Jiří Lehečka

Jiří Lehečka (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈlɛɦɛtʃka]; born 8 November 2001) is a Czech professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 22, achieved on 24 February 2025, and a doubles ranking of No. 144, achieved on 15 January 2024. He has won two singles titles on the ATP Tour and is currently the No. 2 Czech player in singles.^[2]

Jiří Lehečka

Lehečka at the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Kněžmost, Czech Republic
Born	(2001-11-08) 8 November 2001 (age 23) Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2020
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Michal Navrátil
Prize money	US $4,941,140
Singles
Career record	90–72
Career titles	2[1]
Highest ranking	No. 22 (24 February 2025)
Current ranking	No. 22 (24 February 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (2023)
French Open	2R (2023)
Wimbledon	4R (2023)
US Open	3R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	10–17
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 144 (15 January 2024)
Current ranking	No. 391 (24 February 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2023)
US Open	1R (2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	0–2
Last updated on: 24 February 2025.

Lehečka had a career-high junior combined ranking of No. 10, achieved on 11 March 2019.

Early life

Jiří Lehečka was born in a hospital in Mladá Boleslav, but he is a native of Kněžmost.^[3]

Lehečka is the son of two athletes. His father was a swimmer, and his mother was a track and field star. He has long enjoyed skiing, cycling and swimming and remembers first touching a tennis racquet at three. His grandmother, who competed on a national level, taught his older sister the game, so naturally he wanted to play. When Lehečka was young, he admired Tomáš Berdych and Radek Štěpánek.^[4]

Career

2021: Two Challenger titles, top 150 debut

Lehečka won two ATP Challenger singles titles, one ATP Challenger doubles title with Vít Kopřiva and two with Zdeněk Kolář.^[1]

2022: First ATP Tour win & semifinal, top 60

Lehečka qualified for the main draw of the 2022 Australian Open, defeating Michael Mmoh, Max Purcell, and Dmitry Popko.^[5] He lost in the first round to the 26th seed Grigor Dimitrov in four sets.^[1]

At the ATP tournament in Rotterdam, he reached the second round as a qualifier, with a stunning upset over fifth seed Denis Shapovalov in straight sets in his first ATP Tour main-draw match.^[6] He went on to defeat Botic van de Zandschulp and Lorenzo Musetti to reach the semifinals on his ATP debut, where he was defeated in three sets by top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas. He became the lowest-ranked Rotterdam semifinalist since then-World No. 225 Omar Camporese in 1995. As a result, he moved 42 positions up into the top 100 in the rankings at World No. 95 on 14 February 2022.^[7]

At the 2022 Serbia Open he qualified into the main draw but lost in the second round to second seed, World No. 8 and eventual champion Andrey Rublev.^[8][1] At the 2022 BMW Open he qualified into the main draw again defeating Alejandro Tabilo 6–4, 7–6^(7–3) in the final round of qualifying.^[9] He lost to wildcard and eventual champion Holger Rune in the first round.^[1]

He made his debut at the 2022 French Open and the 2022 Wimbledon Championships where he lost in the first round in both.^[1] At the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbühel he reached the quarterfinals defeating Thiago Monteiro^[10] and eight seed João Sousa^[11] before losing to third seed Roberto Bautista Agut in a tight three-set match.^[1]

He made his debut at the 2022 US Open, completing all Major debuts in one season, where he lost to Cristian Garín.^[12]

He qualified for the 2022 Next Generation ATP Finals^[13] and reached the semifinals defeating Matteo Arnaldi.^[14] He defeated Dominic Stricker in the semifinal but lost to Brandon Nakashima in the final in straight sets. ^[15]

2023: First ATP Tour final, top-10 victory, top 30

Lehečka began his season as the top-ranked Czech male player at the inaugural 2023 United Cup where he lost to Taylor Fritz 3–6, 4–6 but defeated Alexander Zverev 6–4, 6–2 in Zverev's first match coming back from injury. Lehečka also played mixed doubles with Marie Bouzková.^[16][17][18] He reached the Australian Open fourth round defeating 11th seed Cameron Norrie taking his revenge after he was beaten by Norrie at the 2023 Auckland Open the previous week.^[19][20] Next he defeated sixth seed Félix Auger-Aliassime, his first top-10 win, to reach a Major quarterfinal for the first time in his career.^[21] As a result, he moved more than 30 positions up into the top 40 at world No. 39 on 30 January 2023.^[22] At the same tournament he also reached the third round in doubles on his debut at the event at this Major with partner Alex Molčan.^[1]

At the Qatar Open he recorded his first top-5 win over top seed Andrey Rublev to reach the semifinals,^[23] having previously defeated qualifier Damir Džumhur and Emil Ruusuvuori. In Dubai he lost to seventh seed Alexander Zverev.^[24]

