| José Checa Calvo | |
| Birth Date: | 2 April 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Las Pedroñeras, Cuenca, Spain |
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in |
| Plays: | Right-handed |
| Careerprizemoney: | $172,526 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 230 (7 April 2014) |
| Australianopenresult: | Q1 (2010, 2014) |
| Frenchopenresult: | Q1 (2014) |
| Wimbledonresult: | Q1 (2007, 2014) |
| Usopenresult: | Q1 (2009) |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 266 (24 August 2009) |
José "Pepe" Checa Calvo (born 2 April 1985) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional player.[1] [2]
Born in the town of Las Pedroñeras, Checa is a product of the Cuenca Tennis Club, where he trained with his elder sisters. He began competing professionally in 2003.[3]
Checa won 21 ITF singles titles during his career. On the ATP Challenger Tour, Checa was a Montauban semi-finalist in 2006 and beat world number 78 Bjorn Phau at the Tampere Open in 2009.[4] After winning six ITF titles in 2013, he attained a career high singles ranking of 230 in April, 2014.[5] He never made an ATP Tour main draw but featured in several qualifying tournaments including the 2014 Torneo Godó (ATP Tour 500), beating Ante Pavić in the first round.[6]
Forced to retire from professional tennis in 2015 due to injuries, Checa transitioned straight into a career as a tour coach, taking charge of Santiago Giraldo.[7] In 2017 he parted company with Giraldo and became coach of Andrey Kuznetsov. He was the coach of Ilya Ivashka,[8] who rose to 50 in the world under his charge.[9]
| Titles by surface | |
|---|---|
| Hard (5) | |
| Clay (14) | |
| Carpet (2) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Spain F21, Santander | Clay |  José Antonio Sánchez de Luna | 7–65, 4–6, 7–66 | ||
| 2. | Spain F17, Maspalomas | Clay | Petar Popović | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
| 3. | Spain F22, Tenerife | Carpet | Óscar Burrieza | 2–6, 7–60, 6–4 | ||
| 4. | Spain F39, Sabadell | Clay | Gabriel Trujillo Soler | 6–1, 6–3 | ||
| 5. | Spain F41, Vilafranca | Clay |  Andrea Arnaboldi | 4–6, 6–4, 6–0 | ||
| 6. | Spain F19, Lanzarote | Hard | Roberto Bautista Agut | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
| 7. | Spain F26, Xàtiva | Clay | Agustin Boje-Ordonez | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
| 8. | Spain F39, Vilafranca | Clay | Marco Viola | 2–6, 6–4, 6–1 | ||
| 9. | Spain F16, Martos | Hard | Gerard Granollers | 6–4, 6–3 | ||
| 10. | Italy F17, Sassuolo | Clay | Guillermo Olaso | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
| 11. | Italy F19, Fano | Clay |  Michał Przysiężny | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
| 12. | Spain F24, Vigo | Clay |  Ricardo Rodríguez | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 | ||
| 13. | Spain F11, Vic | Clay | Gerard Granollers | 3–6, 6–4, 6–0 | ||
| 14. | Spain F25, Béjar | Hard | Andrés Artuñedo | 4–0, Ret | ||
| 15. | Spain F29, Oviedo | Clay | Juan Lizariturry | 6–4, 6–75, 6–2 | ||
| 16. | Spain F33, Sabadell | Clay | Roberto Carballés Baena | 3–6, 6–0, 6–2 | ||
| 17. | Spain F39, Tenerife | Carpet | Jaime Pulgar-Garcia | 6–3, 6–77, 6–3 | ||
| 18. | Spain F42, Lanzarote | Hard | Andrea Basso | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
| 19. | Egypt F19, Sharm El Sheikh | Clay | Riccardo Sinicropi | 6–1, 6–3 | ||
| 20. | Spain F7, Alcalá de Henares | Hard | Georgi Rumenov Payakov | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 | ||
| 21. | Spain F23, Xàtiva | Clay |  Johan Tatlot | 6–4, 6–1 |