Jaromir Becka

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

Jaromir Becka
Full nameJaromir Becka
Country (sports) West Germany
Born (1963-07-06) 6 July 1963
Prague, Czechoslovakia
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$48,013
Singles
Career record13–18
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 137 (21 May 1984)
Doubles
Career record9–11
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 147 (13 June 1988)

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)
No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1986 Thessaloniki, Greece Hard Christian Saceanu Alex Antonitsch
Brian Levine		 3–6, 6–1, 7–6
2. 1988 Heilbronn, West Germany Carpet Udo Riglewski Axel Hornung
Andreas Lesch		 7–6, 4–6, 6–2

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