José Checa Calvo

José "Pepe" Checa Calvo (born 2 April 1985) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional player.[1][2]

José Checa Calvo
Country (sports) Spain
Born (1985-04-02) 2 April 1985
Las Pedroñeras, Cuenca, Spain
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$172,526
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 230 (7 April 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2010, 2014)
French OpenQ1 (2014)
WimbledonQ1 (2007, 2014)
US OpenQ1 (2009)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 266 (24 August 2009)

Career

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]

ITF Futures titles

Singles: (21)
Titles by surface
Hard (5)
Clay (14)
Carpet (2)
No.    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. Aug 2005 Spain F21, Santander Clay Spain José Antonio Sánchez de Luna 7–65, 4–6, 7–66
2. Jun 2006 Spain F17, Maspalomas Clay Serbia and Montenegro Petar Popović 6–4, 6–2
3. Jun 2008 Spain F22, Tenerife Carpet Spain Óscar Burrieza 2–6, 7–60, 6–4
4. Oct 2008 Spain F39, Sabadell Clay Spain Gabriel Trujillo Soler 6–1, 6–3
5. Nov 2008 Spain F41, Vilafranca Clay Italy Andrea Arnaboldi 4–6, 6–4, 6–0
6. Jun 2009 Spain F19, Lanzarote Hard Spain Roberto Bautista Agut 6–1, 6–4
7. Aug 2009 Spain F26, Xàtiva Clay Spain Agustin Boje-Ordonez 6–1, 6–4
8. Nov 2010 Spain F39, Vilafranca Clay Italy Marco Viola 2–6, 6–4, 6–1
9. Jun 2012 Spain F16, Martos Hard Spain Gerard Granollers 6–4, 6–3
10. Jul 2012 Italy F17, Sassuolo Clay Spain Guillermo Olaso 6–2, 6–4
11. Jul 2012 Italy F19, Fano Clay Poland Michał Przysiężny 6–4, 6–2
12. Aug 2012 Spain F24, Vigo Clay Venezuela Ricardo Rodríguez 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
13. May 2013 Spain F11, Vic Clay Spain Gerard Granollers 3–6, 6–4, 6–0
14. Aug 2013 Spain F25, Béjar Hard Spain Andrés Artuñedo 4–0, Ret
15. Sep 2013 Spain F29, Oviedo Clay Spain Juan Lizariturry 6–4, 6–75, 6–2
16. Oct 2013 Spain F33, Sabadell Clay Spain Roberto Carballés Baena 3–6, 6–0, 6–2
17. Nov 2013 Spain F39, Tenerife Carpet Spain Jaime Pulgar-Garcia 6–3, 6–77, 6–3
18. Dec 2013 Spain F42, Lanzarote Hard Italy Andrea Basso 6–4, 6–1
19. Jun 2014 Egypt F19, Sharm El Sheikh Clay Italy Riccardo Sinicropi 6–1, 6–3
20. Apr 2015 Spain F7, Alcalá de Henares Hard Spain Georgi Rumenov Payakov 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
21. Aug 2015 Spain F23, Xàtiva Clay France Johan Tatlot 6–4, 6–1

References
  1. "Tenis. Pepe Checa Calvo: Intentaré estar antes de abril entre los 200 del mundo". Las Noticias de Cuenca (in Spanish). 14 December 2013.
  2. "José Checa: «Mi gran reto es llegar al puesto 150 de la ATP si las lesiones me respetan»". La Tribuna de Cuenca (in Spanish). 26 December 2013.
  3. Jiménez, Julio (26 April 2020). "José Checa, el tenista conquense que ganó a Nadal y estuvo perseguido por las lesiones". El Deporte Conquense (in Spanish).
  4. "Laaksonen harmitteli menetettyä tilaisuutta". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 28 July 2009.
  5. "El español José Checa-Calvo se impone al italiano Andrea Basso en la final". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 7 October 2013.
  6. Val, Alberto (4 June 2014). "José Checa se despide del Challenger de Mestre". El Deporte Conquense (in Spanish).
  7. "José Checa: «Hay que aceptar las situaciones y luchar para cambiar las cosas»". La Tribuna de Cuenca (in Spanish). 10 February 2016.
  8. "Who is Ilya Ivashka's coach? Know all about Ilya Ivashka's coaching team » FirstSportz".
  9. Val, Alberto (19 September 2021). "Pepe Checa: "Creo que Ilya Ivashka tiene todavía margen de mejora hasta el top 30"". El Deporte Conquense (in Spanish).
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