Érik Chvojka: Difference between revisions

no edit summary
No edit summary
No edit summary
 
(13 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1:
{{Infobox player
|image = ÉrikChvojka.png
|birthdate = October 26, 1986
|birthplace = Kirkland, Québec, Canada
|dateofdeath =
|placeofdeath =
|from = Montréal, Québec, Canada
|residence =
|height = 6’1” (1,85m)
|styleofplay = Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
|turnedpro = 2004
|retired = 2014
|bestatpsinglesranking = No. 204 (August 27, 2012)
|bestatpdoublesranking = No. 266 (August 26, 2013)
|bestitfjuniorranking =
|canadiantennishalloffame =
|cdntennisprofile = [http://www.cdntennis.ca/erikchvojka Profile on CdnTennis.ca]
}}
 
==Biography==
'''Érik Chvojka''' (born October 26, 1986 in MontréalKirkland, Québec, Canada) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. He is of Czech descent. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 204 on August 27, 2012 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 266 on August 26, 2013. Chvojka's first ATP World Tour main-draw singles appearance was a close three-set loss in the first round of the 2011 [[Rogers Cup]] to world No. 21 Alexandr Dolgopolov. He has also made the main draw of the 2012 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy in Romania as a lucky loser, but lost to Cedrik-Marcel Stebe in the first round. He retired in 2014.
 
Chvojka's first ATP World Tour main-draw singles appearance was a close three-set loss in the first round of the 2011 [[Canadian Open|Rogers Cup]] to world No. 21 Alexandr Dolgopolov. He has also made the main draw of the 2012 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy in Romania as a lucky loser, but lost to Cedrik-Marcel Stebe in the first round. He retired in 2014.
==ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals==
 
===Singles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runners-up)===
==ATP Challenger Tour finals==
===Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)===
{|class="wikitable"
!Titles by surface
|-
|Hard (0–1)
|-
|Clay (0–0)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (0–0)
|}
 
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0–1</small>
|Jul 2012
|style="background:moccasin;"|Lexington, United States
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard
|Denis Kudla (USA)
|7–5, 5–7, 1–6
|}
 
===Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)===
{|class="wikitable"
!Titles by surface
|-
|Hard (1–1)
|-
|Clay (0–0)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (0–0)
|}
 
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0–1</small>
|Jul 2008
|style="background:moccasin;"|Lexington, United States
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard
|Olivier Charroin (FRA)
|Alessandro da Col (ITA) <br /> Andrea Stoppini (ITA)
|2–6, 6–2, [8–10]
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>1–1</small>
|Jul 2013
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Championnats de Granby|Granby]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard
|[[Peter Polansky]] (CAN)
|Adam El Mihdawy (USA) <br /> Ante Pavić (CRO)
|6–4, 6–3
|}
 
==ITF Circuit finals==
===Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runners-up)===
{|
|- valign="top"
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Legend
|- style="background:moccasin#ccccff;"
|ITF $15,000 tournaments (3–3)
|ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
|- style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"
|ITF Futures$10,000 tournaments (6–63–3)
|}
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Titles by surface
|-
|Hard (6–3)
|-
|Clay (0–3)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (0–0)
|}
|}
 
Line 25 ⟶ 141:
|<small>1–0</small>
|Oct 2007
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Mexico F10, Ciudad Obregón
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Hard
|Ignacio Coll-Riudavets (ESP)
Line 34 ⟶ 150:
|<small>2–0</small>
|Mar 2008
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Canada F1, Gatineau
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Hard (i)
|Michael Yani (USA)
Line 43 ⟶ 159:
|<small>3–0</small>
|Jun 2008
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Germany F6, Ingolstadt
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Hard
|Jeroen Masson (BEL)
Line 52 ⟶ 168:
|<small>4–0</small>
|Nov 2010
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Australia F9F10, Kalgoorlie
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Hard
|Brydan Klein (AUS)
Line 61 ⟶ 177:
|<small>4–1</small>
|Apr 2011
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Australia F3, Ipswich
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Clay
|James Lemke (AUS)
Line 70 ⟶ 186:
|<small>4–2</small>
|Apr 2011
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Australia F4, Bundaberg
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Clay
|James Lemke (AUS)
Line 79 ⟶ 195:
|<small>4–3</small>
|May 2011
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Sweden F1, Karlskrona
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Clay
|Ervin Eleskovic (SWE)
Line 88 ⟶ 204:
|<small>4–4</small>
|Jul 2011
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Canada F4, Saskatoon
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Hard
|[[Vasek Pospisil]] (CAN)
Line 97 ⟶ 213:
|<small>4–5</small>
|Oct 2011
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Turkey F27, Antalya
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Hard
|Michel Konecny (CZE)
Line 106 ⟶ 222:
|<small>5–5</small>
|Oct 2011
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Turkey F28, Adana
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Hard
|Daniel Berta (SWE)
Line 115 ⟶ 231:
|<small>6–5</small>
|Feb 2012
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Australia F1, Toowoomba
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Hard
|Zhang Ze (CHN)
Line 123 ⟶ 239:
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>6–6</small>
|Jul 2012
|style="background:moccasin;"|Lexington, United States
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
|Denis Kudla (USA)
|7–5, 5–7, 1–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>6–7</small>
|Oct 2012
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Sweden F7, Jönköping
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Hard (i)
|Andreas Vinciguerra (SWE)
Line 140 ⟶ 247:
|}
 
