How old is Frantisek Pala?

Frantisek Pala is 82 years old, born on March 28, 1944.

Which country is Frantisek Pala from?

Frantisek Pala is from Czechia.

Is Frantisek Pala left-handed or right-handed?

Frantisek Pala plays left-handed.

How many Grand Slams has Frantisek Pala won?

Frantisek Pala has not won a Grand Slam title.

How many Masters 1000 titles has Frantisek Pala won?

Frantisek Pala has not won a Masters 1000 title.

What is Frantisek Pala's highest ATP ranking?

Frantisek Pala's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 102, first achieved on October 15, 1973.

What is Frantisek Pala's career win-loss record?

Frantisek Pala has a career ATP singles record of 62 wins and 112 losses (35.6%).

When did Frantisek Pala play professional tennis?

Frantisek Pala turned professional in 1969 and was active through 1979.

What is Frantisek Pala's best surface?

Frantisek Pala's best surface is clay court with a 40.9% win rate (47W-68L).

Who is Frantisek Pala's biggest rival?

Frantisek Pala's most frequent opponent is Ion Tiriac, with a head-to-head record of 4–2 across 6 meetings.

Frantisek Pala

CZE Age 82 Plays: Left-Handed Pro 1969–1979

Peak ranking

102 (Oct 15, 1973)

Elo peak

1719 (56.8%ile)

Career record

62–112 (35.6%)

Career titles

Recent ATP Matches full match log →

Date	Tournament	Category	Round	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match
Jun 21, 1979*	Berlin	ATP 250	R32	Clay	Klaus Eberhard #180	3-6 6-2 5-7	L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1979*	Hamburg	ATP 250	R64	Clay	Balazs Taroczy #23	0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data
Jul 28, 1978*	Kitzbuhel	ATP 250	R16	Clay	Chris Lewis #50	0-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data
Jul 27, 1978*	Kitzbuhel	ATP 250	R32	Clay	Ion Tiriac #106	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 24, 1977*	Oviedo	ATP 250	R32	Hard	Zeljko Franulovic #39	6-2 2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rivals full rivalries list →

Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Ion Tiriac	4	2	6	Jul 27, 1978	H2H
Jaime Fillol	0	4	4	Oct 8, 1976	H2H
Tom Okker	0	4	4	Nov 9, 1975	H2H
Boro Jovanovic	3	1	4	Mar 6, 1975	—
Balazs Taroczy	0	3	3	May 16, 1979	H2H

Career Results

Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1969	25	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—
1970	26	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—
1971	27	10	11	21	47.6%	—	—
1972	28	15	15	30	50.0%	—	—
1973	29	8	18	26	30.8%	115	114
1974	30	4	15	19	21.1%	109	129
1975	31	8	14	22	36.4%	130	119
1976	32	10	14	24	41.7%	112	114
1977	33	3	15	18	16.7%	148	199
1978	34	1	1	2	50.0%	199	374
1979	35	0	2	2	0.0%	326	326
Career		62	112	174	35.6%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1969	25	1	1	2	50.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%
1970	26	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
1971	27	—	—	—	—	10	7	17	58.8%	0	4	4	0.0%	—	—	—	—	10	11	21	47.6%
1972	28	0	3	3	0.0%	12	9	21	57.1%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	15	15	30	50.0%
1973	29	0	1	1	0.0%	5	7	12	41.7%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	8	9	11.1%	8	18	26	30.8%
1974	30	0	2	2	0.0%	3	8	11	27.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	4	15	19	21.1%
1975	31	1	1	2	50.0%	7	11	18	38.9%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	8	14	22	36.4%
1976	32	3	3	6	50.0%	5	9	14	35.7%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	10	14	24	41.7%
1977	33	1	3	4	25.0%	2	9	11	18.2%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	3	15	18	16.7%
1978	34	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1979	35	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	6	14	20	30.0%	47	68	115	40.9%	4	11	15	26.7%	5	19	24	20.8%	62	112	174	35.6%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1973	29	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	2	4	50.0%
1974	30	0	3	3	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	4	14	18	22.2%
1975	31	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	5	11	16	31.2%
1976	32	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	5	2	7	71.4%	9	13	22	40.9%
1977	33	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	9	10	10.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	14	16	12.5%
1978	34	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
1979	35	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
Career		0	6	6	0.0%	1	15	16	6.2%	12	26	38	31.6%	10	10	20	50.0%	23	57	80	28.8%

