José Checa Calvo

José "Pepe" Checa Calvo (born 2 April 1985) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional player.^[1][2]

José Checa Calvo

Country (sports)	Spain
Born	(1985-04-02) 2 April 1985 (age 39) Las Pedroñeras, Cuenca, Spain
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$172,526
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 230 (7 April 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2010, 2014)
French Open	Q1 (2014)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2007, 2014)
US Open	Q1 (2009)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 266 (24 August 2009)

Career

Born in the town of Las Pedroñeras, Checa is a product of the Cuenca Tennis Club, where he trained with his elder sisters. He began competing professionally in 2003.^[3]

Checa won 21 ITF singles titles during his career. On the ATP Challenger Tour, Checa was a Montauban semi-finalist in 2006 and beat world number 78 Bjorn Phau at the Tampere Open in 2009.^[4] After winning six ITF titles in 2013, he attained a career high singles ranking of 230 in April, 2014.^[5] He never made an ATP Tour main draw but featured in several qualifying tournaments including the 2014 Torneo Godó (ATP Tour 500), beating Ante Pavić in the first round.^[6]

Forced to retire from professional tennis in 2015 due to injuries, Checa transitioned straight into a career as a tour coach, taking charge of Santiago Giraldo.^[7] In 2017 he parted company with Giraldo and became coach of Andrey Kuznetsov. He was the coach of Ilya Ivashka,^[8] who rose to 50 in the world under his charge.^[9]

ITF Futures titles

Singles: (21)

Titles by surface
Hard (5)
Clay (14)
Carpet (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	Aug 2005	Spain F21, Santander	Clay	José Antonio Sánchez de Luna	7–65, 4–6, 7–66
2.	Jun 2006	Spain F17, Maspalomas	Clay	Petar Popović	6–4, 6–2
3.	Jun 2008	Spain F22, Tenerife	Carpet	Óscar Burrieza	2–6, 7–60, 6–4
4.	Oct 2008	Spain F39, Sabadell	Clay	Gabriel Trujillo Soler	6–1, 6–3
5.	Nov 2008	Spain F41, Vilafranca	Clay	Andrea Arnaboldi	4–6, 6–4, 6–0
6.	Jun 2009	Spain F19, Lanzarote	Hard	Roberto Bautista Agut	6–1, 6–4
7.	Aug 2009	Spain F26, Xàtiva	Clay	Agustin Boje-Ordonez	6–1, 6–4
8.	Nov 2010	Spain F39, Vilafranca	Clay	Marco Viola	2–6, 6–4, 6–1
9.	Jun 2012	Spain F16, Martos	Hard	Gerard Granollers	6–4, 6–3
10.	Jul 2012	Italy F17, Sassuolo	Clay	Guillermo Olaso	6–2, 6–4
11.	Jul 2012	Italy F19, Fano	Clay	Michał Przysiężny	6–4, 6–2
12.	Aug 2012	Spain F24, Vigo	Clay	Ricardo Rodríguez	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
13.	May 2013	Spain F11, Vic	Clay	Gerard Granollers	3–6, 6–4, 6–0
14.	Aug 2013	Spain F25, Béjar	Hard	Andrés Artuñedo	4–0, Ret
15.	Sep 2013	Spain F29, Oviedo	Clay	Juan Lizariturry	6–4, 6–75, 6–2
16.	Oct 2013	Spain F33, Sabadell	Clay	Roberto Carballés Baena	3–6, 6–0, 6–2
17.	Nov 2013	Spain F39, Tenerife	Carpet	Jaime Pulgar-Garcia	6–3, 6–77, 6–3
18.	Dec 2013	Spain F42, Lanzarote	Hard	Andrea Basso	6–4, 6–1
19.	Jun 2014	Egypt F19, Sharm El Sheikh	Clay	Riccardo Sinicropi	6–1, 6–3
20.	Apr 2015	Spain F7, Alcalá de Henares	Hard	Georgi Rumenov Payakov	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
21.	Aug 2015	Spain F23, Xàtiva	Clay	Johan Tatlot	6–4, 6–1

References

1. "Tenis. Pepe Checa Calvo: Intentaré estar antes de abril entre los 200 del mundo". Las Noticias de Cuenca (in Spanish). 14 December 2013.
2. "José Checa: "Mi gran reto es llegar al puesto 150 de la ATP si las lesiones me respetan"". La Tribuna de Cuenca (in Spanish). 26 December 2013.
3. Jiménez, Julio (26 April 2020). "José Checa, el tenista conquense que ganó a Nadal y estuvo perseguido por las lesiones". El Deporte Conquense (in Spanish).
4. "Laaksonen harmitteli menetettyä tilaisuutta". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 28 July 2009.
5. "El español José Checa-Calvo se impone al italiano Andrea Basso en la final". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 7 October 2013.
6. Val, Alberto (4 June 2014). "José Checa se despide del Challenger de Mestre". El Deporte Conquense (in Spanish).
7. "José Checa: "Hay que aceptar las situaciones y luchar para cambiar las cosas"". La Tribuna de Cuenca (in Spanish). 10 February 2016.
8. "Who is Ilya Ivashka's coach? Know all about Ilya Ivashka's coaching team » FirstSportz".
9. Val, Alberto (19 September 2021). "Pepe Checa: "Creo que Ilya Ivashka tiene todavía margen de mejora hasta el top 30"". El Deporte Conquense (in Spanish).

External links

• José Checa Calvo at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• José Checa Calvo at the International Tennis Federation