	1R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 3	3–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 7	3–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	1–1	3–3	3–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–1	0 / 13	8–13	Template:Tennis win percentage

ATP career finals

Doubles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (1–2) ATP World Series (6–6)

Finals by surface Hard (2–5) Clay (5–3) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (6–6) Indoors (1–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	[[San Marino GO&FUN Open|Template:Dts]]	San Marino, San Marino	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	Template:Flagicon Lucas Arnold Ker Template:Flagicon Mariano Hood	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	[[2000 Heineken Open Shanghai – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Shanghai, China	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	Template:Flagicon Paul Haarhuis Template:Flagicon Sjeng Schalken	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	0–3	[[2000 Scania Stockholm Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Stockholm, Sweden	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles Template:Flagicon Daniel Nestor	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–4	[[2001 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Championship Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	Template:Flagicon Jonas Björkman Template:Flagicon Roger Federer	3–6, 0–6
Win	1–4	[[2001 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	St Pölten, Austria	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon David Rikl	Template:Flagicon Jaime Oncins Template:Flagicon Daniel Orsanic	6–3, 5–7, 7–5
Loss	1–5	[[2001 French Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	Paris, France	Grand Slam	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi Template:Flagicon Leander Paes	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss	1–6	[[2002 BMW Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Munich, Germany	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	Template:Flagicon Radek Štěpánek Template:Flagicon Petr Luxa	0–6, 7–6(7–4), [9–11]
Win	2–6	[[2002 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	St Pölten, Austria	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon David Rikl	Template:Flagicon Mike Bryan Template:Flagicon Michael Hill	7–5, 6–4
Loss	2–7	[[2002 TD Waterhouse Cup – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Long Island, United States	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi Template:Flagicon Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6
Win	3–7	[[2004 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix|Template:Dts]]	St Pölten, Austria	International Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mariano Hood	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Cibulec Template:Flagicon Leoš Friedl	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	3–8	[[2004 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Halle, Germany	International Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Cibulec	Template:Flagicon Leander Paes Template:Flagicon David Rikl	2–6, 5–7
Loss	3–9	[[2004 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	Tokyo, Japan	Championship Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jiří Novák	Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	1–5 ret.
Win	4–9	[[2005 Croatia Open Umag – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Umag, Croatia	International Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jiří Novák	Template:Flagicon David Škoch Template:Flagicon Michal Mertiňák	6–3, 6–3
Win	5–9	[[2006 Chennai Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Chennai, India	International Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Michal Mertiňák	Template:Flagicon Prakash Amritraj Template:Flagicon Rohan Bopanna	6–2, 7–5
Win	6–9	[[2006 BA-CA-TennisTrophy – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Vienna, Austria	Championship Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	Template:Flagicon Julian Knowle Template:Flagicon Jürgen Melzer	6–4, 3–6, [12–10]
Win	7–9	[[2008 Croatia Open Umag – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Umag, Croatia	International Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Michal Mertiňák	Template:Flagicon Carlos Berlocq Template:Flagicon Fabio Fognini	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Doubles: 20 (10–10)

Legend ATP Challenger (9–10) ITF Futures (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (5–6) Grass (1–0) Carpet (3–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon David Škoch	Template:Flagicon Filip Dewulf Template:Flagicon Vojtěch Flégl	7–6, 5–7, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Template:Dts	Košice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš	Template:Flagicon Olivier Delaître Template:Flagicon Jeff Tarango	6–7, 3–6
Win	1–2	Template:Dts	Bristol, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Template:Flagicon Andrew Richardson	Template:Flagicon Lionel Barthez Template:Flagicon Patrick Baur	6–2, 6–4
Loss	1–3	Template:Dts	Ulm, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Petr Luxa	Template:Flagicon Kris Goossens Template:Flagicon Tom Vanhoudt	3–6, 0–6
Win	2–3	Template:Dts	Plzeň, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Borut Urh	Template:Flagicon Radek Štěpánek Template:Flagicon Radomír Vašek	2–4 ret.
Win	3–3	Template:Dts	Austria F3, Mondseeland	Futures	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Borut Urh	Template:Flagicon Ivaylo Traykov Template:Flagicon Milen Velev	6–4, 7–6
Loss	3–4	Template:Dts	Příbram, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Radek Štěpánek	Template:Flagicon Ota Fukárek Template:Flagicon Udo Plamberger	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	3–5	Template:Dts	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tuomas Ketola	Template:Flagicon Menno Oosting Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	6–7, 3–6
Loss	3–6	Template:Dts	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Cibulec	Template:Flagicon Michal Tabara Template:Flagicon Radomír Vašek	2–6, 0–6
Win	4–6	Template:Dts	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	Template:Flagicon Steven Randjelovic Template:Flagicon Lovro Zovko	6–4, 6–3
Loss	4–7	Template:Dts	Maia, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Cibulec Template:Flagicon Leoš Friedl	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	5–7	Template:Dts	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Cibulec Template:Flagicon Leoš Friedl	6–3, 6–0
Win	6–7	Template:Dts	Charleroi, Belgium	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	Template:Flagicon Aleksandar Kitinov Template:Flagicon Lovro Zovko	6–7, 7–5, 6–1
Loss	6–8	Template:Dts	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	Template:Flagicon Johan Landsberg Template:Flagicon Simon Aspelin	4–6, 4–6
Loss	6–9	Template:Dts	Wrocław, Poland	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	Template:Flagicon Petr Luxa Template:Flagicon David Škoch	4–6, 4–6
Win	7–9	Template:Dts	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tuomas Ketola	Template:Flagicon Łukasz Kubot Template:Flagicon Tomáš Zíb	6–4, 6–4
Loss	7–10	Template:Dts	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Petr Luxa	Template:Flagicon Simon Aspelin Template:Flagicon Todd Perry	3–6, 3–6
Win	8–10	Template:Dts	Sunrise, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Robin Vik	Template:Flagicon Goran Dragicevic Template:Flagicon Dmitry Tursunov	6–4, 6–2
Win	9–10	Template:Dts	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon David Škoch	Template:Flagicon Ramón Delgado Template:Flagicon Sergio Roitman	6–0, 6–0
Win	10–10	Template:Dts	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Lukáš Dlouhý	Template:Flagicon Dušan Karol Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Pospíšil	6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–6]

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