Jiri Lehecka
Lehecka splits with Berdych
Czech labored with former World No. 4 for 18 months
September 16, 2024
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Tomas Berdych and Jiri Lehecka collectively at Wimbledon in 2023.
By ATP Employees
Jiri Lehecka has parted with coach Tomas Berdych after 18 months. The 22-year-old Czech introduced the information on social media on Monday.
Lehecka began with countryman Berdych at Monte-Carlo final 12 months, with the previous No. 4 within the PIF ATP Rankings serving to information Lehecka to his maiden tour-level title in Adelaide in January.
As of at present, by mutual settlement, I’ve ended my cooperation with Tomas Berdych, with whom I’ve been working for the reason that Monte-Carlo 2023 event. Our paths aren’t diverging, although. We’ll proceed to work with Tomáš inside the Davis Cup staff.
— Jiří Lehečka (@jirilehecka) September 16, 2024
“As of at present, by mutual settlement, I’ve ended my cooperation with Tomas Berdych, with whom I’ve been working for the reason that Monte-Carlo 2023 event,” Lehecka wrote in Czech on social media. “Our paths aren’t diverging, although. We’ll proceed to work with Tomas inside the Davis Cup staff. I want him a lot success and lots of victories in his new position because the Davis Cup staff captain.
“My staff in any other case stays the identical, with coach Michal Navratil, health coach Radek Stepanek, and physiotherapist Carlos Manuel Baptista Carvalho. The final supervisor of the staff is Roman Vik and the agent is Pierre Christen.”
Berdych was introduced on Sunday as the brand new Davis Cup captain for Czechia.
Lehecka was sidelined from April till August this 12 months attributable to a stress fracture in his vertebra however returned to succeed in the third spherical in Cincinnati and on the US Open.