Tomáš Šmíd
Czech tennis player (born 1956)
Tomáš Šmíd (born 20 May 1956) is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia , who won nine singles titles during his career. In doubles, he won 54 titles and was world No. 1 in doubles from December 17, 1984, to August 11, 1985. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 11 in July 1984. Šmíd participated in 31 Davis Cup ties for Czechoslovakia from 1977 to 1989, posting a 20–10 record in doubles and a 22–15 record in singles. Šmíd was a part of the winning 1980 Davis Cup team, a team which included Ivan Lendl . In the final against Italy, Šmíd won a singles rubber against Adriano Panatta after being two sets down, and won the doubles rubber when partnered with Lendl as they beat Panatta and Paolo Bertolucci to clinch the 1980 Davis Cup for Czechoslovakia.
Šmíd coached Boris Becker for 14 months, from April 1991 until June 1992, during which time Becker reached the 1991 Wimbledon final and regained the world number 1 ranking for nine weeks. Becker lost the number 1 ranking after a third round loss at the 1991 US Open to Paul Haarhuis . In terms of Becker winning a tournament during the time when Šmíd was his coach, the high point was when Becker came back from two sets down to defeat world number 1, Jim Courier , in the final of the Brussels tournament in February 1992. Becker ended the coaching arrangement with Šmíd in June 1992.
Career finals
Singles: 28 (9 wins, 19 losses)
Result
No.
Year
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1.
1978
Sarasota , U.S.
Carpet
Nick Saviano
7–6, 0–6, 7–5
Loss
1.
1978
Monte Carlo WCT , Monaco
Clay
Raúl Ramírez
3–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss
2.
1978
Madrid , Spain
Clay
José Higueras
7–6, 3–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win
2.
1979
Stuttgart Outdoor , West Germany
Clay
Ulrich Pinner
6–4, 6–0, 6–2
Loss
3.
1979
Hilversum , Netherlands
Clay
Balázs Taróczy
2–6, 2–6, 1–6
Win
3.
1980
Stuttgart Indoor , West Germany
Hard (i)
Mark Cox
6–1, 6–3, 5–7, 1–6, 6–4
Loss
4.
1980
Vienna , Austria
Clay
Ángel Giménez
6–1, ret.
Win
4.
1980
Bologna , Italy
Carpet
Paolo Bertolucci
7–5, 6–2
Loss
5.
1981
Frankfurt , West Germany
Carpet
John McEnroe
2–6, 3–6
Loss
6.
1981
Geneva , Switzerland
Clay
Björn Borg
4–6, 3–6
Win
5.
1982
Mexico City WCT , Mexico
Carpet
John Sadri
3–6, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Loss
7.
1982
Munich-2 WCT , West Germany
Carpet
Ivan Lendl
6–3, 3–6, 1–6, 2–6
Win
6.
1982
Cap d'Agde WCT , France
Clay
Lloyd Bourne
6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Loss
8.
1982
Geneva , Switzerland
Clay
Mats Wilander
5–7, 6–4, 4–6
Loss
9.
1982
Toulouse , France
Hard (i)
Yannick Noah
3–6, 2–6
Loss
10.
1983
Bournemouth , England
Clay
José Higueras
6–2, 6–7, 5–7
Win
7.
1983
Munich , West Germany
Clay
Joakim Nyström
6–0, 6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 7–5
Loss
11.
1983
Gstaad , Switzerland
Clay
Sandy Mayer
0–6, 3–6, 2–6
Win
8.
1983
Hilversum , Netherlands
Clay
Balázs Taróczy
6–4, 6–4
Loss
12.
1983
Stockholm , Sweden
Hard (i)
Mats Wilander
1–6, 5–7
Loss
13.
1984
Madrid , Spain
Carpet
John McEnroe
0–6, 4–6
Loss
14.
1984
Luxembourg
Carpet
Ivan Lendl
4–6, 4–6
Loss
15.
