Jiří Lehečka

He lost in the first round to the 26th seed Grigor Dimitrov in four sets.

At the 2022 ABN AMRO World Tennis 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.

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.

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.

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.

He lost to wildcard and eventual champion Holger Rune in the first round.

He made his debut at the 2022 French Open and the 2022 Wimbledon Championships where he lost in the first round in both.

At the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbühel he reached the quarterfinals defeating Thiago Monteiro and eight seed João Sousa before losing to third seed Roberto Bautista Agut in a tight three-set match.

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

He qualified for the 2022 Next Generation ATP Finals and reached the semifinals defeating Matteo Arnaldi.

He defeated Dominic Stricker in the semifinal but lost to Brandon Nakashima in the final in straight sets.

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 ATP match coming back from injury.

Lehečka also played mixed doubles with Marie Bouzková.

He reached the 2023 Australian Open fourth round defeating eleventh seed Cameron Norrie taking his revenge after he was beaten by Norrie at the 2023 Auckland Open the previous week.

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.

As a result, he moved more than 30 positions up into the top 40 at world No. 39 on 30 January 2023.

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.

At the 2023 Qatar ExxonMobil Open he recorded his first top-5 win over top seed Andrey Rublev to reach the semifinals, having previously defeated qualifier Damir Džumhur and Emil Ruusuvuori.

In Dubai he lost to seventh seed Alexander Zverev.

At the 2023 BNP Paribas Open he recorded his first Masters win against Arthur Rinderknech.

At the 2023 Miami Open he defeated Federico Coria for his second Masters win, and 18th seed Lorenzo Musetti to reach the third round of a Masters for the first time in his career.

In Monte Carlo he defeated Emil Ruusuvuori and Grigor Dimitrov to move to the round of 16.

At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships 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.

He entered the 2023 Croatia Open Umag as the top seed at a tour-level event for the first time, and reached the quarterfinals with a win over Dominic Thiem.

He also reached the quarterfinals in doubles with partner Roman Jebavý.

Jiří Lehečka (born 8 November 2001) is a Czech professional tennis player.

Lehečka has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 23 achieved on 15 January 2024.

He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 144 achieved on 15 January 2024.

He is currently the No. 1 Czech player in singles.

Lehečka has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 10 achieved on 11 March 2019.

Lehečka was born in a hospital in Mladá Boleslav, but he is a native of Kněžmost.

Jiří 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.

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

Lehečka qualified for the main draw of the 2022 Australian Open, defeating Michael Mmoh, Max Purcell, and Dmitry Popko.