Jakub Záhlava

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Jakub Záhlava
Full nameJakub Herm-Záhlava
Country (sports) Germany
Born (1980-05-12) 12 May 1980 (age 41)
Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Prize money$88,638
Singles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 194 (3 February 2003)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 504 (12 February 2001)

Jakub Herm-Záhlava (born 12 May 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. Born in Plzeň, Czechoslovakia, he is a cousin of Czech tennis player Sandra Záhlavová.[1]

Biography[]

Záhlava played in the main draw of two ATP Tour level tournaments, Bucharest in 2000 and Stuttgart in 2001. He won the 2002 Wolfsburg Challenger tournament. Playing as a qualifier, he upset second seed Jürgen Melzer en route to the title win. During his career he also had wins over Marin Čilić, Ivo Karlović, Philipp Kohlschreiber and Janko Tipsarević. He played tennis in the German Bundesliga for Mannheim.[2]

As a coach he has worked full-time with Michael Berrer, Louk Sorensen and Tatjana Maria.[3] One of the players that he has coached, Barbora Strýcová, was also his wife from 2006 to 2015.[4] He now coaches at the Schüttler Waske Tennis-University near Frankfurt am Main in Germany.[5]

Challenger titles[]

Singles: (1)[]

No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 2002 Wolfsburg, Germany Carpet Belgium Dick Norman 6–4, 6–2

References[]

  1. ^ "Petkovic wins Gastein opener". The Age. 21 July 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Riad Sawas war ganz nah dran". Südkurier. 21 July 2003. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Zahlavova Strycova vs. Zahlava in Antwerp". Open Court. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Pláč kvůli loňské křivdě? Strýcová miluje Fed Cup: Je čas hodit to za hlavu". Deník (in Czech). 16 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Jakub Zahlava" (in German). Schüttler Waske Tennis-University. Retrieved 19 April 2017.

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