which helped him finish in the top 25 in the year-end rankings. Other results were semi-finals in Los Angeles and Vienna and a quarter-finals in Beijing. Hrbatý's form started to drop in 2007. He was plagued by an elbow injury which severely limited his play in that season. At the 2007 U.S. Open, in doubles, he lost to Jesse Levine and Alex Kuznetsov, while pairing with Harel Levy of Israel, 6–1, 6–4. At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, Hrbatý lost to his good friend and former doubles partner Federer in the first round, 6–3, 6–2, 6–2. Hrbatý sat immediately next to Federer and had an amicable conversation with him during the last changeover of the match, telling Federer that this may be Hrbatý's last Wimbledon and that, as a joke, this has been the first victory for Federer in a match against him and leads him 2–1 in head to head. In 2010, Hrbaty announced his retirement as he became a father for the first time. In 2012, Hrbaty temporarily returned to professional tennis by playing in the qualifying tournament for the 2012 Heineken Open. He won his first round of qualifying by beating Pere Riba in straight sets 6–4, 6–2. Major finals ATP Masters 1000 finals Singles: 2 (0–2) Doubles: 1 (1–1) Career finals Singles: 13 (6–7) Performance timeline Singles Top 10 wins Notes References External links Hrbaty world ranking history 1978 births Hopman Cup competitors Living people Slovak male tennis players Slovak expatriates in Monaco Olympic tennis players of Slovakia Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Tennis players from Bratislava People from Monte Carlo