Petr Kovačka (born 23 December 1971) is a former professional
tennis
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player from the Czech Republic. He used to coach
Barbora Krejčíková
Barbora Krejčíková (; born 18 December 1995) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles by the Wome ...
.
Biography
Kovačka toured as a doubles specialist and played most of his matches alongside countryman
Pavel Kudrnáč. It was partnering Kudrnáč that he qualified for the main draw of the
2000 US Open. They lost in the opening round in straight sets to the Argentine pairing of
Gastón Etlis and
Sebastián Prieto, the first in a tiebreak and second 4–6. The pair won a total of three
Challenger titles together and made the semi-finals of the ATP Tour tournament in
San Marino
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in 2000.
He reached his career best doubles ranking in 2000, which was 109 in the world.
Challenger titles
Doubles: (3)
References
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1971 births
Living people
Czech male tennis players