Jiří Javorský, (9 February 1932 – 16 September 2002) was a
Czech
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tennis
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player.
Javorský played in the
Davis Cup for
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
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between 1955 and 1966. In 1957 he and his partner
Věra Suková
Věra Suková (née Pužejová) (13 June 1931 – 13 May 1982) was a tennis player from Czechoslovakia. She was the women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1962, losing to Karen Hantze Susman 6–4, 6–4.
Suková was a women's singles semif ...
won the
mixed doubles
Mixed doubles or mixed pairs is a form of mixed-sex sports that consists of teams of one man and one woman. This variation of competition is prominent in curling and racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis and badminton (where it is known as ...
at the
French Open. In 1968 Javorský moved to Germany where he became a tennis coach.
[
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Grand Slam finals
Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Honours
*French Championships
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: Last 32 in 1959 & 1963
Personal life
In order to take up his coaching role in Germany, Jiří and his wife Vera moved to Heilbronn in 1968. One of their two sons was allowed by the Czech authorities to go with them but the other one, Jaroslav, was kept in Czechoslovakia as security for the family's eventual return. When he and his fiancee Anna tried to escape in 1978, they were arrested and imprisoned. The Javorskys tried through Amnesty International and others to obtain their son's release. This was achieved via a prisoner exchange in 1986,Josef Josten
Josef Josten (25 March 1913 29 November 1985) was an exiled Czech journalist, publisher and campaigner. His early life in Czechoslovakia included two escapes, firstly from military occupation and secondly after a political coup. In his subsequen ...
, an exiled Czech journalist, and Lord Braine, a British politician.
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1932 births
2002 deaths
Czech male tennis players
Czechoslovak male tennis players
French Championships (tennis) champions
Tennis players from Prague
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
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