==ATP=Doubles: Challenger31 Tour and ITF Futures doubles(15 titles, (16 runners-up)===
{|
|- valign="top"
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Legend
|- style="background:moccasin#ccccff;"
|ITF $15,000 tournaments (4–6)
|ATP Challenger Tour (1)
|- style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"
|ITF Futures$10,000 tournaments (1511–10)
|}
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Titles by surface
|-
|Hard (10–8)
|-
|Clay (4–8)
|-
|Grass (1–0)
|-
|Carpet (0–0)
|}
|}
 
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|No.
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
Line 159 ⟶ 283:
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|1.
|<small>1–0</small>
|Oct 2005
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|USA F25, Laguna Niguel
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Hard
|Philip Gubenco (CAN)
Line 168 ⟶ 293:
|7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 4–6, 6–1
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|2.
|<small>2–0</small>
|Mar 2006
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Canada F2, Rock Forest
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Hard (i)
|Philip Gubenco (CAN)
Line 177 ⟶ 303:
|7–5, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|3.
|<small>3–0</small>
|Mar 2006
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Canada F3, Montréal
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Hard (i)
|Philip Gubenco (CAN)
Line 186 ⟶ 313:
|7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>, 4–6, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|4.
|<small>4–0</small>
|Mar 2007
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Canada F3, Rock Forest <small>(2)</small>
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Hard (i)
|[[Vasek Pospisil]] (CAN)
Line 195 ⟶ 323:
|7–5, 6–3
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|5.
|<small>4–1</small>
|May 2007
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|Czech Republic F3, Jablonec nad Nisou
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Clay
|Bruno Rodriguez (MEX)
|Jan Masik (CZE) <br /> Jaroslav Pospíšil (CZE)
|5–7, 5–7
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>4–2</small>
|Jun 2007
|style="background:#ccccff;"|Germany F5, Ingolstadt
|style="background:#ccccff;"|$15,000
|Clay
|Filip Zeman (CZE)
|Jaroslav Pospíšil (CZE) <br /> Martin Slanar (AUT)
|5–7, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>4–3</small>
|Jun 2007
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|Germany F6, Marburg
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Clay
|Philipp Piyamongkol (GER)
|Kornél Bardóczky (HUN) <br /> Dénes Lukács (HUN)
|5–7, 7–5, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>4–4</small>
|Dec 2007
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|Dominican Republic F2, Santo Domingo
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Hard
|Filip Zeman (CZE)
|Petru-Alexandru Luncanu (ROU) <br /> Daniel Lustig (CZE)
|5–7, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>5–4</small>
|Jan 2008
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Portugal F1, Albufeira
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Hard
|Denys Molchanov (UKR)
|Bas van der Valk (NED) <br /> Boy Westerhof (NED)
|6–4, 5–7, [14–1014–12]
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|6.
|<small>5–5</small>
|May 2008
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Czech Republic F3F1, Jablonec nad NisouTeplice
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Clay
|Hard
|[[Vasek Pospisil]] (CAN)
|Roman Jebavý (CZE) <br /> Filip Zeman (CZE)
|4–6, 7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>, [8–10]
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>6–5</small>
|May 2008
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|Czech Republic F3, Jablonec nad Nisou
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Clay
|Jaroslav Pospíšil (CZE)
|James Ludlow (USA) <br /> Colin O'Brien (IRL)
|6–4, 6–3
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|7.
|<small>7–5</small>
|Jun 2008
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Germany F6, Ingolstadt
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Clay
|Alexander Sadecky (SUI)
Line 222 ⟶ 403:
|7–5, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|8.
|<small>7–6</small>
|Feb 2009
|style="background:#ccccff;"|Croatia F2, Zagreb
|style="background:#ccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard (i)
|[[Milos Raonic]] (CAN)
|Victor Ioniță (ROU) <br /> Denis Matsukevich (RUS)
|4–6, 5–7
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>7–7</small>
|Mar 2009
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|Canada F1, Gatineau
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Hard (i)
|Kaden Hensel (AUS)
|Frédéric de Fays (BEL) <br /> Germain Gigounon (BEL)
|7–5, 1–6, [4–10]
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>7–8</small>
|Mar 2009
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|Canada F3, Sherbrooke
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Hard (i)
|Michal Pazicky (SVK)
|Daniel Chu (CAN) <br /> [[Adil Shamasdin]] (CAN)
|6–4, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, [7–10]
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>7–9</small>
|Jun 2009
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|Germany F7, Trier
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Clay