At the 2023 BNP Paribas Open, he recorded his first Masters win against Arthur Rinderknech. At Miami, he defeated Federico Coria for his second Masters win,^[25] and 18th seed Lorenzo Musetti to reach the third round of a Masters for the first time in his career.^[26][27] In Monte Carlo he defeated Emil Ruusuvuori and Grigor Dimitrov to move to the round of 16.^[28]

At Wimbledon, he reached the fourth round for the first time at this major with wins over Sebastian Ofner, 18th seed Francisco Cerúndolo and 16th seed Tommy Paul in a five set match.^[29]

He entered the Croatia Open as the top seed at a tour-level event for the first time, and reached the quarterfinals with a win over Dominic Thiem.^[30] He also reached the quarterfinals in doubles with partner Roman Jebavý.^[1]

He reached his first ATP Tour final at the 2023 Winston-Salem Open where he lost to Sebastián Báez.^[31] As a result, he reached the top 30 in the rankings at world No. 29 on 28 August 2023.^[32]

2024: First ATP title and Masters semifinal, top 25

He was selected to play again in the 2024 United Cup as the No. 1 player alongside Marketa Vondrousova.^[18] Lehečka reached his second final at the 2024 Adelaide International defeating third seed Sebastian Korda.^[33] He defeated Jack Draper to win his first ATP title.^[34] As a result he reached the top 25 in the rankings on 15 January 2024.^[35]

Seeded 32nd at the 2024 BNP Paribas Open, Lehečka reached the fourth round for the first time at a Masters 1000 defeating Brandon Nakashima^[36] and fifth seed Andrey Rublev, his second top five win and second against Rublev.^[37] He reached his first career Masters quarterfinal defeating 11th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas.^[38] He lost in the last eight to Jannik Sinner.^[39]

Ranked No. 31 at the Madrid Open, he reached his second Masters quarterfinal defeating qualifiers Hamad Medjedovic and Thiago Monteiro, Rafael Nadal in the round of 16, becoming the lowest ranked man to beat the former champion in a clay Masters.^[40] Next he defeated third seed Daniil Medvedev in the quarterfinals to reach his first career Masters 1000 semifinal.^[41] He retired in the first set of the semi-final against Felix Auger-Aliassime due to a back injury.^[42]

Lehečka was runner-up at the European Open in Antwerp, Belgium, in October, losing to Roberto Bautista Agut in the final.^[43]

2025: Second ATP title

At the 2025 Brisbane International he won his second ATP Tour title after the retirement of Reilly Opelka in the final.^[44] At the 2025 Australian Open, he reached the fourth round and lost to Novak Djokovic in three sets.

National representation

Lehečka represents the Czech Republic at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 0–2.^[45] He made his debut at the 2019 Davis Cup qualifying round against Robin Haase of the Netherlands.

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2025 BNP Paribas Open.

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	QF	2R	4R	0 / 4	8–4	67%
French Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	A		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Wimbledon	A	NH	A	1R	4R	A		0 / 2	3–2	60%
US Open	A	A	Q3	1R	1R	3R		0 / 3	2–3	40%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–4	8–4	3–2	3–1	0 / 11	14–11	56%
National representation
Davis Cup	Z1	RR		G1	QF	RR		0 / 4	9–6	60%
ATP Masters 1000 tournaments
Indian Wells Open	A	NH	A	A	2R	QF	2R	0 / 3	4–3	57%
Miami Open	A	NH	A	A	3R	2R		0 / 2	2–2	50%
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	NH	A	1R	3R	A		0 / 2	2–2	50%
Madrid Open	A	NH	A	A	2R	SF		0 / 2	4–2	67%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	A		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canadian Open	A	NH	A	A	2R	A		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	1R	3R		0 / 2	2–2	50%
Shanghai Masters	A	NH			1R	3R		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Paris Masters	A	A	A	Q2	1R	1R		0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	6–9	10–6	0–1	0 / 17	16–17	48%
Career statistics
Tournaments	0[a]	0	0[a]	16	24	16	6	Career total: 62
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	Career total: 2
Finals	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	Career total: 4
Overall win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–1	13–19	34–26	30–19	13–5	2 / 62	90–71	56%
Year-end ranking	623	351	141	81	31	28		$4,966,390

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP 500 (0–0) ATP 250 (2–2)

Finals by surface Hard (2–2) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (2–1) Indoor (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2023	Winston-Salem Open, United States	ATP 250	Hard	Sebastián Báez	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Jan 2024	Adelaide International, Australia	ATP 250	Hard	Jack Draper	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–2	Oct 2024	European Open, Belgium	ATP 250	Hard (i)	Roberto Bautista Agut	5–7, 1–6
Win	2–2	Jan 2025	Brisbane International, Australia	ATP 250	Hard	Reilly Opelka	4–1, ret.

