Miroslav_Lacek

Miroslav Lacek

Miroslav Lacek

Add article description

Miroslav Lacek (born 16 April 1959) is a Czech former professional tennis player.

Quick Facts Country (sports), Born ...

Lacek was born in Kadaň, a town in modern day Czech Republic, where his father Jiří worked as a physical education teacher and was instrumental in the establishment of the Kadaň Tennis Association.[1]

As a junior, Lacek represented the Czechoslovakia national team alongside Ivan Lendl, including at a youth World Cup event in Caracas and the 1979 Galea Cup in Vichy, finishing second in the latter.[2][3]

In the 1980s he competed on the professional tour and reached a career high singles ranking of 170 in the world, with runner-up finishes in two ATP Challenger Tour tournaments. He made the occasional Grand Prix main draw appearance and was a bronze medalist in doubles at the Friendship Games in 1984.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Historie TK Kadaň :: Tenisový Klub Kadaň". www.tkkadan.cz.
  2. [2]
    ""Yo vi el primer Lendl vs Gómez"". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 2011-05-07.
  3. [3]
    "Noah-Portes Win Doubles Vichy, France". The Indianapolis Star. Newspapers.com. 29 July 1979.
  4. [4]
    Trzciński, Tomasz (1985). Gwiazdy sportu '84 (in Polish). Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza. p. 91. ISBN 83-03-01177-4.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Miroslav_Lacek, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.