Jakub Herm-Záhlava (born 12 May 1980) is a former professional
tennis
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player from Germany. Born in
Plzeň
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, Czechoslovakia, he is a cousin of Czech tennis player
Sandra Záhlavová
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Záhlavová won 12 singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 21 June 2010, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 78. On 12 ...
.
Biography
Záhlava played in the main draw of two ATP Tour level tournaments, Bucharest in 2000 and Stuttgart in 2001. He won the 2002
Wolfsburg Challenger tournament. Playing as a qualifier, he upset second seed
Jürgen Melzer
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en route to the title win. During his career he also had wins over
Marin Čilić
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,
Ivo Karlović
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,
Philipp Kohlschreiber
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and
Janko Tipsarević
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. He played tennis in the German Bundesliga for Mannheim.
As a coach he has worked full-time with
Michael Berrer
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Career
2010
He reached the quarterfinal at the Aircel Chennai Open in January, losing to ...
,
Louk Sorensen
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Sorensen was the first player representing Ireland to win a Grand Slam event main draw match in the Open Era. His father, Sean, was the first Irishman to play a ...
and
Tatjana Maria
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She has won two singles ...
. One of the players that he has coached,
Barbora Strýcová
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She won her fir ...
, was also his wife from 2006 to 2015. He now coaches at the
Schüttler Waske Tennis-University
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near Frankfurt am Main in Germany.
Challenger titles
Singles: (1)
References
External links
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1980 births
Living people
German male tennis players
German tennis coaches
Czech emigrants to Germany
Sportspeople from Plzeň