Jiří Pelikán (born 9 May 1970) is a Czech former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. Born in

Ostrava Ostrava (; pl, Ostrawa; german: Ostrau ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rive ...

, Pelikán competed on the professional tour in the 1990s, reaching a best singles ranking of 208 in the world. He was a semi-finalist at the Poznan Challenger in 1992 and featured in the qualifying draw of the

1995 Wimbledon Championships The 1995 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 109th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from ...

. His only ATP Tour main draw appearance came in doubles, at the 1994 Czech Indoor. Pelikán coaches at the TJ Start Ostrava tennis club.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pelikan, Jiri 1970 births Living people Czech male tennis players Tennis players from Ostrava