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Petr Korda
Milestone (age 17)
Won the boys' doubles title at the 1985 French Open with Cyril Suk at age 17, reaching joint-World No. 1 junior doubles ranking; won first professional doubles title in 1988 and first singles title in 1991, all by age 23.
Korda emerged from the Czechoslovakian tennis system as a promising junior, winning the boys' doubles at the 1985 French Open at age 17. He turned professional in 1987 and won his first doubles title in 1988 at age 20, followed by his first singles title in 1991 at age 23. He reached the French Open singles final in 1992 at age 24.
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Am I the next Petr Korda? →Starting point
Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1968; family background not documented in reviewed sources.
Current position (2025)
Former Czech tennis player ranked world No. 2 in 1998; father of professional golfers Jessica and Nelly Korda and tennis player Sebastian Korda; resides in Monte Carlo and Bradenton, Florida.
How this path compounded
01 Starting advantages
6/24 starting-position score
Strongest documented signals: Direct domain exposure, Elite institution pipeline, Exceptional peer / cofounder.
Describes the starting position, not what the person later made of it.
Cohort percentile: 25
02 Built or converted leverage
12/25 multiplying-capacity score
Strongest observed levers:Domain proximity, Started serious reps before 20, Prior reps.
Measures what was present, not whether it was inherited, earned, self-built, external, or mixed.
Cohort percentile: 58
03 Compounding trajectory
6 documented steps
The timeline below shows the sequence of work and transitions around the selected early milestone. It is evidence of a path, not proof that every step was necessary.
Milestone at age 17
04 Observed career standing
T2 · Field-leading
Dominant figure at the top of a field. The tier summarizes documented career recognition through the data cutoff—not Petr Korda's worth or future potential.
Question four · where did the leverage come from?
Petr Korda's leverage provenance
Each non-zero lever gets a best-supported origin, evidence signals, and confidence. Unresolved is the honest default when the biography cannot distinguish self-built, advantage-enabled, earned, external, or mixed.
Started serious reps before 201/1
Advantage-enabledmedium confidence
One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.
Elite institution pipeline (1/2)
Domain proximity2/2
Advantage-enabledmedium confidence
One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.
Direct domain exposure (2/2)Elite institution pipeline (1/2)
Prior reps2/3
Advantage-enabledmedium confidence
One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.
Elite institution pipeline (1/2)
Scarce skill depth2/3
Advantage-enabledmedium confidence
One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.
Elite institution pipeline (1/2)
Concentration intensity2/3
Advantage-enabledmedium confidence
One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.
Adversity / constraint catalyst (1/2)
Complementary team1/2
Advantage-enabledmedium confidence
One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.
Exceptional peer / cofounder (1/2)Elite institution pipeline (1/2)
Elite ecosystem network1/3
Advantage-enabledmedium confidence
One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.
Elite institution pipeline (1/2)Exceptional peer / cofounder (1/2)
Structural wave / timing1/3
Externalmedium confidence
A structural wave is external to the person, even when their position improved access to it.
No decisive linked signal
This is a bounded inference from the current annotations—not a claim about private effort, merit, or the percentage of Petr Korda's outcome attributable to any origin.
Luck is not a leftover score.Structural luck, Encounter luck, Event luck, Outcome variance can change every arrow in the path. This successful-only dataset cannot observe the near-identical paths that did not break through, so luck stays visible and unscored.
Within Athletes, Petr Korda's starting-advantage total is at the 25th percentile. Separately, their built or converted leverage total is at the 58th percentile. Other T2 profiles average 7.9 / 24 starting advantage and 12.3 / 25 leverage. Similar scores appear in other tiers, so these figures describe positioning—not a cause.
Trajectory
- 1985 · age 17
Won boys' doubles title at the French Open with Cyril Suk; ranked joint-World No.
1 junior doubles player.
- 1988 · age 20
Won his first career ATP doubles title.
- 1991 · age 23
Won his first top-level ATP singles title.
- 1992 · age 24
Reached the French Open singles final
Losing to defending champion Jim Courier in straight sets.
- 1998 · age 30
Won the Australian Open singles title, defeating Marcelo Ríos in straight sets; reached career-high ranking of world No. 2.
- 1999 · age 31
Banned for 12 months by the ITF after testing positive
For nandrolone at Wimbledon 1998; retired from professional tennis.
Primary leverage engine
Early specialization and technical depth
Early specialization / prior reps
Secondary engine
Technical depth
Built/converted leverage
12 / 25
evidence: Medium
Built or converted leverage
Multiplying capacity documented later in the path. Measures what was present, not whether it was inherited, earned, self-built, external, or mixed.
Started serious reps before 20
1/1
Elite ecosystem network
1/3
Structural wave / timing
1/3
Concentration intensity
2/3
Starting-advantage scores (0–2 each)
Access or conditions documented near the beginning of the path. Zero means "no clear evidence in reviewed sources," not "advantage was absent."
Family financial platform
0/2
Parent / family domain
0/2
Inherited audience / network
0/2
Elite institution pipeline
1/2
Dedicated mentor / coach
0/2
Exceptional peer / cofounder
1/2
Direct domain exposure
2/2
Prodigy / innate ability
1/2
Adversity / constraint catalyst
1/2
Family context
Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia; family background not documented in reviewed sources. Married former professional tennis player Regina Rajchrtová.
Parent / family domain
Not documented in reviewed sources.
Archetype & tags
Elite performance pipelineCzechoslovakian tennis systemjunior Grand Slamdoubles partnershipearly pro immersion
Evidence summary
Korda came through the Czechoslovakian tennis pipeline, winning the boys' doubles at the 1985 French Open at 17 with partner Cyril Suk. He turned pro in 1987, won his first doubles title at 20 and first singles title at 23. The Czech tennis system provided structured training and competition. Family background is not documented. He later won the 1998 Australian Open and reached world No. 2 before a doping ban.
advantage confidence: Low · source count: 2 · audit: not_independently_audited · status: subagent_researched_beta
Sources
Related — same primary engine