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

Stanislav Birner

Country (sports)	Czechoslovakia
Born	(1956-10-11) 11 October 1956 (age 65) Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$298,727
Singles
Career record	62–120
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 60 (12 April 1982)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	4R (1978)
Wimbledon	3R (1982)
US Open	1R (1978, 1980)
Doubles
Career record	119–153
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 43 (2 November 1987)

He is married to Jana Birnerová and has two daughters, Eva Birnerová and Hanna 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

Mixed doubles: 1 runner-up

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

Career finals

Doubles (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1979	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Jorge Andrew	Carlos Kirmayr Ivan Lendl	2–6, 1–6
Loss	2.	1980	Nice, France	Clay	Jiří Hřebec	Chris Delaney Kim Warwick	4–6, 0–6
Win	1.	1983	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Blaine Willenborg	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	6–1, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	3.	1983	Ferrara, Italy	Carpet	Stefan Simonsson	Bernard Mitton Butch Walts	6–7, 6–0, 3–6
Win	2.	1984	Bari, Italy	Clay	Libor Pimek	Marcel Freeman Tim Wilkison	2–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss	4.	1987	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Jaroslav Navrátil	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	1987	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Jaroslav Navrátil	Anders Järryd Tomáš Šmíd	4–6, 3–6

External links

• Stanislav Birner at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Stanislav Birner at the International Tennis Federation

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