Ivo Werner | |
Birth Date: | 19 August 1960 |
Birth Place: | Krnov, Czechoslovakia |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Careerprizemoney: | $33,382 |
Singlesrecord: | 5–12 |
Singlestitles: | 0 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 175 (2 Feb 1987) |
Australianopenresult: | 1R (1988) |
Doublesrecord: | 7–13 |
Doublestitles: | 0 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 139 (25 Jan 1988) |
Australianopendoublesresult: | 3R (1988) |
Ivo Werner (born 19 August 1960) is a former professional tennis player originally from Czechoslovakia who competed for both his native country as well as West Germany.[1] Werner, who is now a tennis coach, immigrated to West Germany in 1982 and acquired citizenship two years later.[2]
Werner made his first Grand Prix quarter-final in 1986, at Metz.[3] He was a quarter-finalist again the following year, at the Guarujá Open.[3] Also in 1987, he reached the doubles semi-finals of the Heineken Open, with David Lewis as his partner.[3]
At the 1988 Australian Open, Werner made it through qualifying and met world number 62 Michiel Schapers in the opening round of the main draw.[3] He won the first two sets and twice served for the match in the third, but the match would go into a fifth set, which he lost 10–12.[4] In the doubles, Werner and David Lewis reached the round of 16, where they were defeated by Andrew Castle and Roberto Saad.[3] The match was another close one, decided 16–14 in the final set.[3]
Werner is the current coach of the Switzerland Davis Cup team and was the coach of Petr Korda when the Czech player won the 1998 Australian Open.[5]