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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. He  made his debut at the 2019 Davis Cup Qualifying Round against Robin Haase of the Netherlands. Performance Timeline. "Current through the 2022 Australian Open"