# Karol Beck

Karol Beck (born 3 April 1982) is a male former tennis player from Slovakia, who turned professional in 2001. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 36, achieved in August 2005. Beck reached the fourth round of the 2004 US Open and the quarterfinals of the 2005 Montreal Masters, defeating Nikolay Davydenko en route to both runs.

## Career

On 25 October 2004, Beck lost in the final of the St. Petersburg Open to Mikhail Youzhny 6–2, 6–2.
On 13 February 2006 the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced Beck had tested positive for the beta agonist clenbuterol during the 2005 Davis Cup semifinal for Slovakia against Argentina, which Slovakia won 4–1. As a consequence, the ITF suspended him from the game for two years until 31 October 2007.

### 2007

Beck finished serving his suspension and began playing again in November as an unranked player. He had to go through qualifying rounds in every tournament.
Without a ranking, he chose the Tunis challenger as his first tournament to qualify in. He qualified and won his first round match to get his first ranking points. The next week, he had a wild card entry into qualifying for the Dnipropetrovsk challenger, and qualified to pick up some more points.
He qualified a couple more times at challengers and futures tournaments before winning his final tournament of 2007, the Czech F6 Futures, to finish up the year at No. 581, after playing in just 5 tournaments.

### 2008

He began 2008 from where he left off in 2007, qualifying into and winning his first tournament, Germany's F1 Futures, to get into the top-500.

### 2009

Beck took part in the 2009 Wimbledon Championships ranked as 143rd in the world. He was a lucky loser due to the withdrawal of then-World No. 1, Rafael Nadal. He was drawn against 21st seed Feliciano López in the first round and won a thrilling five set encounter 1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 10–8 to reach the second round of a grand slam tournament for the first time since the 2005 Australian Open. In the second round, he would meet another Spaniard, this being Nicolás Almagro. He played another 5-setter, but, this time, he lost 4–6, 6–7, 6–3, 6–3, 5–7.

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 1 (0–1)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
* ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1. | Oct 2004 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Carpet (i) | Mikhail Youzhny | 2–6, 2–6 |

### Doubles: 2 (0–2)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
* ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1. | Feb 2010 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Hard | Harel Levy | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 2–6, 6–3, [10–5] |
| Loss | 2. | Jun 2010 | London, United Kingdom | Grass | David Škoch | Novak Djokovic Jonathan Erlich | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 6–2, [10–3] |

## Challenger and Futures Finals
### Singles: 32 (17–15)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (10–11)
* ITF Futures Tour (7–4)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (9–9)
* Clay (2–1)
* Grass (2–2)
* Carpet (4–3)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2001 | Croatia F2, Zagreb | Futures | Hard | Lovro Zovko | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Aug 2001 | Togliatti, Russia | Challenger | Hard | Alexander Peya | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Aug 2001 | Russia F3, Balashikha | Futures | Clay | Orest Tereshchuk | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–2 | Apr 2002 | Greece F2, Kalamata | Futures | Hard | Janko Tipsarević | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–2 | Jul 2002 | Bristol, England | Challenger | Grass | Alexander Peya | 6–0, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Jul 2002 | Manchester, England | Challenger | Grass | Vladimir Voltchkov | 4–6, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| Loss | 3–4 | Nov 2002 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Carpet | Antony Dupuis | 6–4, 4–6, 6–7$^{(1–7)}$ |
| Win | 4–4 | Jan 2003 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Jürgen Melzer | 6–2, 5–7, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Loss | 4–5 | Feb 2003 | Andrezieux, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Thierry Ascione | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 5–5 | Feb 2004 | Wrocław, Poland | Challenger | Hard (i) | Jan Hernych | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 6–5 | Jun 2004 | Surbiton, England | Challenger | Grass | Wesley Moodie | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 7–5 | Mar 2005 | Sunrise, United States | Challenger | Hard | Davide Sanguinetti | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 8–5 | Dec 2007 | Czech Republic F6, Opava | Futures | Carpet | Lukáš Rosol | 2–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
| Win | 9–5 | Jan 2008 | Germany F1, Nussloch | Futures | Carpet | Sébastien de Chaunac | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 9–6 | Oct 2008 | Kolding, Denmark | Challenger | Hard (i) | Roko Karanušić | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 9–7 | Nov 2008 | Helsinki, Finland | Challenger | Hard (i) | Dmitry Tursunov | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 9–8 | Jan 2009 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Hard (i) | Benjamin Becker | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 10–8 | Jul 2009 | Pozoblanco, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Thiago Alves | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 11–8 | Feb 2010 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Gilles Müller | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 12–8 | Feb 2010 | Belgrade, Serbia | Challenger | Carpet | Ilija Bozoljac | 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 12–9 | Mar 2010 | Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Challenger | Hard (i) | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 3–6, 0–1 ret. |
| Win | 13–9 | Oct 2010 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Gilles Müller | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 13–10 | Mar 2011 | Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Challenger | Hard (I) | Amer Delić | walkover |
| Win | 14–10 | Aug 2011 | Segovia, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Grégoire Burquier | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 14–11 | Nov 2011 | Eckental, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Rajeev Ram | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 14–12 | Jun 2012 | Nottingham, Great Britain | Challenger | Grass | Grega Žemlja | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Loss | 14–13 | Nov 2013 | Czech Republic F6, Jablonec nad Nisou | Futures | Carpet | Uladzimir Ignatik | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 14–14 | Jan 2014 | Germany F2, Stuttgart | Futures | Hard | Uladzimir Ignatik | 6–4, 3–6, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Win | 15–14 | March 2014 | France F7, Saint-Raphaël | Futures | Hard | Maxime Authom | 7–6$^{(11–9)}$, 6–4 |
| Win | 16–14 | Apr 2014 | Turkey F10, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Mate Delić | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 16–15 | Jul 2014 | Austria F5, Bad Waltersdorf | Futures | Clay | Dušan Lojda | 3–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
| Win | 17–15 | Aug 2014 | Slovakia F3, Piešťany | Futures | Clay | Ivo Klec | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |

