Igor Brukner

Czech tennis player

Igor Brukner
Country (sports) Czech Republic
Born (1979-10-04) 4 October 1979 (age 44)
Czech Republic
Retired2005
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$16,516
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 520 (14 August 2000) [1]
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
1 Challenger, 11 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 259 (14 May 2001)
Last updated on: 7 May 2021.

Igor Brukner (born 4 October 1979) is a retired Czech professional tennis player.

Brukner reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 520 achieved on 14 August 2000, and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 259 achieved on 14 May 2001. He never qualified nor received direct entry for an ATP Tour main draw match, thus playing exclusively on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures Tour, the latter being the most prevalent.

Brukner reached 1 career singles final on the ITF Futures Circuit and won the title at the 2001 Slovakia F5 futures tournament. Additionally, he reached 13 career doubles finals with a record of 12 wins and 1 loss including a 1–0 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals. He won the 2001 Kamnik ATP Challenger tournament held on clay courts in Slovenia alongside compatriot Jaroslav Levinsky defeating Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez and Vincenzo Santopadre by a score of 6–3, 1–6, 6–4. [2]

Brukner served as head coach for former WTA player Klára Koukalová also from the Czech Republoc, who reached World No. 20 in the singles rankings and won 7 career WTA titles.[3]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2001 Slovakia F5, Bratislava Futures Clay Slovakia Juraj Hasko 7–5, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 13 (12–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–0)
ITF Futures (11–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (10–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2000 Hungary F3, Budapest Futures Clay Austria Oliver Marach Hungary Marton Ott
Hungary Zoltan Nagy
6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Jul 2000 Georgia F1, Tbilisi Futures Clay Slovakia Martin Hromec Kazakhstan Alexey Kedryuk
Ukraine Orest Tereshchuk
6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win 2–1 Jul 2000 Georgia F2, Tbilisi Futures Clay Slovakia Martin Hromec Russia Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky
Russia Artem Derepasko
6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6)
Win 3–1 Aug 2000 Hungary F6, Budapest Futures Clay Slovakia Oliver Marach Greece Konstantinos Economidis
Greece Anastasios Vasiliadis
6–4, 6–4
Win 4–1 Sep 2000 Poland F4, Łódź Futures Clay Czech Republic Petr Dezort Czech Republic Jan Hájek
Slovakia Marian Leysek
6–1, 6–4
Win 5–1 Sep 2000 Czech Republic F1, Znojmo Futures Clay Slovakia Martin Hromec Austria Ronald Dueller
Germany Christopher Kas
3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win 6–1 Oct 2000 France F22, Saint-Dizier Futures Hard Slovakia Martin Hromec Austria Ronald Dueller
Belgium Nick Beirnaert
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win 7–1 Apr 2001 Kuwait F1, Mishref Futures Hard Slovakia Martin Hromec Mauritius Kamil Patel
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
6–4, 6–3
Win 8–1 Jul 2001 Slovenia F3, Kranj Futures Clay Czech Republic Josef Neštický Slovakia Karol Beck
Slovakia Branislav Sekáč
6–4, 7–5
Win 9–1 Aug 2001 Latvia F1, Jūrmala Futures Clay Croatia Ivan Cerović Finland Lauri Kiiski
Finland Tero Vilen
5–7, 6–4, 7–5
Win 10–1 Sep 2001 Kamnik, Slovenia Challenger Clay Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský Spain Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez
Italy Vincenzo Santopadre
6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Win 11–1 Jul 2002 Slovakia F2, Prievidza Futures Clay Czech Republic Jan Hájek Slovakia František Babej
Slovakia Branislav Sekáč
6–3, 4–3 ret.
Win 12–1 Jul 2002 Slovakia F3, Nové Zámky Futures Clay Czech Republic Jan Hájek Belarus Vitali Shvets
Russia Nikolay Mishin
7–5, 7–6(7–4)

References

  1. ^ "Igor Brukner | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  2. ^ "Igor Brukner Men's Doubles Activity". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Klara Koukalova: I want to come back to the top 40". Empire Slovak Open. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

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