1984
Hilversum , Netherlands
Clay
Anders Järryd
3–6, 3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss
16.
1984
Hong Kong
Hard
Andrés Gómez
3–6, 2–6
Win
9.
1985
Geneva , Switzerland
Clay
Mats Wilander
6–4, 6–4
Loss
17.
1985
Toulouse , France
Hard (i)
Yannick Noah
4–6, 4–6
Loss
18.
1987
Prague , Czechoslovakia
Clay
Marián Vajda
1–6, 3–6
Loss
19.
1987
Geneva , Switzerland
Clay
Claudio Mezzadri
4–6, 5–7
Doubles: 103 (55 wins, 48 losses)
Legend
Grand Slam (2–1)
Tennis Masters Cup (1–2)
ATP Masters Series (1–0)
Grand Prix (50–44)
Finals by surface
Hard (10–4)
Clay (32–28)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (12–15)
Result
No.
Year
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1.
1978
Monte Carlo WCT , Monaco
Clay
Peter Fleming
Jaime Fillol Sr. Ilie Năstase
6–4, 7–5
Loss
1.
1978
Nice , France
Clay
Jan Kodeš
Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret
4–6, 0–6
Loss
2.
1978
Rome , Italy
Clay
Jan Kodeš
Víctor Pecci Belus Prajoux
7–6, 6–7, 1–6
Win
2.
1978
Stuttgart Outdoor , West Germany
Clay
Jan Kodeš
Carlos Kirmayr Belus Prajoux
6–3, 7–6
Loss
3.
1978
Aix-en-Provence , France
Clay
Jan Kodeš
Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas
6–7, 1–6
Loss
4.
1978
Madrid , Spain
Clay
Pavel Složil
Wojciech Fibak Jan Kodeš
7–6, 1–6, 2–6
Loss
5.
1979
Milan , Italy
Carpet (i)
José Luis Clerc
Peter Fleming John McEnroe
1–6, 3–6
Loss
6.
1979
Nice , France
Clay
Pavel Složil
Paul McNamee Peter McNamara
1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win
3.
1979
Hamburg , West Germany
Clay
Jan Kodeš
Mark Edmondson John Marks
6–3, 6–1, 7–6
Win
4.
1979
Rome , Italy
Clay
Peter Fleming
José Luis Clerc Ilie Năstase
4–6, 6–1, 7–5
Loss
7.
1979
Hilversum , Netherlands
Clay
Jan Kodeš
Tom Okker Balázs Taróczy
1–6, 3–6
Loss
8.
1979
Indianapolis , U.S.
Clay
Jan Kodeš
Gene Mayer John McEnroe
4–6, 6–7
Loss
9.
1979
Wembley , England
Carpet (i)
Stan Smith
Peter Fleming John McEnroe
2–6, 3–6
Win
5.
1979
Buenos Aires , Argentina
Clay
Sherwood Stewart
Marcos Hocevar João Soares
6–1, 7–5
Loss
10.
1980
Memphis , U.S.
Carpet (i)
Rod Frawley
Brian Gottfried John McEnroe
3–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win
6.
1980
Stuttgart Indoor , West Germany
Hard (i)
Wojciech Fibak
Tim Mayotte Larry Stefanki
6–4, 7–6
Loss
11.
1980
Vienna , Austria
Clay
Pavel Složil
Gianni Ocleppo Christophe Roger-Vasselin
def.
Loss
12.
1980
Cologne , West Germany
Hard (i)
Jan Kodeš
Bernard Mitton Andrew Pattison
4–6, 1–6
Loss
13.
1981
Monte Carlo , Monaco
Clay
Pavel Složil
Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy
3–6, 3–6
Loss
14.
1981
Bournemouth , England
Clay
Buster Mottram
Ricardo Cano Víctor Pecci
4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss
15.
1981
Rome , Italy
Clay
Bruce Manson
Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez
5–7, 2–6
Loss
16.