### Doubles: 43 (27–16)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (19–9)
* ITF Futures Tour (8–7)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (16–11)
* Clay (8–5)
* Grass (1–0)
* Carpet (2–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2000 | Slovak Republic Masters, Piešťany | Satellites | Clay | Igor Zelenay | Branislav Sekáč Martin Štěpánek | 6–3, 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Win | 2–0 | Oct 2000 | Finland F2, Helsinki | Futures | Carpet | Igor Zelenay | Jarkko Nieminen Tero Vilen | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Nov 2000 | United States F28, Malibu | Futures | Hard | Igor Zelenay | Lassi Ketola Kim Tiilikainen | 4–6, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Win | 3–1 | Dec 2000 | United States F29, Laguna Niguel | Futures | Hard | Cedric Kauffmann | Kelly Gullett Djalmar Sistermans | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–1 | Jun 2001 | Czech Republic F2, Jablonec nad Nisou | Futures | Clay | Branislav Sekáč | Martin Hromec Martin Štěpánek | 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–2 | Jun 2001 | Slovenia F3, Kranj | Futures | Clay | Branislav Sekáč | Igor Brukner Josef Neštický | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 5–2 | Jul 2001 | Oberstaufen, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Branislav Sekáč | Thomas Strengberger Clemens Trimmel | 2–6, 6–1, 6–0 |
| Win | 6–2 | Aug 2001 | Togliatti, Russia | Challenger | Hard | Igor Zelenay | Abdul Hamid Makhkamov Dmitriy Tomashevich | 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–2 | Aug 2001 | Russia F1, Balashikha | Futures | Clay | Igor Zelenay | Alexey Kedryuk Orest Tereshchuk | 0–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7–3 | Sep 2001 | Zabrze, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Igor Zelenay | Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann | 1–6, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Loss | 7–4 | Nov 2001 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Hard | Igor Zelenay | Lukáš Dlouhý David Miketa | 1–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
| Loss | 7–5 | Jan 2002 | United States F2, Delray Beach | Futures | Hard | Ladislav Švarc | Graydon Oliver Travis Rettenmaier | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 8–5 | Mar 2002 | Osaka, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Cedric Kauffmann | Laurence Tieleman JohnVan Lottum | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 8–6 | Apr 2002 | Greece F1, Syros | Futures | Hard | Michal Mertiňák | Thierry Ascione Florent Serra | 6–3, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 9–6 | Apr 2002 | Greece F2, Kalamata | Futures | Hard | Michal Mertiňák | Tapio Nurminen Marko Tkalec | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 10–6 | May 2002 | Budapest, Hungary | Challenger | Clay | Jaroslav Levinský | Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto | 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 11–6 | Jul 2002 | Manchester, Great Britain | Challenger | Grass | Aisam Qureshi | John Hui Anthony Ross | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ |
| Loss | 11–7 | Aug 2002 | Segovia, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Sander Groen | Tim Crichton Todd Perry | 7–5, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 11–8 | Aug 2002 | Bronx, United States | Challenger | Hard | Tomáš Zíb | Jamie Delgado Arvind Parmar | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 1–6 |
| Win | 12–8 | Nov 2002 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Hard | Jaroslav Levinský | Aleksandar Kitinov Lovro Zovko | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 13–8 | May 2004 | Zagreb, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Jaroslav Levinský | Jordan Kerr Tom Vanhoudt | 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Win | 14–8 | Nov 2004 | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine | Challenger | Hard | Jaroslav Levinský | Andrei Pavel Gabriel Trifu | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ |
| Win | 15–8 | Feb 2009 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Hard | Jaroslav Levinský | Benedikt Dorsch Philipp Petzschner | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 16–8 | Mar 2009 | Besançon, France | Challenger | Hard | Jaroslav Levinský | David Škoch Igor Zelenay | 2–6, 7–5, [10–7] |
