Libor Němeček (born 26 October 1968) is a former professional

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player from the

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Career

Němeček had some success as a junior in his native country. He won the Czechoslovakian Under-14s Championship and was later the doubles winner with

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at the Under-18s Championships.ATP World Tour Profile
/ref> In 1989 New South Wales Open, Němeček was a quarter-finalist, securing wins over

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and then world number 51

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. He also reached the round of 16 in Kitzbuhel that year. The Czechoslovak was runner-up at the U.S. Pro Tennis Championships in 1990, but the event was no longer part of the

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. After making it through qualifying, Nemecek lost in the opening round of the 1990 Australian Open to Canadian

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, in four sets. He made two further quarter-finals in his career, at

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in 1991 and

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in 1993. Němeček is currently working as a tennis coach in Prague.Profile of Libor Němeček
at ITS Tennis Centre

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nemecek, Libor 1968 births Living people Czechoslovak male tennis players Czech male tennis players People from Jablonec nad Nisou District Sportspeople from the Liberec Region