1981
Geneva , Switzerland
Clay
Pavel Složil
Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy
4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss
17.
1981
Madrid , Spain
Clay
Heinz Günthardt
Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez
2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss
18.
1981
Bologna , Italy
Carpet
Balázs Taróczy
Sammy Giammalva Jr. Henri Leconte
6–7, 4–6
Loss
19.
1982
Mexico City WCT , Mexico
Carpet
Balázs Taróczy
Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan
4–6, 5–7
Loss
20.
1982
Delray Beach WCT , U.S.
Clay
Balázs Taróczy
Mel Purcell Eliot Teltscher
4–6, 6–7
Win
7.
1982
Genova WCT , Italy
Carpet (i)
Pavel Složil
Mike Cahill Buster Mottram
6–7, 7–5, 6–3
Win
8.
1982
Munich-2 WCT , West Germany
Carpet (i)
Mark Edmondson
Kevin Curren Steve Denton
4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win
9.
1982
Madrid , Spain
Clay
Pavel Složil
Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy
6–1, 3–6, 9–7
Win
10.
1982
Hamburg , West Germany
Clay
Pavel Složil
Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson
6–4, 6–3
Win
11.
1982
Hilversum , Netherlands
Clay
Jan Kodeš
Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy
7–6, 6–4
Loss
21.
1982
Cap d'Agde WCT, France
Clay
Pavel Složil
Andy Andrews Drew Gitlin
2–6, 4–6
Win
12.
1982
Geneva , Switzerland
Clay
Pavel Složil
Carl Limberger Mike Myburg
6–4, 6–0
Win
13.
1982
Amsterdam , Netherlands
Carpet (i)
Fritz Buehning
Kevin Curren Buster Mottram
4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Win
14.
1982
Toulouse , France
Hard (i)
Pavel Složil
Jean-Louis Haillet Yannick Noah
6–4, 6–4
Loss
22.
1982
Wembley , England
Carpet (i)
Heinz Günthardt
Peter Fleming John McEnroe
6–7, 4–6
Win
15.
1982
Dortmund WCT , West Germany
Carpet (i)
Pavel Složil
Mike Cahill Franciso González
6–2, 6–7, 6–1
Win
16.
1983
Guarujá , Brazil
Hard
Tim Gullikson
Shlomo Glickstein Van Winitsky
5–7, 7–6, 6–3
Win
17.
1983
Richmond WCT , U.S.
Carpet (i)
Pavel Složil
Fritz Buehning Brian Teacher
6–2, 6–4
Win
18.
1983
Delray Beach WCT , U.S.
Clay
Pavel Složil
Anand Amritraj Johan Kriek
7–6, 6–4
Win
19.
1983
Milan , Italy
Carpet (i)
Pavel Složil
Fritz Buehning Peter Fleming
6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Loss
23.
1983
Houston WCT , U.S.
Clay
Mark Dickson
Kevin Curren Steve Denton
6–7, 7–6, 1–6
Win
20.
1983
Bournemouth , England
Clay
Sherwood Stewart
Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy
7–6, 7–5
Loss
24.
1983
Munich , West Germany
Clay
Anders Järryd
Chris Lewis Pavel Složil
4–6, 2–6
Win
21.
1983
Gstaad , Switzerland
Clay
Pavel Složil
Colin Dowdeswell Wojciech Fibak
6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Loss
25.
1983
Stuttgart Outdoor , West Germany
Clay
Pavel Složil
Anand Amritraj Mike Bauer
6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss
26.
1983
Hilversum , Netherlands
Clay
Jan Kodeš
Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy
6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Win
22.
1983
Basel , Switzerland
Hard (i)
Pavel Složil
Stefan Edberg Florin Segărceanu
6–1, 3–6, 7–6
Win
23.
1984
Masters Doubles WCT , London
Carpet (i)
Pavel Složil
Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson
6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Loss
27.
1984
Memphis , U.S.
