David Prinosil (; born 9 March 1973) is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991.

Prinosil was born in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, but later moved to Germany. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the first round by Daniel Vacek of the Czech Republic. In the doubles competition in Stone Mountain Park he won the bronze medal partnering Marc-Kevin Goellner. He was the first opponent of Tim Henman in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, in the first round of Wimbledon in 1994.

The right-hander reached the fourth round of Wimbledon in 2000 and the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters in 1999 and the Paris Masters in 2000. Prinosil won three career titles in singles, and reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 23 April 2001, when he became world No. 28. He began playing for Germany in the Davis Cup in 1996.

Prinosil achieved an upset victory over Greg Rusedski in the second round of the Ericsson Open Masters tournament in 2001 with strong returns. Rusedski had recently beaten Andre Agassi. Prinosil and Rusedski had gone through rehabilitation together after foot surgeries in the same hospital in 1999.

ATP career finals

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP International Series (3–3)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (2–0)Carpet (1–3)Finals by settingOutdoors (2–0)Indoors (1–3)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Newport, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass David Wheaton7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–2Win2–0Ostrava, Czech RepublicWorld SeriesCarpet Petr Korda6–1, 6–2Loss2–1Copenhagen, DenmarkInternational SeriesCarpet Magnus Gustafsson6–3, 1–6, 1–6Loss2–2St. Petersburg, RussiaInternational SeriesCarpet Marc Rosset3–6, 4–6Win3–2Halle, GermanyInternational SeriesGrass Richard Krajicek6–3, 6–2Loss3–3Moscow, RussiaInternational SeriesCarpet Yevgeny Kafelnikov2–6, 5–7

Doubles: 21 (10 titles, 11 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–2)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–1)ATP Championship Series (2–1)ATP World Series (8–7)Finals by surfaceHard (4–4)Clay (1–1)Grass (1–1)Carpet (4–5)Finals by settingOutdoors (5–5)Indoors (5–6)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Rotterdam, NetherlandsWorld SeriesCarpet Marc-Kevin Goellner Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans6–2, 6–7, 7–6Win2–0Umag, CroatiaWorld SeriesClay Richard Vogel Sander Groen Lars Koslowski6–7, 6–3, 7–6Loss2–1Roland Garos, FranceGrand SlamClay Marc-Kevin Goellner Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen4–6, 7–6, 4–6Win3–1Long Island, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Marc-Kevin Goellner Arnaud Boetsch Olivier Delaître6–7, 7–5, 6–2Loss3–2Toulouse, FranceWorld SeriesCarpet Udo Riglewski Byron Black Jonathan Stark5–7, 6–7Loss3–3Vienna, AustriaWorld SeriesCarpet Mike Bauer Byron Black Jonathan Stark3–6, 6–7Loss3–4Copenhagen, DenmarkWorld SeriesCarpet Udo Riglewski Martin Damm Brett Steven3–6, 4–6Loss3–5St. Petersburg, RussiaWorld SeriesCarpet Daniel Vacek Andrei Olhovskiy Brett Steven4–6, 3–6Win4–5Long Island, United StatesInternational SeriesHard Marcos Ondruska Mark Keil T. J. Middleton6–4, 6–4Loss4–6Vienna, AustriaChampionship SeriesCarpet Marc-Kevin Goellner Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith3–6, 4–6Win5–6Ostrava, Czech RepublicInternational SeriesCarpet Nicolas Kiefer David Adams Pavel Vízner6–4, 6–3Loss5–7Copenhagen, DenmarkInternational SeriesHard Marc-Kevin Goellner Max Mirnyi Andrei Olhovskiy7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 1–6Win6–7Vienna, AustriaChampionship SeriesCarpet Sandon Stolle Piet Norval Kevin Ullyett6–3, 6–4Win7–7Copenhagen, DenmarkInternational SeriesHard Martin Damm Jonas Björkman Sébastien Lareau6–1, 5–7, 7–5Loss7–8Halle, GermanyInternational SeriesGrass Mahesh Bhupathi Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)Loss7–9Hong Kong, Hong KongInternational SeriesHard Dominik Hrbatý Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett1–6, 2–6Win8–9Moscow, RussiaInternational SeriesCarpet Jonas Björkman Jiří Novák David Rikl6–2, 6–3Loss8–10Melbourne, AustraliaGrand SlamHard Byron Black Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge1–6, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6Loss8–11Cincinnati, United StatesMasters SeriesHard Martin Damm Leander Paes Mahesh Bhupathi6–7(3–7), 3–6Win9–11Washington, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Martin Damm Bob Bryan Mike Bryan7–6(7–5), 6–3Win10–11Halle, GermanyInternational SeriesGrass David Rikl Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (5–4) LegendATP Challenger (5–4)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–1)Carpet (4–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerCarpet Martin Damm6–3, 7–6Win2–0Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Olivier Delaître6–3, 6–3Win3–0Dublin, IrelandChallengerCarpet Radomír Vašek6–3, 6–3Loss3–1Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Jan Siemerink7–5, 6–7, 4–6Win4–1Wolfsburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Martin Sinner6–4, 7–6Win5–1Hamburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Martin Sinner6–1, 6–4Loss5–2Aachen, GermanyChallengerHard Alexander Volkov3–6, 6–7Loss5–3Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Raemon Sluiter6–2, 4–6, 6–7Loss5–4Bristol, United KingdomChallengerGrass Massimo Dell'Acqua4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 4 (4–0) LegendATP Challenger (4–0)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (3–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Graz, AustriaChallengerClay Richard Vogel Robert Novotny Milan Trněný6–3, 6–4Win2–0Merano, ItalyChallengerClay Sander Groen Lionel Barthez Alois Beust6–4, 6–4Win3–0Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Richard Vogel Udo Riglewski Jorge Lozano6–1, 6–3Win4–0Hamburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Martin Sinner Clinton Ferreira Aleksandar Kitinov6–2, 6–3

