Lukáš Dlouhý (born 9 April 1983) is a retired professional
Czech
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tennis
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player on the
ATP Tour
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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
Pavel Vízner (born 15 July 1970) is a retired professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. Vízner has reached the French Open final twice, having had turned professional in 1990 and achieved a career high doubles ranking of World ...
and actively with
Leander Paes
Leander Adrian Paes ( ; born 17 June 1973) is an Indian former professional tennis player and the first Asian man to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He is regarded as one of the greatest doubles tennis players of all-tim ...
. He has reached numerous
grand slam finals with each. At the
2006 French Open, he reached the
third round
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of the men's singles event and the
semifinals
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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
Barbora Strýcová (; born 28 March 1986), formerly known as Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, is a Czech former professional tennis player who was ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles.
She won two Gra ...
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
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1983 births
Living people
Czech expatriate sportspeople in Monaco
Czech male tennis players
21st-century Czech sportsmen
French Open champions
Sportspeople from Písek
US Open (tennis) champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles