Dominik Hrbatý (born 4 January 1978, Bratislava) is a professional tennis player from Slovakia. Hrbatý has won six ATP titles and has been ranked as high as No. 12 in the world at 18 October 2004.
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 ten...
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Dominik Hrbatý (born 4 January 1978, Bratislava) is a professional tennis player from Slovakia. Hrbatý has won six ATP titles and has been ranked as high as No. 12 in the world at 18 October 2004.
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 engaged to Nelly Petrova; he proposed after Slovakia won the Hopman Cup on January 10, 2009. He also won the tournament for Slovakia in 2005 with Daniela Hantuchová. This makes Hrbaty a dual winner to move into the company of Serena Williams, James Blake and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario.
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 Nicolas...
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