Dominik Hrbatý (; born 4 January 1978) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. Hrbatý reached the semifinals of the 1999 French Open, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 in October 2005. Hrbatý is one of only three players, alongside Nick Kyrgios and Lleyton Hewitt, to have beaten each member of the Big Three (Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal) the first time he played them.

Hrbatý is one of a select few players to have competed on the ATP Tour with a positive winning record against Federer (2–1), Nadal (3–1), and Murray (1–0). Hrbatý's record against Djokovic stands at 1–1 (or 0–1 at tour-level events). Hrbaty, Alex Corretja and Novak Djokovic are the only players to have a winning record over Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

Personal life Hrbatý was born on 4 January 1978 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. His father was an architecture engineer and his younger brother is an umpire. When he was younger, Hrbatý was European junior competitor in skiing and from the age of 11, he focused on tennis full-time.

He is married to Nelly Petrová; he proposed after Slovakia won the Hopman Cup on 10 January 2009 (with Dominika Cibulková).Hrbatý Celebrates Engagement ATPtennis.com, 11 January 2009 He also won the tournament for Slovakia in 2005 with Daniela Hantuchová. This makes Hrbatý a dual winner to move into the company of Serena Williams, James Blake, Tommy Robredo and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

Tennis career Hrbatý turned professional in 1996. During the year he reached six Challenger finals and achieved a 35–15 match record. He ended the year as the youngest player in the top 100.

In 1997, Hrbatý won the Košice Challenger title defeating Nicolás Lapentti. He also reached his first ATP Tour final in Palermo, losing to Alberto Berasategui. His first doubles success on the Tour was reaching the final of Umag with Karol Kučera.

Hrbatý broke through for his first ATP title in 1998 in San Marino and defended his title in Košice. He continued his form into 1999 capturing his second title in Prague. His greatest breakthrough was reaching the semi-finals of Roland Garros where he defeated Julien Boutter, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Andrew Ilie, Marat Safin and Marcelo Ríos before falling to eventual winner, Andre Agassi.

Despite not winning a title in 2000, Hrbatý reached three finals in Monte Carlo, St. Petersburg and Brighton. During the year he helped Slovakia win the ATP World Team Championship where he had wins over Pete Sampras and Kafelnikov. While not winning a title in singles, he won the Rome Masters doubles title with Martin Damm and reached another three finals.

2001 got off to a quick start for Hrbatý, winning in Auckland for his third ATP title, defeating at the final the Spaniard Francisco Clavet. He backed up that win with a quarter-finals appearance at the Australian Open. On his way he defeated number two seed, Marat Safin. Other notable singles results were reaching the semi-finals in Dubai, Tashkent and Moscow. Hrbatý helped Slovakia back into the World Group stage in Davis Cup by defeating Nicolás Massú and Rios in 5 sets coming from two sets down in each match. Hrbatý teamed up with Roger Federer in the men's doubles at the Australian Open in 2001. However they were knocked out by Thomas Shimada and Myles Wakefield.

Hrbatý had an average year in 2002 where he finished out of the top 50 for the first time since 1996. He won a Challenger title in Biella. In 2003, Hrbatý made the final in Auckland losing to Gustavo Kuerten. Also made the semi-finals in Casablanca and Umag. Defeated Andy Roddick in the Davis Cup to end the American's 19-match winning streak.

Hrbatý's best season in his career to date was in 2004. He started the season with back-to-back title wins in Auckland and Adelaide. The Auckland victory was over Rafael Nadal in the final. Then won his sixth career title in Marseille and then made it to the final in Casablanca. He achieved one of his best wins by defeating World No. 1 Roger Federer in Cincinnati and then made it to the quarter-finals of the US Open.

In 2005, Hrbatý finished in the top 20 despite not reaching a singles final. His best results were semi-finals in Los Angeles, Metz and Basel. He had good success in the ATP Masters Series in Miami, Rome and Montreal, where he reached the quarter-finals.

Also in 2005, Hrbatý helped Slovakia reach the Davis Cup final against Croatia. He compiled a 6–1 singles record during the season. Inflicted Ivan Ljubičić's only singles loss in the final but Slovakia lost the final 2–3.

