Jiri Lehecka

Jiri Lehecka is a Czech tennis player with two ATP Tour titles, won in Adelaide in January 2024 and Brisbane in January 2025 [5] [4]. His career high in the ATP singles rankings is No. 12, reached in May 2026 [1]. That peak followed his first Masters 1000 final, in Miami that March [1] [3].

Early years in Mladá Boleslav and Prostějov

According to his ATP biography, Lehecka started playing tennis with his mother and grandfather [1]. He is a native of Mladá Boleslav, a town in the Czech Republic, as the Czech news agency ČTK reported in a match report [2]. At 15 he left home to train in Prostějov [1]. The ATP player page also describes him as a former world No. 10 junior [8]. His biography also lists a junior honour: the 2019 Wimbledon boys' doubles title, won with his countryman Forejtek [1].

Adelaide 2024: the first title

Lehecka was seeded seventh at the Adelaide International, a hard-court ATP 250 event, in January 2024 [5]. In the final he beat Jack Draper 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in two hours and eight minutes [5]. It was his maiden ATP Tour title, and it was set to lift him to a new career high of No. 23 [5].

Brisbane 2025 and the Opelka final

Brisbane was his second title, and the final ended early. Lehecka led Reilly Opelka 4-1 in the first set when Opelka was forced to stop with a back injury [4]. The ATP report says Lehecka rose four spots to No. 24 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings after the win [4].

Opelka said: 'Unfortunately, my back has been giving me issues' [4].

Majors and a ranking timeline

At the 2023 Australian Open he beat sixth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(2), 7-6(3) in the round of 16, which took him into the quarter-finals [7]. His ATP biography lists quarter-final finishes at that event and at the US Open in 2025 [1]. In New York, he beat Adrian Mannarino 7-6(4), 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 in three hours and 14 minutes, reaching his first US Open quarter-final [6].

The ranking moves are easy to follow in the sources. He was set to reach No. 23 after Adelaide [5], and was No. 24 after Brisbane a year later [4]. He broke into the top 20 in September 2025 [1]. In Miami in March 2026 he was No. 14 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings [3], and the career high in his biography is No. 12, set in May 2026 [1].

Miami 2026 and the first Masters 1000 final

Lehecka was the 21st seed at the Miami Open [3]. In the semi-final he beat Arthur Fils 6-2, 6-2 in 75 minutes, which the ATP report calls his maiden Masters 1000 final [3]. The report adds that a title would have taken him to No. 12 [3]. His biography dates the career high to May 2026, soon after that Miami final [1].

What this page does not cover

The ATP biography does not give a birth date, so this page does not state one [1]. Rankings change weekly, so the figures here reflect the dates of the sources cited. The pages reviewed for this biography do not show a live ranking, so the position on his ATP profile is the one to check for the current week.