Jan Hernych (born 7 July 1979) is a retired professional male
tennis
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player from
Czech Republic
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. Born in
Prague
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, he turned pro in 1998 and achieved his career-high singles ranking of World No. 59 in April 2009. He won one doubles title and was runner-up in
's-Hertogenbosch in 2006.
Currently, he acts as one of the two trainers of the Czech tennis player
Markéta Vondroušová
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, together with
Jiří Hřebec.
Career
In 2005, he was the first professional opponent of
Andy Murray
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at the
Torneo Godo, a match he won in three sets.
In 2006 he contested his first final on the tour, losing to
Mario Ančić
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in
s-Hertogenbosch
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In May 2009 at the
BMW Open
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in Munich, Germany, he joined forces with countryman
Ivo Minář
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to win their first title together in doubles.
In January 2011 at the
Australian Open
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, Hernych posted his best-ever showing in singles play at a
Grand Slam event, reaching the 3rd round for the first time. As a qualifier, he defeated
Denis Istomin
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and No. 30 seed
Thomaz Bellucci before losing to
Robin Söderling
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.
Hernych has reached 25 singles finals in tenure as a professional tennis player, with his first final coming in 1998 and his most recent being in 2016, a span of almost twenty years. He has a record of 12 wins and 13 losses, including an 0–1 record in
ATP Tour
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-level finals and 8–8 in
Challenger
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finals.
ATP Tour career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 24 (12–12)
Performance timelines
Singles
External links
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Hernych World Ranking history
1979 births
Living people
Czech male tennis players
Tennis players from Prague
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