Jiří Granát

Jiří Granát
Country (sports)	Czechoslovakia
Residence	Zurich, Switzerland
Born	28 January 1955 (age 67); Prague
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	38-68
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 82 (16 Jan 1978)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	3R (1979)
Wimbledon	1R (1977, 1978, 1982)
US Open	2R (1978)
Doubles
Career record	30-66
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 191 (3 Jan 1983)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	3R (1982)
Wimbledon	1R (1982)
US Open	3R (1982)

Jiří Granát (born 28 January 1955) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic who competed for Czechoslovakia.^[1]

Career[]

Granát took part in the main singles draw of nine Grand Slam tournaments during his career.^[2] He made the third round of the 1979 French Open, beating Jose Luis Damiani and then Francisco González.^[2] His only other Grand Slam third round appearances both came in 1982.^[2] He reached the third round of the men's doubles at the 1982 French Open (with Stanislav Birner) and 1982 US Open (with Erick Iskersky).^[2]

On the Grand Prix tennis circuit, Granát won one title, which was the doubles at the 1981 Sofia Open.^[2] His best singles performance came at the 1977 Scandinavian Covered Court Championships in Helsinki, where he was a semi-finalist.^[2] He had a win over Peter McNamara at Rotterdam in 1983, when the Australian was ranked seventh in the world.^[2]

Granát appeared in one Davis Cup tie for Czechoslovakia, in 1977, against Ireland.^[3] He played the doubles rubber, with Tomáš Šmíd.^[3] They defeated the Irish pairing of James McCardle and John O'Brien.^[3]

He defected to Switzerland in 1983 and worked for the Swiss Tennis Federation as a coach after retiring.^[2]^[4]