Carpet (i)
Heinz Günthardt
Fritz Buehning Peter Fleming
3–6, 0–6
Win
24.
1984
Milan , Italy
Carpet (i)
Pavel Složil
Kevin Curren Steve Denton
6–4, 6–3
Win
25.
1984
Luxembourg
Carpet (i)
Anders Järryd
Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart
6–3, 7–5
Loss
28.
1984
French Open , Paris
Clay
Pavel Složil
Henri Leconte Yannick Noah
4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win
26.
1984
Hilversum , Netherlands
Clay
Anders Järryd
Broderick Dyke Michael Fancutt
6–4, 5–7, 7–6
Win
27.
1984
North Conway , U.S.
Clay
Brian Gottfried
Cássio Motta Blaine Willenborg
6–4, 6–2
Win
28.
1984
US Open , New York City
Hard
John Fitzgerald
Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd
7–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win
29.
1984
Palermo , Italy
Clay
Blaine Willenborg
Adriano Panatta Henrik Sundström
6–7, 6–3, 6–0
Loss
29.
1984
Geneva , Switzerland
Clay
Libor Pimek
Michael Mortensen Mats Wilander
1–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win
30.
1984
Barcelona , Spain
Clay
Pavel Složil
Martín Jaite Víctor Pecci
6–2, 6–0
Win
31.
1984
Basel , Switzerland
Hard (i)
Pavel Složil
Stefan Edberg Tim Wilkison
7–6, 6–2
Win
32.
1984
Stockholm , Sweden
Hard (i)
Henri Leconte
Vijay Amritraj Ilie Năstase
3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss
30.
1984
Wembley , England
Carpet (i)
Pavel Složil
Andrés Gómez Ivan Lendl
2–6, 2–6
Loss
31.
1984
Masters , New York
Carpet (i)
Pavel Složil
Peter Fleming John McEnroe
2–6, 2–6
Win
33.
1985
Memphis , U.S.
Carpet (i)
Pavel Složil
Kevin Curren Steve Denton
1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win
34.
1985
Rotterdam , Netherlands
Carpet (i)
Pavel Složil
Vitas Gerulaitis Paul McNamee
6–4, 6–4
Win
35.
1985
Monte Carlo , Monaco
Clay
Pavel Složil
Shlomo Glickstein Shahar Perkiss
6–2, 6–3
Loss
32.
1985
Atlanta , U.S.
Carpet (i)
Steve Denton
Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg
4–6, 3–6
Win
36.
1985
Gstaad , Switzerland
Clay
Wojciech Fibak
Brad Drewett Mark Edmondson
6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win
37.
1985
Stuttgart Outdoor , West Germany
Clay
Ivan Lendl
Andy Kohlberg João Soares
3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss
33.
1985
Toulouse , France
Hard (i)
Pavel Složil
Ricardo Acuña Jakob Hlasek
6–3, 2–6, 7–9
Loss
34.
1985
Hong Kong
Hard
Jakob Hlasek
Brad Drewett Kim Warwick
3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss
35.
1986
Brussels , Belgium
Carpet (i)
John Fitzgerald
Boris Becker Slobodan Živojinović
6–7, 5–7
Win
38.
1986
Bari , Italy
Clay
Gary Donnelly
Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez
2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win
39.
1986
French Open , Paris
Clay
John Fitzgerald
Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd
6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7, 14–12
Win
40.
1986
Hilversum , Netherlands
Clay
Miloslav Mečíř
Tom Nijssen Johan Vekemans
6–4, 6–2
Win
41.
1986
Kitzbühel , Austria
Clay
Heinz Günthardt
Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez
4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win
42.
1986
Toulouse , France
Hard (i)
Miloslav Mečíř
Jakob Hlasek Pavel Složil
6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Loss
36.
1986
Basel , Switzerland
Hard (i)
Jan Gunnarsson
Guy Forget Yannick Noah
6–7, 4–6
Win
43.
