Two-time Davis Cup champion Tomas Berdych has announced that his Davis Cup days are behind him.
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“One of the most beautiful tennis chapters is over,” he wrote in a statement that he published to his Twitter. “I’m truly happy that I was part of the Czech team that has won Davis Cup two times. I started to play for the Czech team in 2003 and played 29 Davis Cup ties but now, when I’m 32, I reached the point when it’s impossible for me to perform at the highest level without proper rest.”
Berdych was one of the best Davis Cuppers in recent history, Czech or otherwise, and he was extremely loyal to his nation’s cause, competing in 11 of the last 13 years for the Czechs. In addition to winning back-to-back titles in 2012 and 2013, Berdych was a part of the longest Davis Cup rubber ever played. He and Lukas Rosol defeated Stan Wawrinka and Marco Chiudinelli 24-22 in the fifth set of the first-round World Group tie held in Geneva in February of 2013.
Berdych compiled a 10-1 win-loss record in singles and doubles rubbers in 2012 and 7-1 in 2013.The World No.16 also jointly holds the record for the most doubles wins in Czech Davis Cup history – tying Jan Kodes on 21 – and he was also part of the most successful Czech doubles team in the competition alongside Radek Stepanek, with the pair compiling a 16-2 win-loss record.
Berdych finishes his Davis Cup career with a 50-17 overall record from 20 ties.