Jiří Lehečka

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Jiří Lehečka
Lehečka at the 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters
Country (sports) Czech Republic
ResidenceKněžmost, Czech Republic
Born (2001-11-08) 8 November 2001 (age 22)
Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2020
PlaysRight-handed
CoachMichal Navrátil
Prize money$620,764
Singles
Career record13–21 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 59 (8 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 74 (26 September 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2022)
French Open1R (2022)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
US Open1R (2022)
Doubles
Career record0–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 214 (7 March 2022)
Current rankingNo. 419 (26 September 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open1R (2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup0–2
Last updated on: 26 September 2022.

Jiří Lehečka (born 8 November 2001) is a Czech tennis player. Lehečka has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 59 achieved on 8 August 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 214 achieved on 7 March 2022. Lehečka has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 10 achieved on 11 March 2019. He is currently the No. 1 Czech tennis player in singles.[1]

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 Tomáš Berdych and Radek Štěpánek.[2]

Professional career

2021: Challenger 2 singles & 3 doubles titles, Singles top 150, Doubles top 250

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

2022: Major debut, first match win & semifinal on ATP debut, Top 60

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 four 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 Serbia Open he qualified into the main draw but lost in the second round to second seed, World No. 8 and eventual champion Andrey Rublev. At the 2022 BMW Open he qualified into the main draw again defeating Alejandro Tabilo 6–4, 7–6(7–3) in the final round of qualifying.[6] He lost to wildcard and eventual champion Holger Rune in the first round.

He made his debut at the 2022 French Open and the 2022 Wimbledon Championships where he lost in the first round in both.

At the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbühel he reached the quarterfinals defeating Thiago Monteiro[7] and eight seed João Sousa[8] before losing to third seed Roberto Bautista Agut in a tight three sets match.

He made his debut at 2022 US Open (tennis), completing all Major debuts in one season, where he lost to Cristian Garín.[9]

He qualified for the 2022 Next Generation ATP Finals[10] and reached the final defeating Matteo Arnaldi[11] and then Dominic Stricker in the semifinal. He lost to Brandon Nakashima in the final in straight sets.

National representation

Lehečka represents the Czech Republic at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 0–2.[12] 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 US Open

Tournament 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open Q3 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–4 0 / 4 0–4 0%
Year-end ranking 141

ATP Next Generation finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss Nov 2022 Next Generation ATP Finals, Italy Hard (i) United States Brandon Nakashima 3–4(5–7), 3–4(6–8), 2–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 13 (6–7)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–3)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals (3–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (5–3)
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 Czech Republic Tomáš Macháč walkover
Loss 0–2 May 2019 M25+H Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic World Tennis Tour Clay Czech Republic Patrik Rikl 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win 1–2 Sep 2020 M25 Prague, Czech Republic World Tennis Tour Clay Argentina Sebastián Báez 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Nov 2020 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tennis Tour Hard Bulgaria Adrian Andreev 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–3 Feb 2021 M15 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Poland Paweł Ciaś 6–1, 6–3
Loss 2–4 Apr 2021 M25 Biel, Switzerland World Tennis Tour Hard Netherlands Tim van Rijthoven 2–6, 2–6
Win 3–4 May 2021 M25 Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic World Tennis Tour Clay Ukraine Vitaliy Sachko 6–2, 6–2
Win 4–4 Jul 2021 Tampere, Finland Challenger Clay Argentina Nicolás Kicker 5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 4–5 Jul 2021 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Spain Bernabé Zapata Miralles 3–6, 2–6
Win 5–5 Sep 2021 Bucharest, Romania Challenger Clay Slovakia Filip Horanský 6–3, 6–2
Loss 5–6 Nov 2021 Pau, France Challenger Hard (i) Moldova Radu Albot 2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 5–7 May 2022 Mauthausen, Austria Challenger Clay Austria Jurij Rodionov 4–6, 4–6
Win 6–7 Aug 2022 Liberec, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Spain Nicolás Álvarez Varona 6–4, 6–4

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 Czech Republic Jiří Barnat Czech Republic Jiří Jeníček
Czech Republic Vojtěch Vlkovský 		4–6, 5–7
Loss 0–2 Jun 2019 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Czech Republic Jiří Veselý Austria Philipp Oswald
Slovakia Filip Polášek 		4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 1–2 Apr 2021 M25 Meerbusch, Germany World Tennis Tour Clay Czech Republic Michael Vrbenský Norway Viktor Durasovic
Sweden Markus Eriksson 		6–3, 6–3
Win 2–2 Jun 2021 Milan, Italy Challenger Clay Czech Republic Vít Kopřiva Germany Dustin Brown
Austria Tristan-Samuel Weissborn 		6–4, 6–0
Win 3–2 Jul 2021 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář Poland Karol Drzewiecki
Australia Aleksandar Vukic 		6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Win 4–2 Nov 2021 Bergamo, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář United Kingdom Lloyd Glasspool
Finland 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 Czech Republic Jonáš Forejtek Canada Liam Draxl
United States 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
Decrease1–3; 1-2 February 2019; Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava, Czech Republic; Davis Cup Qualifying Round; Hard (i) surface
Defeat 1 IV Singles Netherlands Netherlands Robin Haase 4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Increase3–2; 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić 6–7(2–7), 3–6

References

  1. ^ "Rankings | Singles".
  2. ^ "Jiří Lehečka: 'Tennis Was the Only Option for Me'".
  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. ^ "Lehecka Qualifies for BMW Open Main Draw". 24 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Jiri Lehecka Holds Firm for Generali Open Kitzbühel Debut Win".
  8. ^ "Dominic Thiem Battles into Kitzbühel Quarter-finals".
  9. ^ "Jiri Lehecka Recognizes Importance of ATP Challenger Tour".
  10. ^ https://www.atptour.com/en/news/jiri-lehecka-milan-2022-feature
  11. ^ https://www.atptour.com/en/news/lehecka-arnaldi-milan-2022-thursday
  12. ^ "Teams Announced for 2019 Davis Cup Qualifiers". 22 January 2019.

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