Stanislav Birner

Stanislav Birner
Country (sports) Czechoslovakia
Born (1956-10-11) 11 October 1956 (age 68)
Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$298,727
Singles
Career record62–120
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 60 (12 April 1982)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open4R (1978)
Wimbledon3R (1982)
US Open1R (1978, 1980)
Doubles
Career record119–153
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 43 (2 November 1987)

Stanislav Birner (born 11 October 1956) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia.

He is married to Jana Birnerová and has two daughters, Eva Birnerová and Hana Birnerová. Eva Birnerová played tennis until 2014 on professional level and reached No. 59 (singles) and 52 (doubles) in the world rankings.

He lives in the Czech Republic.

Birner enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won two doubles titles and achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 43 in 1987.

Grand Slam finals

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Mixed doubles: 1 runner-up

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1980 French Open Clay Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová United States Anne Smith
United States Billy Martin
6–2, 4–6, 6–8

Career finals

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Doubles (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 1979 Berlin, West Germany Clay Venezuela Jorge Andrew Brazil Carlos Kirmayr
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 1980 Nice, France Clay Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec United States Chris Delaney
Australia Kim Warwick
4–6, 0–6
Win 1–2 1983 Geneva, Switzerland Clay United States Blaine Willenborg Sweden Joakim Nyström
Sweden Mats Wilander
6–1, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 1–3 1983 Ferrara, Italy Carpet Sweden Stefan Simonsson South Africa Bernard Mitton
United States Butch Walts
6–7, 6–0, 3–6
Win 2–3 1984 Bari, Italy Clay Czechoslovakia Libor Pimek United States Marcel Freeman
United States Tim Wilkison
2–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss 2–4 1987 Prague, Czechoslovakia Clay Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Navrátil Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
3–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss 2–5 1987 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Navrátil Sweden Anders Järryd
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
4–6, 3–6
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