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Ivan Lendl is a Czech–American former professional tennis player and coach. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, he was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 270 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 four times. Lendl won 94 career singles titles, including eight majors and seven year-end championships. He…
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Born 7 March 1960 · Q182736
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“John was playing great in the first two sets. He was hitting corners and lines all the time. Then I think he got a little tired. I was in better shape today and could run all day long”
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Yahoo! Sports: Ivan Lendl brings old tennis foe to town, sweeps pickleball tourney at Pictona | UPDATED
Hartford Courant: For more than 30 years, Ivan Lendl's Adaptive Sports Camps gives kids a way to get in the game
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The Real Deal: Ivan Lendl nets $12M for 445-acre CT estate
The Guardian: Andy Murray splits from coach Ivan Lendl after difficult season
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The Guardian: Ivan Lendl puts faith in Andy Murray’s mental strength to retain title | Kevin Mitchell
The Guardian: Andy Murray and Lendl are cutting it fine for the French Open, says Becker
Yahoo: Tennis Titan Ivan Lendl Serves Up His $19.8M Connecticut Estate
The Guardian: Andy Murray told to be fast out of the blocks by Ivan Lendl at Wimbledon
The Guardian: Ivan Lendl and Andy Murray: different beasts talking the same language | Kevin Mitchell
The Guardian: Ivan Lendl happy with my fighting spirit in Queen’s win, says Andy Murray
The Guardian: Ivan Lendl: Andy Murray and I would like to ruin Novak Djokovic’s plans
The Guardian: Andy Murray wins at Queen’s in first match since reuniting with Ivan Lendl
Lendl rejoined Andy Murray's coaching team
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Newsweek: Could Andy Murray Reunite With His Former Coach Ivan Lendl?
It was announced that Lendl and Murray would be ending their two-year coaching partnership
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Murray became the second player in the Open Era, after Lendl, to have lost their first four Grand Slam finals, and won the fifth
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Lendl was appointed to coach Andy Murray
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Lendl returned to the court again in an exhibition match against McEnroe at Madison Square Garden in New York City
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Lendl returned to play in the Caesars Tennis Classic exhibition match in Atlantic City, New Jersey, against his rival from the late 1980s, Mats Wilander, his first tournament since his retirement in 1994
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Called the Ivan Lendl Celebrity Golf Tournament
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Was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
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Lendl took up golf, reaching a handicap of 0 and achieving a win on the Celebrity Tour
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Lendl's best performances in Grand Slams were quarter finals at the Australian Open and US Open, where he lost to Edberg in five sets in both matches (at the US Open, Lendl led by a break in the fifth set before losing)
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Six days after competing in the final of the US Open versus Boris Becker, Lendl married Samantha Frankel
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Won the ATP Canadian Open with ATP Mens (1988).
Because Czechoslovak authorities refused to provide the necessary waivers
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Won the ATP Canadian Open with ATP Mens (1987).
Because the Czechoslovak Tennis Association viewed him as an "illegal defector" from their country
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North Korea issued a postage stamp featuring Lendl
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Lendl bought his own house in Greenwich, Connecticut
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Won the ATP Canadian Open with ATP Mens (1983).
Beating McEnroe in the semi finals in straight sets
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Lendl won 15 of the 23 singles tournaments he entered and had a 44-match winning streak
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Won the ATP Canadian Open with ATP Mens (1981).
First living at the home of mentor and friend, Wojtek Fibak
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Where he lost in five sets to Björn Borg
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Won the ATP Canadian Open with ATP Mens (1980).
Won seven singles titles in 1980, including three tournament wins in three consecutive weeks
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Won the boys' singles titles at the Italian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon and was the world No
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Played for Czechoslovakia Davis Cup team (1978–1985).
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Born 1960-03-07.
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