But his hopes of ending the century on a high were shattered when a thigh muscle injury saw him pull out of the ParisOpen in November, so ending his chances of booking a place in the season-ending ATP World Championships.
She has bounced back from a shock second-round loss to British teenager Laura Robson at January's Australian Open and a surprise defeat by French wild-card entry Kristina Mladenovic at the ParisOpen, winning both matches as the Czechs thrashed Australia in the first match of their Fed Cup title defense.