Tomas Zib Bio

Began playing tennis at age six with his father, Jaroslav, who is a tennis coach
Mother, Marie, is a tutor for children� Has one older brother, Ales�Growing up admired Ivan Lendl and enjoyed watching John McEnroe
Played hockey growing up and his ambition as a child was to be a pro hockey or tennis player, choosing the latter� As a child, was a ball kid at Davis Cup ties in Prague along with ATP tournament
The Czech junior champion in 1994� Collects model classic cars
Enjoys watching hockey and used to play as a teenager
Considers backhand as best shot and clay as favorite surface� Considers countryman Bohdan Ulihrach as best friend on circuit�Fitness coach is countryman Ivan Machwtka.

Biographical information from ATP. Unless noted otherwise all data as of year-end 2013.