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Czech Republic · born Prague, 1967 · right-handed · Wimbledon mixed doubles champion 1992, 1996 and 1997
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Wimbledon mixed titles: 1992, 1996 and 1997
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Wimbledon mixed finals: won 1992, 1996 and 1997, lost 1995
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Rosmalen doubles titles, 2000 to 2005
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Tour doubles titles
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Best doubles ranking, April 1994
Cyril Suk III was born in Prague on 29 January 1967 into a tennis family. His mother, Věra Suková, was the 1962 Wimbledon singles runner-up and later a leading coach; his father, Cyril Suk II, was president of the Czechoslovak tennis federation; his sister Helena became a top-ten player. In 1985 he won the French Open boys' doubles with Petr Korda and reached the Wimbledon boys' doubles final with him.
He turned professional in 1988 and made his career in doubles, winning at least one tour title every year from 1991 to 2000 and 32 in all, and reaching No. 7 in 1994. His partners included Tom Nijssen, Daniel Vacek, Sandon Stolle and, from 1997, Martin Damm. In mixed doubles he won the 1991 French Open with Helena, Wimbledon in 1992 with Larisa Neiland, and Wimbledon again with Helena in 1996 and 1997. His one men's major came at the 1998 US Open with Stolle, where they saved two match points in the final against Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.
He played Davis Cup for the Czech Republic from 1992, captained the team in 2003, played the 2004 Olympics in Athens with Damm, and retired in 2006.
| Wimbledon mixed finals | 1992: with Larisa Neiland beat Jacco Eltingh and Miriam Oremans 7-6, 6-2. 1995: with Gigi Fernández lost to Jonathan Stark and Martina Navratilova 6-4, 6-4. 1996: with Helena Suková beat the top seeds Mark Woodforde and Neiland 1-6, 6-3, 6-2. 1997: with Suková beat Andrei Olhovskiy and Neiland 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
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| Wimbledon 1996 second round | Cyril and Helena beat Paul Tramacchi and Rennae Stubbs 5-7, 7-6, 6-2 after facing a match point at 4-5 in the second set, then went on to win the title |
| Rosmalen | Won the doubles at 's-Hertogenbosch in 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004 with Martin Damm and in 2005 with Pavel Vízner, and lost the 2001 final with Damm to Paul Haarhuis and Sjeng Schalken. The 2004 final against Lars Burgsmüller and Daniel Vacek finished 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 |
| Halle | Won in 1993 with Petr Korda; lost the 2003 final with Damm to Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge 6-3, 6-4 |
| Wimbledon boys' doubles 1985 | Seeded second with Korda, lost the final to Agustín Moreno and Jaime Yzaga 7-6, 6-4 |
| Wimbledon | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Mixed doubles | with Larisa Neiland |
| 1996 | Mixed doubles | with Helena Suková |
| 1997 | Mixed doubles | with Helena Suková |
| 's-Hertogenbosch (Rosmalen) | ||
| 2000 | Men's doubles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships | with Martin Damm |
| 2002 | Men's doubles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships | with Martin Damm |
| 2003 | Men's doubles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships | with Martin Damm |
| 2004 | Men's doubles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships | with Martin Damm |
| 2005 | Men's doubles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships | with Pavel Vízner |
| Halle | ||
| 1993 | Men's doubles | with Petr Korda |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. † single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"There was a rule at home that we didn't speak about tennis at home."
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Prague
The family spent much of its time at the Sparta club, but at home the subject was off limits. Helena recalled that she and Cyril never felt pressure to play, though they later learned their parents had hoped they would.
Source: WTA Insider, 21 July 2018Wimbledon 1962
Věra Suková reached the 1962 Wimbledon singles final as an unseeded player and lost to Karen Susman 6-4, 6-4. She later captained Czechoslovakia to the 1975 Federation Cup and coached her daughter. She died in Prague in 1982.
Source: Wimbledon Compendium 2025Wimbledon 1996
Cyril and Helena won the mixed in 1996 and 1997, and the Compendium lists them with John and Tracy Austin (1980) and Wayne and Cara Black (2004) as the only brother and sister to win the event.
Source: Wimbledon Compendium 2025New York, 1998
On the night he won the 1998 US Open doubles with Sandon Stolle, he went to a Pearl Jam concert at Madison Square Garden, where the band dedicated a song to the new champions.
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