Jaroslav Bulant

Jaroslav Bulant (born 21 April 1964) is a Czech former professional tennis player.

Jaroslav Bulant
Full nameJaroslav Bulant
Country (sports) Czechoslovakia
 Czech Republic
Born (1964-04-21) 21 April 1964
Třebíč, Czechoslovakia
PlaysRight–handed
Prize money$85,900
Singles
Career record2–9
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 142 (3 April 1989)
Doubles
Career record2–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 200 (13 February 1989)

Biography

Bulant was born in Třebíč and based in Jihlava when he turned professional in 1986.[1]

In 1988 he won a Challenger title in Zurich and made his first Grand Prix appearance, at the Prague Open. He reached his career best ranking of 142 in 1989, a year he appeared at five Grand Prix tournaments and won a further Challenger title in Nicosia. In 1994, by then competing on the ATP Tour, Bulant upset the world's 20th ranked player at the Colombia Open, Carlos Costa, who was also the top seed.[2]

Since retiring he has worked as a coach. In 2005 he coached Lucie Šafářová and in 2008 was coach of Dominik Hrbatý. From late 2009 to early 2010 he coached Dominika Cibulková.[3]

Challenger titles

Singles: (2)
No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 1988 Rümikon, Switzerland Clay Switzerland Roland Stadler 6–3, 6–7, 6–2
2. 1989 Nicosia, Cyprus Clay West Germany Markus Zillner 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: (2)
No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1988 Eger, Hungary Clay Czechoslovakia Vojtěch Flégl Czechoslovakia Karel Nováček
Czechoslovakia Richard Vogel		 6–4, 6–4
2. 1989 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Czechoslovakia Richard Vogel Belgium Libor Pimek
Romania Florin Segărceanu		 6–1, 6–3

References
  1. "Bio". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  2. "Results Plus". New York Times. 14 September 1994. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  3. "Bývalý kouč tenistky Cibulkovej o svojom vyhodení" (in Slovak). pluska.sk. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
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