Ivo Werner (born 19 August 1960) is a former professional

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player originally from

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who competed for both his native country as well as

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. Werner, who is now a tennis coach, immigrated to West Germany in 1982 and got

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two years later.

Tour career

Werner made his first

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quarter-final in 1986, at

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. He was a quarter-finalist again the following year, at the

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. Also in 1987, he reached the doubles semi-finals of the Heineken Open, with David Lewis as his partner. At the 1988 Australian Open, Werner made it through qualifying and met world number 62

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in the opening round of the main draw. He won the first two sets and twice served for the match in the third, but the match would go into a fifth set, which he lost 10–12. In the doubles, Werner and David Lewis reached the round of 16, where they were defeated by Andrew Castle and

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. The match was another close one, decided 16–14 in the final set.

Coaching

Werner is the current coach of the

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and was the coach of

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when the Czech player won the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Werner, Ivo 1960 births Living people Czechoslovak male tennis players Czechoslovak emigrants to Germany West German male tennis players German male tennis players German tennis coaches People from Krnov Sportspeople from the Moravian-Silesian Region