Jiří Lehečka

Jiří Lehečka (born 8 November 2001) is a Czech tennis player. Lehečka has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 91 achieved on 7 March 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 214 achieved on the same date. Lehečka has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 10 achieved on 11 March 2019. He is currently the No. 2 Czech tennis player in singles.[1]

Jiří Lehečka
Lehečka at the 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters
Country (sports) Czech Republic
ResidenceKněžmost, Czech Republic
Born (2001-11-08) 8 November 2001
Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed
CoachMichal Navrátil
Prize money$294,563
Singles
Career record4–9 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 88 (25 April 2022)
Current rankingNo. 88 (25 April 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2022)
US OpenQ3 (2021)
Doubles
Career record0–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 214 (7 March 2022)
Current rankingNo. 218 (4 April 2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup0–2
Last updated on: 10 April 2022.

Early life

Jiří Lehečka is the son of two athletes. His father was a swimmer, and his mother was a track and field star. He has long enjoyed skiing, cycling and swimming and remembers first touching a tennis racquet at three. His grandmother, who competed on a national level, taught his older sister the game, so naturally he wanted to play. When Lehečka was young, he admired Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek. [2]

Professional career

2021: Two challenger singles & three doubles titles, Top 150 in singles, Top 250 in doubles

Lehečka won two ATP Challenger singles titles, one ATP Challenger doubles title with Vít Kopřiva and two with Zdeněk Kolář.

2022: Grand Slam debut, first match win on ATP debut, first semifinal and Top 100 debut

Lehečka qualified for the main draw of the 2022 Australian Open, defeating Michael Mmoh, Max Purcell, and Dmitry Popko.[3] He lost in the first round to the 26th seed Grigor Dimitrov in 4 sets.

At the 2022 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam , he reached the second round as a qualifier, with a stunning upset over fifth seed Denis Shapovalov in straight sets in his first ATP Tour main-draw match.[4] He went on to defeat Botic van de Zandschulp and Lorenzo Musetti to reach the semifinals on his ATP debut, where he was defeated in three sets by top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas. He became the lowest-ranked Rotterdam semifinalist since then-World No. 225 Omar Camporese in 1995. As a result he moved 42 positions up into the top 100 in the rankings at World No. 95 on 14 February 2022.[5]

At the 2022 BMW Open he qualified into the main draw again defeating Alejandro Tabilo 6-4, 7-6(3) in the final round of qualifying.[6] He lost to wildcard Holger Rune in the first round.

National representation

Lehečka represents the Czech Republic at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 0–2.[7] He made his debut at the 2019 Davis Cup Qualifying Round against Robin Haase of the Netherlands.

Performance Timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2022 Australian Open

Tournament 20212022 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q3 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Year-end ranking 141

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 11 (5–6)
Legend
ATP Challenger (2–2)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals (3-4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2018 Czech Republic F11, Říčany Futures Hard Tomáš Macháč walkover
Loss 0–2 May 2019 M25+H Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic World Tennis Tour Clay Patrik Rikl 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win 1–2 Sep 2020 M25 Prague, Czech Republic World Tennis Tour Clay Sebastián Báez 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Nov 2020 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tennis Tour Hard Adrian Andreev 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–3 Feb 2021 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Paweł Ciaś 6–1, 6–3
Loss 2–4 Apr 2021 M25 Biel, Switzerland World Tennis Tour Hard Tim van Rijthoven 2–6, 2–6
Win 3–4 May 2021 M25 Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic World Tennis Tour Clay Vitaliy Sachko 6–2, 6–2
Win 4–4 Jul 2021 Tampere, Finland Challenger Clay Nicolás Kicker 5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 4–5 Jul 2021 Poznan, Poland Challenger Clay Bernabé Zapata Miralles 3–6, 2–6
Win 5–5 Sep 2021 Bucharest, Romania Challenger Clay Filip Horanský 6–3, 6–2
Loss 5–6 Nov 2021 Pau, France Challenger Hard (i) Radu Albot 2-6, 6-7(5-7)

Doubles: 6 (4–2)
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–1)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (1–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2018 Czech Republic F11, Říčany Futures Hard Jiří Barnat Jiří Jeníček
Vojtěch Vlkovský		 4–6, 5–7
Loss 0–2 Jun 2019 Prostejov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Jiří Veselý Philipp Oswald
Filip Polášek		 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 1–2 Apr 2021 M25 Meerbusch, Germany World Tennis Tour Clay Michael Vrbensky Viktor Durasovic
Markus Eriksson		 6–3, 6–3
Win 2–2 Jun 2021 Milan, Italy Challenger Clay Vít Kopřiva Dustin Brown
Tristan-Samuel Weissborn		 6–4, 6–0
Win 3–2 Jul 2021 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Zdeněk Kolář Karol Drzewiecki
Aleksandar Vukic		 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Win 4–2 Nov 2021 Bergamo, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Zdeněk Kolář Lloyd Glasspool
Harri Heliövaara		 6–4, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Win 2019 Wimbledon Grass Jonáš Forejtek Liam Draxl
Govind Nanda		 7–5, 6–4

Davis Cup

Participations: (0–2)
Group membership
World Group (0–0)
Qualifying Round (0–1)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Group I (0–1)
Group II (0–0)
Group III (0–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (0–1)
Doubles (0–1)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
1–3; 1-2 February 2019; Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava, Czech Republic; Davis Cup Qualifying Round; Hard (i) surface
Defeat 1 IV Singles Netherlands Robin Haase 4–6, 6–2, 3–6
3–2; 14–15 September 2019; Arena Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Europe/Africa Zone Group I First round; Hard (i) surface
Defeat 2 III Doubles (with Jiří Veselý) Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić 6–7(2–7), 3–6

References
  1. "Rankings | Singles | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  2. "Jiri Lehecka: 'Tennis Was the Only Option for Me' | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  3. "Australian Open: Povedlo se! Lehečka a Macháč se kvalifikovali do hlavní soutěže".
  4. "Rublev Wins Rotterdam Opener; Lehecka Stuns Shapo". 8 February 2022.
  5. "Jiri Lehecka's Dream Run Continues, Reaches First SF in Rotterdam | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  6. https://www.tennis-tourtalk.com/88648/lehecka-qualifies-for-bmw-open-main-draw
  7. "Teams Announced for 2019 Davis Cup Qualifiers". 22 January 2019.
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