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP 500 (0–1) ATP 250 (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–1)

Finals by setting Outdoor (0–2) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2023	Queen's Club Championships, United Kingdom	ATP 500	Grass	Taylor Fritz	Ivan Dodig Austin Krajicek	4–6, 7–6(7–5), [3–10]
Loss	0–2	Jan 2025	Brisbane International, Australia	ATP 250	Hard	Jakub Menšík	Julian Cash Lloyd Glasspool	3–6, 7–6(7–2), [6–10]

ATP Next Generation finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	Nov 2022	Next Generation ATP Finals, Italy	Hard (i)	Brandon Nakashima	3–4(5–7), 3–4(6–8), 2–4

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (3–3)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (3–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2021	Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Nicolás Kicker	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Jul 2021	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Bernabé Zapata Miralles	3–6, 2–6
Win	2–1	Sep 2021	Bucharest, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Filip Horanský	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–2	Nov 2021	Pau, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Radu Albot	2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	2–3	May 2022	Mauthausen, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Jurij Rodionov	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–3	Aug 2022	Liberec, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Nicolás Álvarez Varona	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (3–1)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2019	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Jiří Veselý	Philipp Oswald Filip Polášek	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	1–1	Jun 2021	Milan, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Vít Kopřiva	Dustin Brown Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	6–4, 6–0
Win	2–1	Jul 2021	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Zdeněk Kolář	Karol Drzewiecki Aleksandar Vukic	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Win	3–1	Nov 2021	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Zdeněk Kolář	Lloyd Glasspool Harri Heliövaara	6–4, 6–4

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend ITF Futures/WTT (3–4)

Finals by surface Hard (1–3) Clay (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2018	Czech Republic F11, Říčany	Futures	Hard	Tomáš Macháč	walkover
Loss	0–2	May 2019	M25+H Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic	WTT	Clay	Patrik Rikl	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win	1–2	Sep 2020	M25 Prague, Czech Republic	WTT	Clay	Sebastián Báez	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–3	Nov 2020	M15 Heraklion, Greece	WTT	Hard	Adrian Andreev	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–3	Feb 2021	M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Paweł Ciaś	6–1, 6–3
Loss	2–4	Apr 2021	M25 Biel, Switzerland	WTT	Hard	Tim van Rijthoven	2–6, 2–6
Win	3–4	May 2021	M25 Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic	WTT	Clay	Vitaliy Sachko	6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend ITF Futures/WTT (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2018	Czech Republic F11, Říčany	Futures	Hard	Jiří Barnat	Jiří Jeníček Vojtěch Vlkovský	4–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	Apr 2021	M25 Meerbusch, Germany	WTT	Clay	Michael Vrbenský	Viktor Durasovic Markus Eriksson	6–3, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2019	Wimbledon	Grass	Jonáš Forejtek	Liam Draxl Govind Nanda	7–5, 6–4

Wins against top 10 players

• Lehečka has a 7–17 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Season	2023	2024	2025	Total
Wins	2	3	2	7

#	Player	Rk	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	Rk	Ref
2023
1.	Félix Auger-Aliassime	7	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	4R	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3)	71	[46]
2.	Andrey Rublev	5	Qatar Open, Qatar	Hard	QF	4–6, 6–4, 6–3	52	[47]
2024
3.	Andrey Rublev	5	Indian Wells Open, United States	Hard	3R	6–4, 6–4	31	[48]
4.	Daniil Medvedev	4	Madrid Open, Spain	Clay	QF	6–4, 0–0, ret.	31	[49]
5.	Daniil Medvedev	5	Cincinnati Open, United States	Hard	2R	7–6(7–2), 6–4	35	[50]
2025
6.	Grigor Dimitrov	10	Brisbane International, Australia	Hard	SF	6–4, 4–4, ret.	28	[51]
7.	Carlos Alcaraz	3	Qatar Open, Qatar	Hard	QF	6–3, 3–6, 6–4	25

• Key: (Rk) first use, opponent rank; (Rd) round; (Rk) 2nd use, player rank; (Ref) reference; (F) final; (SF) semifinal; (QF) quarterfinal; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage

Davis Cup

Participations: (0–2)

Group membership World Group (0–0) Qualifying Round (0–1) WG Play-off (0–0) Group I (0–1) Group II (0–0) Group III (0–0) Group IV (0–0)

Matches by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Matches by type Singles (0–1) Doubles (0–1)

• indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber outcome	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
1–3; 1-2 February 2019; Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava, Czech Republic; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (i) surface
Defeat	1	IV	Singles	Netherlands	Robin Haase	4–6, 6–2, 3–6
3–2; 14–15 September 2019; Arena Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Europe/Africa Zone Group I first round; hard (i) surface
Defeat	2	III	Doubles (with Jiří Veselý)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić	6–7(2–7), 3–6

Notes

1. During the season, he did not play in the main-draw of any ATP Tour-level tournaments. However, he played at the Davis Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but as matches counted.