Kārlis Lejnieks (born March 16, 1988) is a retired
Latvian
tennis
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player, who now pursues an interest in coaching.
Through his career Lejnieks has won one
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doubles title and has one runner-up in singles.
Lejnieks made his
ATP debut in
2008 St. Petersburg Open
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where he defeated
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Alexandre Kudryavtsev
Alexander Mikhailovich Kudryavtsev (russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Кудря́вцев; born 26 October 1985) is a retired Russian professional tennis player who has played professionally since 2003. He made his breakthro ...
in the first round. In the second round he lost to Nr.3 seed
Fernando Verdasco
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His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7, achieved in April 2009.
His best performance in a Grand Slam was making the semifinals of the 2009 ...
. After the tournament he reached a career-high 347 position in the ATP rating.
He retired at the age of 23 years on June 27, 2011, stating that lack of motivation and previous injuries forced him to do so.
From 2006 to 2011 he played in the
Latvian Davis Cup team.
Career Finals
Singles
Wins
Runners-up
Doubles
Wins
References
External links
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Lejnieks world ranking history
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1988 births
Living people
Latvian male tennis players