1987
Hamburg , West Germany
Clay
Miloslav Mečíř
Claudio Mezzadri Jim Pugh
4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Loss
37.
1987
Rome , Italy
Clay
Miloslav Mečíř
Guy Forget Yannick Noah
2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win
44.
1987
Gstaad , Switzerland
Clay
Jan Gunnarsson
Loïc Courteau Guy Forget
7–6, 6–2
Loss
38.
1987
Kitzbühel , Austria
Clay
Miloslav Mečíř
Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez
6–7, 6–7
Win
45.
1987
Prague , Czechoslovakia
Clay
Miloslav Mečíř
Stanislav Birner Jaroslav Navrátil
6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win
46.
1987
Barcelona , Spain
Clay
Miloslav Mečíř
Javier Frana Christian Miniussi
6–1, 6–2
Loss
39.
1987
Palermo , Italy
Clay
Petr Korda
Leonardo Lavalle Claudio Panatta
6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win
47.
1987
Basel , Switzerland
Hard (i)
Anders Järryd
Stanislav Birner Jaroslav Navrátil
6–4, 6–3
Win
48.
1987
Wembley , England
Carpet (i)
Miloslav Mečíř
Ken Flach Robert Seguso
7–5, 6–4
Win
49.
1987
Masters Cup , London
Carpet (i)
Miloslav Mečíř
Ken Flach Robert Seguso
6–4, 7–5, 6–7, 6–3
Loss
40.
1988
Milan , Italy
Carpet (i)
Miloslav Mečíř
Boris Becker Eric Jelen
3–6, 3–6
Loss
41.
1988
Rome , Italy
Clay
Anders Järryd
Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken
3–6, 3–6
Win
50.
1988
Geneva , Switzerland
Clay
Mansour Bahrami
Gustavo Luza Guillermo Pérez Roldán
6–4, 6–3
Win
51.
1988
Basel , Switzerland
Hard (i)
Jakob Hlasek
Jeremy Bates Peter Lundgren
6–3, 6–1
Loss
42.
1988
Vienna , Austria
Carpet
Kevin Curren
Alex Antonitsch Balázs Taróczy
6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Loss
43.
1988
Brussels , Belgium
Carpet
John Fitzgerald
Wally Masur Tom Nijssen
5–7, 6–7
Win
52.
1989
Athens , Greece
Clay
Claudio Panatta
Gustavo Giussani Gerardo Mirad
6–3, 6–2
Win
53.
1989
Monte Carlo , Monaco
Clay
Mark Woodforde
Paolo Canè Diego Nargiso
1–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win
54.
1989
Stuttgart Outdoor , West Germany
Clay
Petr Korda
Florin Segărceanu Cyril Suk
6–3, 6–4
Loss
44.
1989
Kitzbühel , Austria
Clay
Petr Korda
Emilio Sánchez Javier Sánchez
5–7, 6–7
Loss
45.
1989
Prague , Czechoslovakia
Clay
Petr Korda
Jordi Arrese Horst Skoff
4–6, 4–6
Loss
46.
1989
Madrid , Spain
Clay
Francisco Clavet
Carlos Costa Tomás Carbonell
5–7, 3–6
Loss
47.
1989
Barcelona , Spain
Clay
Sergio Casal
Gustavo Luza Christian Miniussi
3–6, 3–6
Win
55.
1990
Monte Carlo , Monaco
Clay
Petr Korda
Andrés Gómez Javier Sánchez
6–4, 7–6
Loss
48.
1990
Munich , West Germany
Clay
Petr Korda
Udo Riglewski Michael Stich
1–6, 4–6
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 3 (2 wins, 1 loss)
Result
Year
Championship
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
1984
French Open
Clay
Pavel Složil
Henri Leconte Yannick Noah
4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win
1984
US Open
Hard
John Fitzgerald
Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd
7–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win
1986
French Open
Clay
John Fitzgerald
Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd
6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7, 14–12
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