Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendlis a former world no.1 professional tennis player and is currently coaching Andy Murray, alongside Jamie Delgado. Originally from Czechoslovakia, he became a United States citizen in 1992. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. He has been described as one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Lendl's game relied particularly on strength and heavy topspin from the baseline and helped usher in...
NationalityCzechoslovakian
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth7 March 1960
CityOstrava, Czech Republic
I don't make a habit of watching tennis matches, but I try to watch all the major finals. I try to make time for that. So unless I have something going with the kids where I can't, I try to watch, and I enjoy that.
I certainly don't lose any sleep if I lose a tennis match.
Too many people asking too many questions in tennis. Golf is better.
He's a haircut and a forehand.
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I don't know what to say, ... It has been a fantastic run. I enjoyed playing here.
Olympic gold is obviously right up there with a grand slam. It's a big win. You can say it's more, you can say it's less, you can say it's equal. It's very much up there.
Many Czech people are very talented. They can do many things, but when they get to a certain level, they are satisfied. I am not like that, thank God.
I think if you look at Andre then and now, you look at two different models. Of course it's personal preference, I think Andre now is a great role model for the kids. He has started training differently than he was before, and so on and so on.
It's a great honor. This is a tournament I have always played well at, and probably my best Grand Slam. So it's a great honor, and I'm looking forward to it.
It was good, ... I played well, pretty consistent.
I played for the first time in nine years about three weeks ago, ... It was interesting.
Every time I won the Grand Slam for the first time, it's more special than the others, and the ones behind that were not too shabby either.
You can never guarantee the wins but you can guarantee that you give it 100%. That way you can always look back and feel comfortable, as a player or a coach.