Filip Krajcik Explained

Filip Krajcik
Native Name:Filip Krajčík
Birth Date:23 July 1955
Birth Place:Prague, Czechoslovakia
Singlesrecord:1–6
Highestsinglesranking:No. 227 (4 Jan 1981)
Australianopenresult:Q3 (1979)
Doublesrecord:1–8
Highestdoublesranking:No. 760 (3 Apr 1989)

Filip Krajcik (23 July 1955 – 30 August 2001) was an Austrian tennis coach and professional player.[1]

Born in Prague, Krajcik was the son of a former Czechoslovak Davis Cup player (Ján) and moved with his family to Vienna at age 10. He won two national championships in doubles during the 1970s and reached a best singles ranking of 227 on the professional tour, with his best Grand Prix performance a round of 16 appearance at the 1980 Paris Open.

Krajcik had a stint as captain of the Austria Davis Cup team, which included the 1990 side which reached the semi-finals of the World Group.[2] From 1996, until his death from cancer in 2001, he captained the Austria Fed Cup team.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Filip Krajcik wird am Freitag beigesetzt . . 4 September 2001 . de-AT.
  2. News: It's Just a Friendly Little Match . . 21 September 1990.
  3. News: Krajcik starb an Krebs . news.at . 31 August 2001 . de.