Lukáš Dlouhý (born 9 April 1983) is a retired professional Czech

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player on the

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. A doubles specialist, Dlouhý reached a career-high ranking of World No. 5 in June 2009.

Career

Dlouhý has been part of two long-term doubles partnerships, first with countryman and coach Pavel Vízner and actively with

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. He has reached numerous grand slam finals with each. At the 2006 French Open, he reached the third round of the men's singles event and the

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of the men's doubles tournament with Vízner. In 2007, Dlouhý and Vízner reached two grand slam finals at the 2007 French Open and 2007 US Open. He was the last coach of Barbora Strýcová before she ended her career.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 6 (2–4)

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

ATP career finals

Doubles: 26 (10–16)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

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Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dlouhy, Lukas 1983 births Living people Czech expatriates in Monaco Czech male tennis players French Open champions Sportspeople from Písek US Open (tennis) champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles