Jiří Hřebec
Jiří Hřebec, Final, Czech Tennis Championships 1981 | |
Country (sports) | Czechoslovakia |
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Born |
Teplice, Czechoslovakia | September 19, 1950
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Career record | 165–167 |
Career titles | 3 |
Highest ranking | No. 25 (19 April 1974) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
French Open | 3R (1972, 1975, 1977) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1972) |
US Open | 2R (1973, 1974, 1979) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 121–123 |
Career titles | 4 |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | F (1975) |
Jiří Hřebec (born 19 September 1950, in Teplice) is a retired Czech professional tennis player. He won 3 singles and 4 doubles titles on the ATP Tour during his career. Hřebec achieved his highest singles ranking of World No. 25 in April 1974.
ATP Tour finals (17)
Singles titles (3)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
1. | 28 October 1973 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Clay | Jan Kodeš | 4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0, 7–5 |
2. | 9 February 1975 | Basel, Switzerland | Carpet (i) | Ilie Năstase | 6–1, 7–6, 2–6, 6–4 |
3. | 14 February 1977 | San Jose, United States | Hard | Sandy Mayer | 3–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
Singles runners-up (5)
- 1974: Atlanta (lost to Dick Stockton), Düsseldorf (lost to Bernard Mignot)
- 1975: Memphis (lost to Harold Solomon)
- 1976: Basel (lost to Jan Kodeš)
- 1977: Berlin (lost to Paolo Bertolucci)
Doubles titles (4)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponent in the final | Score |
1. | 4 February 1973 | Des Moines, United States | Hard (i) | Jan Kukal | Juan Gisbert Ion Ţiriac |
4–6, 7–6, 6–1 |
2. | 9 July 1974 | Düsseldorf, West Germany | Clay | Jan Kodeš | Kenichi Hirai Toshiro Sakai |
6–1, 6–4 |
3. | 18 July 1976 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Jan Kodeš | Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann |
6–7, 6–2, 6–4 |
4. | 14 March 1977 | Helsinki, Finland | Carpet (i) | Hans Kary | David Lloyd John Lloyd |
5–7, 7–6, 6–4 |
Doubles runner-up (5)
- 1972: Monte Carlo (partnering František Pála, lost to Patrice Beust and Daniel Contet)
- 1973: Salt Lake City (partnering Jan Kukal, lost to Mike Estep and Raúl Ramírez)
- 1976: Basel (partnering Jan Kodeš, lost to Frew McMillan and Tom Okker)
- 1980: Nice (partnering Stanislav Birner, lost to Chris Delaney and Kim Warwick)
- 1981: Nancy (partnering John Feaver, lost to Ilie Năstase and Adriano Panatta)
External links
- Jiří Hřebec at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Jiří Hřebec at the Davis Cup
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