# Bohdan Ulihrach

Bohdan Ulihrach (born 23 February 1975) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.

## Career

Ulihrach turned professional in 1993. He won his first top-level singles title in July 1995 at Prague, where he defeated Javier Sánchez in the final. His second followed three months later at Montevideo, where he beat Alberto Berasategui in the final.
In 1996, Ulihrach was part of the Czech Republic team which finished runner-up at the World Team Cup. In 1997, en route to his first hardcourt final at the Indian Wells Masters, Ulihrach beat the then-world No. 1, Pete Sampras. In the final, he was defeated by Michael Chang. Ulihrach reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 22 in May 1997.
He reached the fourth round at both the Australian Open and the French Open, in 1999.
In 2003, Ulihrach was cleared of a doping charge.
At the 2007 French Open, he beat the No. 24 seed Dominik Hrbatý in the first round in five sets.

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters 1000 (0–1)
* ATP 500 Series (0–0)
* ATP 250 Series (3–5)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–2)
* Clay (3–4)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (3–6)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 1995 | St. Pölten, Austria | World Series | Clay | Thomas Muster | 3–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Aug 1995 | Prague, Czech Republic | World Series | Clay | Javier Sánchez | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–1 | Nov 1995 | Montevideo, Uruguay | World Series | Clay | Alberto Berasategui | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–2 | May 1996 | Prague, Czech Republic | World Series | Clay | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 5–7, 6–1, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Mar 1997 | Indian Wells, United States | Masters Series | Hard | Michael Chang | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | May 1997 | Prague, Czech Republic | World Series | Clay | Cédric Pioline | 2–6, 7–5, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Win | 3–4 | Aug 1998 | Umag, Croatia | World Series | Clay | Magnus Norman | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–0)}$ |
| Loss | 3–5 | Jan 2001 | Doha, Qatar | World Series | Hard | Marcelo Ríos | 3–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–6 | Jul 2001 | Båstad, Sweden | World Series | Clay | Andrea Gaudenzi | 5–7, 3–6 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 9 (6–3)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (6–3)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (6–3)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 1994 | Oberstaufen, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Hicham Arazi | 6–2, 6–0 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Aug 1994 | Plzeň, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Radomír Vašek | 6–2, 2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Mar 1995 | Agadir, Morocco | Challenger | Clay | Óscar Martínez | 6–3, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Apr 1995 | Birmingham, United States | Challenger | Clay | Jiří Novák | 6–4, 7–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Jun 1997 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Fernando Meligeni | 6–2, 4–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 4–2 | Jun 2000 | Szczecin, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Alberto Martín | 6–0, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–2 | Jun 2001 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Jiří Novák | 6–4, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Sep 2006 | Szczecin, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Nicolás Lapentti | 6–3, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 6–3 | May 2007 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Lukáš Dlouhý | 6–4, 6–4 |

## Performance timeline

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

### Singles

| Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 2R | 1R | A | 4R | A | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 7 | 7–7 | 50% |
| French Open | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 4R | 2R | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | Q2 | A | 2R | Q2 | 0 / 10 | 13–10 | 57% |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 3R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | A | 0 / 10 | 3–10 | 23% |
| US Open | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | Q1 | A | Q3 | A | A | 0 / 9 | 5–9 | 36% |
| Win–loss | 2–3 | 6–4 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 6–4 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 36 | 28–36 | 44% |
| ATP Masters Series ||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | F | 3R | 1R | A | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | Q2 | A | A | A | 0 / 6 | 9–6 | 60% |
| Miami | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | 3R | 1R | A | 2R | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | 33% |
| Monte Carlo | A | 2R | 3R | 3R | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 7 | 8–7 | 53% |
| Hamburg | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
| Rome | 3R | 2R | A | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 7 | 6–7 | 46% |
| Stuttgart | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | A | Q1 | 2R | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | 50% |
| Canada | A | 3R | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 5–3 | 63% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Paris | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | Q2 | 2R | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% |
| Win–loss | 2–1 | 5–6 | 9–5 | 9–7 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 12–9 | 2–7 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 44 | 42–44 | 49% |