32 Facts About Stefan Koubek

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Stefan Koubek was born on 2 January 1977 and is a retired tennis player from Austria.

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Stefan Koubek reached the quarterfinals of the 2002 Australian Open and the 2002 Hamburg Masters, attaining a career-high singles ranking of World No 20 in March 2000.

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Stefan Koubek tested positive for glucocorticosteroids at the 2004 French Open after receiving an injection for an injured wrist; he was suspended for three months.

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Stefan Koubek turned professional in 1994, losing his first match in St Polten.

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Between 1994 and 1998, Stefan Koubek mostly played in ATP Futures and ATP Challenger Series events.

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Stefan Koubek won his first ATP title in 1999 at Atlanta as a qualifier.

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Stefan Koubek achieved this losing only one set in the whole tournament, overcoming Sebastien Grosjean in the final in straight sets.

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Stefan Koubek reached the fourth round in his French Open debut, losing to Alex Corretja; to date this is his best performance at this event.

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Stefan Koubek was second only to Albert Costa in wins on clay during the 1999 season, with 28 match victories.

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In 2000 Stefan Koubek won his second title on the hardcourts at Delray Beach, defeating Alex Calatrava.

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Stefan Koubek reached the semi-finals at Mexico City, losing to Juan Ignacio Chela.

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Stefan Koubek reached his highest singles rank to date on March 13,2000, when he became World No 20.

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At the 2000 French Open, in his match against Attila Savolt, after having already received three warnings for various transgressions, Stefan Koubek was disqualified due to throwing his racket and accidentally hitting a ball boy.

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Stefan Koubek started off 2002 with his best ever performance at a Grand Slam tournament by making the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.

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Stefan Koubek then defeated Kristian Pless and Fernando Gonzalez in the third and fourth round, before losing to Jiri Novak in the quarterfinals.

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Stefan Koubek then finished the year with seven consecutive first round losses.

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Stefan Koubek rebounded in 2003 by winning his third career title in Doha.

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Stefan Koubek won the tournament without dropping a set, defeating Jan-Michael Gambill in the final, and briefly holding the top spot in the ATP Champions Race.

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Stefan Koubek's form remained inconsistent, again losing seven consecutive first-round matches after his victory in Doha, before making the semi-finals in Munich, where he lost to Roger Federer.

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In Davis Cup, Stefan Koubek defeated the Belgian brothers Christophe and Olivier Rochus to help return Austria to the World Group.

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Stefan Koubek made the third round at the 2004 French Open before losing to David Nalbandian.

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In Thomas Muster's debut as Davis Cup captain, Stefan Koubek was instrumental in preserving Austria's status in the World Group, winning both singles matches over Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski.

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Stefan Koubek tested positive for glucocorticosteroids at the 2004 French Open after receiving an injection for an injured wrist; he was suspended for three months.

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Stefan Koubek forfeited his points and prize money from Roland Garros, though his results subsequent to Roland Garros were not disqualified.

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Stefan Koubek spent most of the year playing events on the Challenger circuit.

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At the start of 2006, Stefan Koubek was ranked 182nd in the world.

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Stefan Koubek played a mixture of Challengers and ATP events during the year; as a qualifier, Stefan Koubek made the final of the ATP event in Zagreb, losing in straight sets to local favourite Ivan Ljubicic.

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Stefan Koubek reached the third round in Stuttgart and the Generali Open, and the semifinals in Mumbai.

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In doubles Stefan Koubek won his first title at the Generali Open with Philipp Kohlschreiber.

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Stefan Koubek finished the 2007 season ranked in the top 50.

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At the Australian Open, he was knocked out in the first round by Wayne Arthurs, in Arthurs' final Australian Open appearance; Stefan Koubek lost the match despite leading two sets to love.

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Stefan Koubek started 2008 by making the third round at the Australian Open before falling to Paul-Henri Mathieu in five sets, a match in which he led a break of serve in each set, but was not able to close the match out.