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Petr Korda (1968)

Tennis is an outdoor sport which can be played between two players or four players. Players utilize a stringed racquet to hit a rubber ball, hollow inside covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. In some places tennis is referred to as lawn tennis. This game started in England and was the most popular amongst the upper class of society. Presently tennis is an Olympic sport, as well as, it is played in various tournaments including the four Grand Slams in many countries, by people of all ages and classes.

There are three different court surfaces it is played on namely, clay court, grass court and hardcourt. Depending on the surface, each one provides a different movement of speed and bounce for the ball, which in turn affects the level of play of individual players. Petr Korda was born on January 23rd, 1968, in Prague, Czechoslovakia and is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is best known for winning the Australian Open in 1998.

As a promising junior player in 1985, he partnered with fellow Czech Cyril Suk to win the boy's doubles title at the French Open and they ranked World No. 1 junior doubles players that year. He turned professional in 1987. He won his first career doubles title in 1988, and his first top-level singles title in 1991. In 1996, he teamed-up with Stefan Edberg to win the men's doubles title at the Australian Open. Other major highlights of Korda's career included winning the Grand Slam Cup in 1993, and being part of the Czech Republic's team which won the Hopman Cup in 1994.

Petr Korda was a player known for his mental toughness, and because of that, many of his most famous matches went the distance. He is still remembered as one of the legendry tennis players in his team. His superior approach and dedication to the game made him stand out from the crowd and he had a willingness to play anywhere even while suffering from an injury.

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