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
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
, 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 a retired American tennis player, who turned professional in 1972 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 on July 30, 1979.
Tanner was famous for his big left-handed serve, which ...
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 th ...
. He appeared in two further main singles draw of
Grand Slam 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 respectively.
His only
Grand Prix
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Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to:
Arts and entertainment ...
final came at
Hampton 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
Ian Sinclair Crookenden (born 10 December 1943) is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand. Crookenden currently serves as the Head Men's and Women's Coach at Saint Joseph's University. He is a member of the Intercollegiate Tennis Ha ...
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