Lehecka won matches over Dmitry Popko, Max Purcell, and Michael Mmoh to qualify for the Australian Open’s main event in 2022.
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Jiri Lehecka, a tennis player, was born on November 8th, 2001 in the Czech Republic. Lehecka reached her greatest ATP singles rating of No. 59 in the world on August 8, 2022. In addition, on March 7, 2022, he attained an ATP doubles rating high for his career of World No. 214. Lehecka reached a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 10 on March 11 of this year. Right present, he dominates the Czech Republic’s singles tennis scene. Lehecka won two ATP Challenger singles championships—two with Zdenk Kolá and one each with Vt Kopiva and Zdenk Kopiva. Lehecka won matches over Dmitry Popko, Max Purcell, and Michael Mmoh to qualify for the Australian Open’s main event in 2022.
Grigor Dimitrov, the 26th seed, defeated him in the opening round in four sets. On his ATP debut, he proceeded to beat Botic van de Zandschulp and Lorenzo Musetti to go to the semifinals, where he was upset by top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets. He became the lowest-ranked Rotterdam semifinalist since 1995’s Omar Camporese, who was ranked 225 at the time. On February 14, 2022, he rose 42 ranks in the rankings to land at No. 95 in the world.
He competed for the first time at the 2022 French Open and Wimbledon Championships, where he was eliminated in the first round of both event. He defeated the seventh-seeded Thiago Monteiro and the eighth-seeded Joo Sousa to advance to the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbühel quarterfinals, where he fell to the third-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut in a competitive three-set battle. He completed all Major debuts in a single season by making his tennis debut in the 2022 US Open, where he lost to Cristian Garn.
He defeated Matteo Arnaldi to get to the semifinals of the 2022 Next Generation ATP Finals. In the semifinal, he overcame Dominic Stricker, but in the final, he was defeated in straight sets by Brandon Nakashima. At the inaugural 2023 United Cup, where Lehecka competed as the top-ranked Czech male player, Zverev defeated German Alexander Zverev 6-4 6-2 in Zverev’s first ATP match following his injury at Roland Garros. Taylor Fritz defeated Lehecka 3-6, 4-6. Lehecka and Marie Bouzkova also competed in mixed doubles.
Michal Navrátil is a former Czech Republic professional tennis player. He won seven Futures titles in singles as a professional but did not fare well on the Challenger circuit. However, in doubles, he won three Challenger events as well as 14 Futures titles. He only had one ATP Tour main draw entry, when he and Tomá Berdych were given a wildcard for the doubles at the Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia in 2005, but they had to withdraw before the match. This gave third seeds Martn Garca and Mariano Hood a walkover win, and they went on to win the tournament. Navrátil now lives in Prostjov and, like his father, works as a coach.