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament1991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA2R1R3R1R1R2R1RA3RQ11R0 / 96–9French OpenA3R2R2R1R1R1R2R1R1R1RQ1Q10 / 105–10WimbledonQ2A2R3R1R1RA2R2R4R3RQ2Q10 / 810–8US OpenAA1RA1R2R1R1R2R1R1RQ3Q10 / 82–8Win–loss0–02–13–43–32–41–40–33–42–43–34–40–00–10 / 3523–35ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAAAAAAAA1RQ1A0 / 10–1MiamiAA1RAAAA1R1R1R3RAA0 / 51–5Monte CarloAAAAAAAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1HamburgA2R1RQ22R1R1R1R1RA1RAQ10 / 82–8RomeAAAAAA1RAQFA1RAA0 / 33–3CanadaAAAAAAAAAA1RQ1A0 / 10–1CincinnatiAAAAAAAA1RA1RAA0 / 20–2Essen / StuttgartNMSAA3R1R1RA1RAA0 / 42–4ParisAAAAAA2RQ2AQFAAA0 / 24–2Win–loss0–01–10–20–01–10–13–40–33–53–21–80–00–00 / 2712–27

Doubles Tournament1991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA1R1R2R3R2R3R2RAFQF1R0 / 1015–9French OpenA2RF1R2R1RA2RQF2R3R3R1R0 / 1116–11WimbledonQ2AA2R3R1RA2R1R3R2RQF2R0 / 911–9US OpenAA2RA2R1R1R1RSF1R3R3RA0 / 910–9Win–loss0–01–16–31–35–42–41–14–48–43–310–410–41–30 / 3952–38ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAAAAAAAA2R2RA0 / 22–2MiamiAA1RAAAA1R1R2R1R2R1R0 / 70–7Monte CarloAAAAAAAAAA1R1RA0 / 20–2HamburgA2RQF1R1R2R2R1R1R1R1RAQF0 / 117–11RomeAAAAAAQ2AAAAAA0 / 00–0MadridNH1RA0 / 10–1CanadaAAAAAAAAAA1RSFA0 / 23–2CincinnatiAAAAAAAAQFAF2RA0 / 37–3Essen / StuttgartNMSQFA1R2RSFSFSFAA0 / 611–6ParisAAAAAAA1RA2RAAA0 / 21–2Win–loss0–01–12–20–12–21–11–21–44–44–48–75–62–20 / 3631–36

References

External links

World ranking history A feat of strength by David Prinosil, Frankfurter Allgemeine, 27 June 2001