Jaromir Becka Explained

Jaromir Becka
Fullname:Jaromir Becka
Birth Date:6 July 1963
Birth Place:Prague, Czechoslovakia
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$48,013
Singlesrecord:13–18
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 137 (21 May 1984)
Doublesrecord:9–11
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 147 (13 June 1988)

Jaromir Becka (born 6 July 1963) is a Czechoslovak born former professional tennis player from Germany.

Biography

Originally from Prague in what was then Czechoslovakia, Becka emigrated to West Germany and was based in Pullach, Munich.[1] He was the Munich Junior Champion in 1980, then in 1981 was the National Indoor Junior Champion and a member of the Valeria Cup team.[2]

Becka made the quarter-finals of two Grand Prix tournaments in 1983, the Tel Aviv Open and Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse.[3] [4] Also that year he came close to beating Vitas Gerulaitis at the Munich WCT tournament.[1] After winning the first set comfortably, he lost the next two in tiebreaks.[1]

In 1984 he reached the quarter-finals of the Bavarian International Tennis Championships and had a win over Roscoe Tanner in Cleveland.[5] [6]

He won two titles on the Challenger circuit, both in doubles, at Thessaloniki in 1986 and Heilbronn in 1988.

Formerly a coach of Carsten Arriens, Becka now runs a tennis school in Munich.[7]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

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1.1986Thessaloniki, GreeceHard Christian Saceanu Alex Antonitsch
Brian Levine
3–6, 6–1, 7–6
2.1988Heilbronn, West GermanyCarpet Udo Riglewski Axel Hornung
Andreas Lesch
7–6, 4–6, 6–2

Notes and References

  1. News: Munich, West Germany. 15 March 1983. United Press International. 2 April 2016.
  2. Web site: Jaromir Becka - Player Bio - Personal. Association of Tennis Professionals. 2 April 2016.
  3. Web site: ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Tel Aviv - 10 October - 15 October 1983. International Tennis Federation. 2 April 2016.
  4. Web site: ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Toulouse - 21 November - 27 November 1983. International Tennis Federation. 2 April 2016.
  5. News: Tennis. 20 May 1984. Sydney Morning Herald. 42. 2 April 2016.
  6. News: Cleveland (AP). 8 August 1984. The Tennessean. 9. 2 April 2016.
  7. Web site: Koordi. Tennisschule Jaromir Becka Tennistraining in Großhesselohe bei München. German. 2 April 2016.