Jan Písecký (born 15 May 1951) is a former professional
tennis
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player from the Czech Republic.
Biography
Písecký, who was born in
Prague
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, was a
Czechoslovak Davis Cup squad member, without featuring in a tie.
He competed professionally in the 1970s and had early success at his home tournament in Prague where he made the semi-finals in 1973, with wins over
,
Roscoe Tanner
Leonard Roscoe Tanner (born October 15, 1951) is an American former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 on July 30, 1979.
Tanner won 16 titles throughout his career. Tanner was famous for his big ...
and
František Pála
František Pála (born 28 March 1944) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic who competed for Czechoslovakia. His son Petr was also a tennis player.
Career
The Czechoslovak player took part in 15 Davis Cup ties for his nat ...
.
In the
1974 French Open
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he reached the second round of the singles and was a quarter-finalist in the mixed doubles partnering
Renáta Tomanová
Renáta Tomanová (born 9 December 1954) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia.
Career
Tomanová won the girls' singles title at the 1972 French Open.
In 1975, she and Martina Navratilova represented Czechoslovakia in the ...
. He appeared in two further main singles draw of
Grand Slam
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tournaments, the
French Open
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and
Wimbledon Championships
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in 1975, for a first round exit in both, to
Jairo Velasco and
Phil Dent
Philip Clive Dent (born 14 February 1950) is a former professional tennis player. Dent's high water mark as a pro singles player was reaching the Australian Open final in 1974, which he lost to Jimmy Connors in four sets. Dent was also the men ...
respectively.
His only
Grand Prix
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final came at
Hampton
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in 1975, in the doubles event. He and partner
Karl Meiler
Karl Meiler (30 April 1949 – 17 April 2014) was a tennis player from West Germany who was active in the 1970s and 1980s.
Meiler won four singles (1972, Buenos Aires; 1974, Omaha and Calgary; 1977, Manila) and 17 doubles titles during his ...
lost the final to
Ian Crookenden
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and
Ian Fletcher.
Grand Prix career finals
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
References
External links
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1951 births
Living people
Czechoslovak male tennis players
Czech male tennis players
Tennis players from Prague