|Patrick Taubert (GER)
|Dustin Brown (JAM) <br /> Kevin Deden (GER)
|6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>8–9</small>
|Jul 2009
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Germany F9, Römerberg
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Clay
|Roman Jebavý (CZE)
Line 231 ⟶ 453:
|6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|9.
|<small>8–10</small>
|Oct 2010
|style="background:#ccccff;"|Australia F8, Port Pirie
|style="background:#ccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Mikal Statham (NZL)
|Jared Easton (AUS) <br /> Joel Lindner (AUS)
|4–6, 2–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>9–10</small>
|Feb 2011
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Australia F1, Mildura
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Grass
|Sadik Kadir (AUS)
Line 240 ⟶ 473:
|4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|10.
|<small>9–11</small>
|Apr 2011
|style="background:#ccccff;"|Australia F4, Bundaberg
|style="background:#ccccff;"|$15,000
|Clay
|Jose Rubin Statham (NZL)
|Matt Reid (AUS) <br /> Michael Venus (NZL)
|6–2, 2–6, [4–10]
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>9–12</small>
|Jun 2011
|style="background:#ccccff;"|Poland F4, Bytom
|style="background:#ccccff;"|$15,000
|Clay
|Roman Jebavý (CZE)
|Andriej Kapaś (POL) <br /> Błażej Koniusz (POL)
|5–7, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>10–12</small>
|Jul 2011
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Canada F4, Saskatoon
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Hard
|Chris Letcher (AUS)
|Peter Aarts (USA) <br /> Kamil Pajkowski (CAN)
|6–4, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|11.
|<small>10–13</small>
|Oct 2011
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|Turkey F26, Antalya
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Hard
|Michal Konecny (CZE)
|David Rice (GBR) <br /> Sean Thornley (GBR)
|6–7<sup>(9–11)</sup>, 3–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>10–14</small>
|May 2012
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|Czech Republic F2, Most
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Clay
|Marek Michalicka (CZE)
|Jaroslav Pospíšil (CZE) <br /> Jiří Veselý (CZE)
|1–6, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>11–14</small>
|Jul 2012
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Canada F3, Kelowna
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Hard
|Greg Ouellette (USA)
Line 258 ⟶ 533:
|6–7<sup>(8–10)</sup>, 6–4, [10–8]
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|12.
|<small>11–15</small>
|Jul 2012
|style="background:#ccccff;"|Canada F4, Saskatoon
|style="background:#ccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Greg Ouellette (USA)
|Nicolas Meister (USA) <br /> Pedro Zerbini (BRA)
|6–3, 4–6, [10–12]
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>12–15</small>
|Apr 2013
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Greece F2, Heraklion
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Hard
|Mathieu Rodrigues (FRA)
Line 267 ⟶ 553:
|6–1, 6–3
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|13.
|<small>13–15</small>
|Apr 2013
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Greece F3, Heraklion
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Hard
|Salvatore Caruso (ITA)
Line 276 ⟶ 563:
|6–4, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|14.
|<small>14–15</small>
|May 2013
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Sweden F1, Karlskrona
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Clay
|Patrik Rosenholm (SWE)
Line 285 ⟶ 573:
|6–1, 6–1
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|15.
|<small>14–16</small>
|Jul 2013
|Sep 2013
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby|Granby]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin#f0f8ff;"|ChallengerSweden F5, Danderyd
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Hard
|Hard (i)
|[[Peter Polansky]] (CAN)
|Lucas Renard (SWE)
|Adam El Mihdawy (USA) <br /> Ante Pavić (CRO)
|Isak Arvidsson (SWE) <br /> Micke Kontinen (FIN)
|6–4, 6–3
|5–7, 2–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|16.
|<small>15–16</small>
|Oct 2013
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Sweden F7, Jönköping
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Hard (i)
|Patrik Rosenholm (SWE)
Line 303 ⟶ 593:
|7–5, 6–1
|}
 
==Singles performance timeline==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Tournament!!2012!!2013!!SR!!W–L!!Win %
|-
|colspan=6 style="text-align:left;"|'''Grand Slam tournaments'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Australian Open
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|0 / 0
|0–0
|–
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|French Open
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|A
|0 / 0
|0–0
|–
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Wimbledon
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q3
|A
|0 / 0
|0–0
|–
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|US Open
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|A
|0 / 0
|0–0
|–
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Win–Loss
|0–0
|0–0
|0 / 0
|0–0
|–
|}
 
==External links==
*[http://www.cdntennis.ca/erikchvojka Profile on CdnTennis.ca]
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chvojka, Érik}}
[[Category:Canadian male tennis players]]
[[Category:Canadian retired tennis players]]