Jakub Záhlava Explained

Jakub Záhlava
Fullname:Jakub Herm-Záhlava
Birth Date:12 May 1980
Birth Place:Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Careerprizemoney:$88,638
Singlesrecord:0–2
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 194 (3 February 2003)
Highestdoublesranking:No. 504 (12 February 2001)

Jakub Herm-Záhlava (born 12 May 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. Born in Plzeň, Czechoslovakia, he is a cousin of Czech tennis player Sandra Záhlavová.[1]

Biography

Záhlava played in the main draw of two ATP Tour level tournaments, Bucharest in 2000 and Stuttgart in 2001. He won the 2002 Wolfsburg Challenger tournament. Playing as a qualifier, he upset second seed Jürgen Melzer en route to the title win. During his career he also had wins over Marin Čilić, Ivo Karlović, Philipp Kohlschreiber and Janko Tipsarević. He played tennis in the German Bundesliga for Mannheim.[2]

As a coach he has worked full-time with Michael Berrer, Louk Sorensen and Tatjana Maria.[3] One of the players that he has coached, Barbora Strýcová, was also his wife from 2006 to 2015.[4] He now coaches at the Schüttler Waske Tennis-University near Frankfurt am Main in Germany.[5]

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

Notes and References

  1. News: Petkovic wins Gastein opener. 21 July 2010. The Age. 19 April 2017.
  2. News: Riad Sawas war ganz nah dran. 21 July 2003. Südkurier. 19 April 2017.
  3. Web site: Zahlavova Strycova vs. Zahlava in Antwerp. 13 February 2015. Open Court. 19 April 2017.
  4. News: Pláč kvůli loňské křivdě? Strýcová miluje Fed Cup: Je čas hodit to za hlavu. 16 April 2015. Deník. Czech. 19 April 2017.
  5. Web site: Jakub Zahlava. Schüttler Waske Tennis-University. German. 19 April 2017.