2006 was a mixed year for Hrbatý. He reached his second Tennis Masters Series title final in Paris losing to Nikolay Davydenko, which helped him finish in the top 25 in the year-end rankings. Other results were semi-finals in Los Angeles and Vienna and a quarter-finals in Beijing.

Hrbatý's form started to drop in 2007. He was plagued by an elbow injury which severely limited his play in that season.

At the 2007 U.S. Open, in doubles, he lost to Jesse Levine and Alex Kuznetsov, while pairing with Harel Levy of Israel, 6–1, 6–4.

At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, Hrbatý lost to his good friend and former doubles partner Federer in the first round, 6–3, 6–2, 6–2. Hrbatý sat immediately next to Federer and had an amicable conversation with him during the last changeover of the match, telling Federer that this may be Hrbatý's last Wimbledon and that, as a joke, this has been the first victory for Federer in a match against him and leads him 2–1 in head to head.

In 2010, Hrbaty announced his retirement as he became a father for the first time. In 2012, Hrbaty temporarily returned to professional tennis by playing in the qualifying tournament for the 2012 Heineken Open. He won his first round of qualifying by beating Pere Riba in straight sets 6–4, 6–2.

Major finals ATP Masters 1000 finals Singles: 2 (0–2) ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss Apr 2000Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Cédric Pioline3–6, 6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8)Loss Nov 2006Paris, France Carpet (i) Nikolay Davydenko1–6, 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1–1) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss Apr 2000 Miami. U.S. Hard Martin Damm Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde6–3, 6–4Win May 2000 Rome, Italy Clay Martin Damm Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov6–4, 4–6, 6–3

Career finals Singles: 13 (6–7)

Legend (singles)Grand Slam (0)Tennis Masters Cup (0)ATP Masters Series (0)ATP Tour (6)Titles by surfaceHard (4)Clay (2)Grass (0)Carpet (0)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Sep 1997Palermo, ItalyClay Alberto Berasategui4–6, 2–6Win1–1Aug 1998San MarinoClay Mariano Puerta6–2, 7–5Win2–1Apr 1999Prague, Czech RepublicClay Sláva Doseděl6–2, 6–2Loss2–2Apr 2000Monte Carlo, MonacoClay Cédric Pioline4–6, 6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8)Loss2–3Nov 2000St. Petersburg, RussiaHard (i) Marat Safin6–2, 4–6, 4–6Loss2–4Nov 2000Brighton, United KingdomHard (i) Tim Henman2–6, 2–6Win3–4Jan 2001Auckland, New ZealandHard Francisco Clavet6–4, 2–6, 6–3Loss3–5Jan 2003Auckland, New ZealandHard Gustavo Kuerten3–6, 5–7Win4–5Jan 2004Adelaide, AustraliaHard Michaël Llodra6–4, 6–0Win5–5Jan 2004Auckland, New ZealandHard Rafael Nadal4–6, 6–2, 7–5Win6–5Feb 2004Marseille, FranceHard (i) Robin Söderling4–6, 6–4, 6–4Loss6–6May 2004Casablanca, MoroccoClay Santiago Ventura3–6, 6–1, 4–6Loss6–7Oct 2006Paris, FranceCarpet (i) Nikolay Davydenko1–6, 2–6, 2–6

Performance timeline

Singles Tournament199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010SRW–LAustralian OpenA4R1R1R1RQF4R1R3RQF4R3RA2RA0 / 1121–11French OpenA1R3RSF2R2R1R2R2R1R3R1R1RQ3Q1WimbledonA1R1R1R2R1R1R1R3R2R1R1R1RQ2Q10 / 124–12US OpenA1R2R1R4R2R3R2RQF4R1R1R1RQ1A0 / 1215–12Win–loss0–03–43–45–45–46–45–42–49–48–45–42–40–31–10–00 / 4854–48Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsANH1RNH2RNH2RNH0 / 32–3ATP Masters SeriesIndian Wells MastersA1R1RA2R1R1R1R3R2R3R2RQ1AA0 / 103–10Miami MastersA4R2RQF4R3R1R1R3RQF2R1R1RAA0 / 1215–12Monte-Carlo MastersA1RA1RF1R2R1R1R1R2R2RQ1AA0 / 108–10Rome MastersAAA2RQF1RA2R1RQF2R1RAAA0 / 89–8Hamburg MastersA1R1R1R1R1RA1R2R3R2R1RAAA0 / 104–10Canada MastersAAAAA2R1RA1RQF2R3RAAA0 / 67–6Cincinnati MastersAAAA1R1R2RA2R3R3R1RAAA0 / 76–7Madrid Masters (Stuttgart)AAA2R2R1RAQ12R3R2RAAAA0 / 64–6Paris MastersAAA1R2R2R2R2R2R3RFAAAA0 / 89–8Career statisticsTitles0011010030000006Overall win–loss0–227–2334–2938–3244–2931–3023–2926–2642–2643–2632–2810–215–94–70–1359–318Year End Ranking7840462117365161141821136253141417$7,068,735

