Jaroslav Pospíšil (; born 9 February 1981) is a
Czech tennis
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coach and a former professional player who competed on the
ITF Futures and
ATP Challenger tours. On 23 May 2011 he reached his highest
ATP singles ranking of world No. 103. On 1 October 2012, he reached his best doubles ranking of No. 115.
To date, Pospíšil has reached 53 singles finals on the
ATP Challenger and
ITF Futures tours, from which he has won 28 titles. On the same tours, he has won 64 doubles titles after reaching a total of 101 doubles finals.
Career
Predominantly playing on the Challenger and Futures tours, Pospisil has made 7 main draw appearances on the
ATP Tour, including the
2011 Wimbledon Championships as his only Grand Slam appearance.
His sole ATP win came at the
ATP 250 level on the hard courts of the
2013 Erste Bank Open in
Vienna
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, Austria, where despite losing in qualifying, he was granted entry to the tournament proper as a
lucky loser and defeated France's
Gaël Monfils in the first round, 7–6, 7–5. He was eliminated in the second round by
Dominic Thiem.
Coaching
In a coaching role, he hit with
Caroline Wozniacki during the 2015 Wimbledon Championships and helped her prepare for her next opponents.
Towards the end of his playing career, he started coaching tennis, becoming the coach of Czech player
Vít Kopřiva, although he continued entering some tournaments as a player in his own right too.
Grand Slam performance timeline
Singles
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 53 (28–25)
Doubles: 101 (64–37)
References
External links
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1981 births
Living people
Czech male tennis players
Sportspeople from Prostějov
Tennis players from the Olomouc Region
21st-century Czech sportsmen