Ivo Werner

Ivo Werner
Country Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
West Germany West Germany
Residence Switzerland/Karlsruhe
Born 19 August 1960
Krnov, Czechoslovakia
Height 5'11" (180 cm)
Plays Right-handed
Prize money $33,382
Singles
Career record 5-12
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 175 (2 Feb 1987)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (1988)
Doubles
Career record 7-13
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 139 (25 Jan 1988)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 3R (1988)

Ivo Werner (born 19 August 1960) is a former professional tennis player originally from Czechoslovakia who competed for both his native country as well as West Germany.[1] Werner, who is now a tennis coach, immigrated to West Germany in 1982 and got citizenship two years later.[2]

Tour career

Werner made his first Grand Prix quarter-final in 1986, at Metz.[3] He was a quarter-finalist again the following year, at the Guarujá Open.[3] Also in 1987, he reached the doubles semi-finals of the Heineken Open, with David Lewis as his partner.[3]

At the 1988 Australian Open, Werner made it through qualifying and met world number 62 Michiel Schapers in the opening round of the main draw.[3] He won the first two sets and twice served for the match in the third, but the match would go into a fifth set, which he lost 10-12.[4] In the doubles, Werner and David Lewis reached the round of 16, where they were defeated by Andrew Castle and Roberto Saad.[3] The match was another close one, decided 16-14 in the final set.[3]

Coaching

Werner is the current coach of the Switzerland Davis Cup team and was the coach of Petr Korda when the Czech player won the 1998 Australian Open.[5]

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