Top 10 wins Season19971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010TotalWins1058332152100031

#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScoreHrbatýRank19971. Yevgeny Kafelnikov3St. Pölten, AustriaClay1R6–3, 6–35019992. Yevgeny Kafelnikov3Marseille, FranceHard (i)2R6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–2433. Andre Agassi9Miami, United StatesHard2R1–6, 6–3, 6–2404. Marcelo Ríos8Miami, United StatesHard4R6–2, 6–0405. Yevgeny Kafelnikov1French Open, Paris, FranceClay2R6–4, 6–1, 6–4306. Marcelo Ríos9French Open, Paris, FranceClayQF7–6(7–4), 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 6–33020007. Gustavo Kuerten4Davis Cup, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilClayRR7–5, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)258. Yevgeny Kafelnikov3Monte Carlo, MonacoClay2R6–3, 5–7, 6–4249. Andre Agassi1Rome, ItalyClay3R6–4, 6–41710. Pete Sampras2World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, GermanyClayRR0–6, 6–4, 6–41411. Yevgeny Kafelnikov4World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, GermanyClayF6–4, 7–6(7–1)1412. Yevgeny Kafelnikov6US Open, New York, United StatesHard3R6–4, 7–6(7–5), 6–13613. Gustavo Kuerten3Tokyo, JapanHardQF6–7(6–8), 6–2, 3–0, ret.3314. Yevgeny Kafelnikov5St. Petersburg, RussiaHard (i)SF7–5, 6–322200115. Marat Safin2Australian Open, Melbourne, AustraliaHard4R6–2, 7–6(8–6), 6–41616. Marat Safin1Davis Cup, Bratislava, SlovakiaHard (i)RR6–3, 6–1, 6–41417. Marat Safin7Moscow, RussiaCarpet (i)2R6–0, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)28200218. Sébastien Grosjean9Barcelona, SpainClay2R6–3, 6–46219. Sébastien Grosjean10Cincinnati, United StatesHard1R6–3, 3–6, 6–45420. Yevgeny Kafelnikov4US Open, New York, United StatesHard2R6–3, 6–1, 6–152200321. Paradorn Srichaphan10French Open, Paris, FranceClay1R6–4, 3–6, 6–0, 7–56222. Andy Roddick2Davis Cup, Bratislava, SlovakiaClayRR3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–460200423. Roger Federer1Cincinnati, United StatesHard1R1–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–421200524. Gastón Gaudio10Australian Open, Melbourne, AustraliaHard3R7–6(7–5), 6–7(8–10), 6–7(3–7), 6–1, 6–32725. Marat Safin4Miami, United StatesHard3R7–6(8–6), 6–12826. Tim Henman6Rome, ItalyClay3R6–3, 3–6, 6–32427. Guillermo Coria8Davis Cup, Bratislava, SlovakiaHard (i)RR7–6(7–2), 6–2, 6–31928. Ivan Ljubičić9Davis Cup, Bratislava, SlovakiaHard (i)RR4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–419200629. Ivan Ljubičić4Rome, ItalyClay1R5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–42430. Tomáš Berdych10Paris, FranceCarpet (i)QF6–4, 1–6, 6–227200731. Tommy Robredo7Montreal, CanadaHard2R6–2, 6–432

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Hrbaty world ranking history