| Win | 17–8 | Mar 2009 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Jaroslav Levinský | Chris Haggard Pavel Vízner | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–4 |
| Win | 18–8 | May 2009 | Rhodes, Greece | Challenger | Hard | Jaroslav Levinský | Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 19–8 | Jul 2009 | Pozoblanco, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Jaroslav Levinský | Colin Fleming Ken Skupski | 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, [10–7] |
| Loss | 19–9 | Feb 2010 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Jiří Krkoška | Jonathan Marray Jamie Murray | 1–6, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, [8–10] |
| Loss | 19–10 | May 2010 | Bordeaux, France | Challenger | Clay | Leoš Friedl | Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 7–5, 3–6, [7–10] |
| Win | 20–10 | Sep 2010 | Trnava, Slovakie | Challenger | Clay | Lukáš Rosol | Alexander Peya Martin Slanar | 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, [10–8] |
| Loss | 20–11 | Oct 2010 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Filip Polášek | Ross Hutchins Jamie Murray | 6–2, 4–6, [8–10] |
| Win | 21–11 | Jul 2011 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | Matthias Bachinger Frank Moser | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 21–12 | Jul 2012 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Hard | Kamil Čapkovič | Konstantin Kravchuk Denys Molchanov | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 22–12 | Sep 2012 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Lukáš Dlouhý | Adrián Menéndez Maceiras John Peers | 3–6, 6–2, [10–6] |
| Win | 23–12 | Nov 2012 | Ortisei, Italy | Challenger | Carpet | Rik de Voest | Rameez Junaid Michael Kohlmann | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 24–12 | Feb 2013 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Andrej Martin | Claudio Grassi Amir Weintraub | 6–3, 3–6, [10–8] |
| Loss | 24–13 | Mar 2013 | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Challenger | Hard | Mirza Bašić | Konstantin Kravchuk Tomislav Brkić | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 25–13 | Feb 2014 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Michal Mertiňák | Konstantin Kravchuk Denys Molchanov | 4–6, 7–5, [10–6] |
| Win | 26–13 | Apr 2014 | Turkey F10, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Maximilian Neuchrist | George Coupland Andreas Mies | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 27–13 | Aug 2014 | Slovakia F3, Piešťany | Futures | Clay | Filipp Kekercheni | Danylo Kalenichenko Gonçalo Oliveira | 6–2, 2–6, [10–8] |
| Loss | 27–14 | Aug 2014 | Slovakia F4, Trnava | Futures | Clay | Filipp Kekercheni | Jakub Filipsky Jan Šátral | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 27–15 | Jul 2016 | Slovakia F1, Trnava | Futures | Clay | Artem Dubrivnyy | Danylo Kalenichenko Filipp Kekercheni | 0–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 27–16 | Nov 2016 | Estonia F3, Tallinn | Futures | Hard | Artem Dubrivnyy | Niels Lootsma BoticVan de Zandschulp | |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | 2R | 3R | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | 1R | A | 3–5 |
| French Open | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | A | 1R | A | 0–5 |
| Wimbledon | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | A | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 3R | 1R | Q2 | 7–8 |
| US Open | A | 1R | 4R | 1R | A | A | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 3–6 |
| Win–loss | 1–1 | 0–4 | 6–4 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 13–24 |
| Career statistics ||||||||||||||
| Titles–Finals | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Year-end ranking | 117 | 66 | 44 | 57 | N/A | 582 | 145 | 114 | 103 | 101 | 141 | 360 | |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2–2 |
| French Open | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2–3 |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 2R | A | 3R | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3–6 |
| US Open | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2–2 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 6–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 12–13 |