Ivan Lendl

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Ivan Lendl is a former world No. 1 Czech-American tennis player renowned for his powerful baseline game and dominance of men's tennis in the 1980s, winning eight Grand Slam singles titles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Czech-American tennis player
former world No. 1 tennis player
human
tennis player
ATPYearEndNo1 1985
1986
1987
AustralianOpenSinglesTitles 2
backhand two-handed backhand
careerHighSinglesRanking No. 1
careerSinglesTitles 90+
citizenshipAcquired United States NERFINISHED
citizenshipAcquiredYear 1992
coachedPlayer Andy Murray NERFINISHED
coachingPeriod Andy Murray 2011–2014
Andy Murray 2016–2017
Andy Murray 2022–2023
countryOfBirth Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1960-03-07
emigratedTo United States NERFINISHED
era 1980s men’s tennis
familyName Lendl NERFINISHED
firstReachedNo1 1983
FrenchOpenSinglesTitles 3
fullName Ivan Lendl NERFINISHED
givenName Ivan NERFINISHED
grandSlamSinglesTitles 8
hallOfFameInduction International Tennis Hall of Fame NERFINISHED
hallOfFameInductionYear 2001
knownFor dominance of men’s tennis in the 1980s
nationality American
Czech
parent Jiri Lendl NERFINISHED
Olga Lendlová NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Ostrava NERFINISHED
playingHand right-handed
representedCountry Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
residence United States of America
surface form: United States
retired 1994
spouse Samantha Frankel NERFINISHED
styleOfPlay powerful baseline game
surfaceStrength clay courts
hard courts
turnedPro 1978
USOpenSinglesTitles 3
weeksAtNo1 270+
WimbledonSinglesFinals 2
wonTournament Australian Open NERFINISHED
French Open NERFINISHED
US Open NERFINISHED

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Guillermo Apolinario Vilas notableRival Ivan Lendl
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Vilas notableRival Ivan Lendl
subject surface form: Guillermo Vilas
Jimmy Connors notableRival Ivan Lendl