Opponent ranking data available for 80/174 (46.0%) of Frantisek Pala's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Season	Age	ELO	ELO %	Hard %	Clay %	Grass %	Set Win %	Set Margin	SoS %	Deep Run %	Dec. Set W%	TB W	TB L	TB W%
1969	25	1487	52	—	24	—	15.4%	-2.03	83	25	—	0	0	—
1970	26	1482	38	—	48	—	52.6%	+0.65	25	0	—	0	0	—
1971	27	1524	75	—	79	2	49.1%	+0.58	44	27	50	2	0	—
1972	28	1610	83	53	81	7	47.7%	-0.64	70	13	56	3	2	60
1973	29	1581	79	13	80	11	35.5%	-1.08	74	6	44	3	5	38
1974	30	1540	69	4	74	—	24.4%	-1.60	85	0	50	1	3	25
1975	31	1582	75	7	75	—	37.0%	-0.47	54	0	60	2	4	33
1976	32	1612	76	36	73	—	41.8%	-0.38	54	14	67	5	4	56
1977	33	1493	41	7	42	—	27.3%	-1.52	31	0	0	1	5	17
1978	34	1505	52	—	—	—	50.0%	-1.50	24	0	—	0	0	—
1979	35	1487	35	—	—	—	20.0%	-2.42	51	0	—	0	0	—
Career		1558	69	23	70	8	38.8%	-0.84	59	8	45	17	23	42

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

Season	Age	RG	W	USO
1970	26	R32	R128	—
1971	27	R128	R128	R128
1972	28	R16	R32	R128
1973	29	R64	R64	—
1974	30	R128	R128	R128
1975	31	R128	—	R64
1976	32	R64	—	R128
1977	33	R64	—	—

Masters 1000

Season	Age	ROM	MON	TOR
1970	26	R32	—	—
1972	28	R64	R64	—
1973	29	R64	—	—
1974	30	—	—	R32
1975	31	—	—	R32

ATP 250

Season	Age	ADE	BAD	BAR	BAS	EAS	FLR	GST	HAM	HOU	KIT	MAD	MC	MIA	MUN	PAR	QUE	STO	VIE	WAS	AVI	BER	BOS	BRU	CAI	CAL	CAT	CHA	CHI	CLE	COL	COL	COP	DEN	HEL	HIL	KHA	LIT	LON	LON	MIL	NIC	NOR	NUR	OVI	PRA	SAL	SAL	SEN	SOU	TEH	TEM	VAL	VAN
1969	25	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1971	27	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—
1972	28	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	F	F	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—
1973	29	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	R32	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32
1974	30	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—
1975	31	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—
1976	32	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977	33	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—
1978	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1979	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

102

Career-high date

Oct 15, 1973

First top 100

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First top 50

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First top 20

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First top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	115	115	102	112	114
1974	30	—	—	109	189	194	183	166	146	119	—	116	129
1975	31	130	—	130	137	148	134	—	—	—	—	—	119
1976	32	—	—	—	—	—	112	—	—	—	—	—	114
1977	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	148	—	—	—	—	—
1978	34	196	—	—	—	—	—	259	—	—	—	—	374
1979	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	326

Similar Players

Other ATP players ranked by a composite similarity score over country, era, and peak rank.

Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Grand Slams	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Active Years	Match Log
Jan Kukal	CZE	115	1,656	0	0	138	57	81	41.3%	1968-1976	Match log
Jan Pisecky	CZE	112	1,646	0	0	43	20	23	46.5%	1973-1976	Match log
Jan Simbera	CZE	250	1,557	0	0	15	5	10	33.3%	1973-1978	Match log
Dennis Ralston	USA	115	1,954	0	6	293	157	136	53.6%	1968-1980	Match log
Bill Bowrey	AUS	162	1,752	1	3	236	122	114	51.7%	1968-1975	Match log
Jim Osborne	USA	211	1,817	0	0	239	118	121	49.4%	1968-1982	Match log
Manuel Santana	ESP	145	1,994	0	11	163	113	50	69.3%	1968-1978	Match log
Earl Butch Buchholz	USA	156	1,941	0	6	179	98	81	54.7%	1968-1978	Match log
Mal Anderson	AUS	125	1,932	0	3	135	81	54	60.0%	1968-1981	Match log
Mike Belkin	CAN	128	1,774	0	2	135	77	58	57.0%	1968-1975	Match log
Jean Loup Rouyer	FRA	133	1,747	0	0	138	69	69	50.0%	1968-1974	Match log
Ray Keldie	AUS	113	1,622	0	0	170	64	106	37.6%	1968-1975	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Frantisek Pala?: Frantisek Pala is 82 years old, born on March 28, 1944.
Which country is Frantisek Pala from?: Frantisek Pala is from Czechia.
Is Frantisek Pala left-handed or right-handed?: Frantisek Pala plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Frantisek Pala won?: Frantisek Pala has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Frantisek Pala won?: Frantisek Pala has not won a Masters 1000 title.
What is Frantisek Pala's highest ATP ranking?: Frantisek Pala's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 102, first achieved on October 15, 1973.
What is Frantisek Pala's career win-loss record?: Frantisek Pala has a career ATP singles record of 62 wins and 112 losses (35.6%).
When did Frantisek Pala play professional tennis?: Frantisek Pala turned professional in 1969 and was active through 1979.
What is Frantisek Pala's best surface?: Frantisek Pala's best surface is clay court with a 40.9% win rate (47W-68L).
Who is Frantisek Pala's biggest rival?: Frantisek Pala's most frequent opponent is Ion Tiriac, with a head-to-head record of 4–2 across 6 meetings.