[shotgun]

Doesn't he have his own thread? Anyway, I saw him on TV this week at the Campos do Jordao challenger and appreciated his agressive style of play. He has a very strong serve and rushes to the net quite often. No wonder he prefers the hard courts. Also he reminded me a bit of Kiefer, not only his facial features but his constant bitching to the umpire. But despite losing the match to Mello today, he looked very happy in the ceremony, after all it was the first challenger final of his career.

So here are some random facts about him:

- He is 25 years old.
- He has double nationality. He was born in Slovakia but lives in Germany, and he played for Germany until last year I think.
- He speaks four languages: Slovak, Czech, German and English.
- He has been on the main draw of two ATP events this year: Dubai (where he def. Bracciali in the first round) and Barcelona.
- He's currently ranked just outside top 200. With Karol Beck's suspension, he will likely become the second best-ranked Slovakian singles player (behind Hrbaty), so he has a good chance of being part of the Slovakian Davis Cup team in the future.

And here are some pics of the guy (the only ones I found, sorry )





Whoever is interested, feel free to contribute with any additional info on him.

[CooCooCachoo]

Good luck to Ivo Don't think we should expect too much from him, but he could be a decent journeyman for sure.

[Manja]

No message by me? Hm...
Ivo played qualification for Roland Garros but unfortunately he lost. Here the results:

vs. Bastl: 4/6 6/2 6/1
vs. Andujar: 4/6 2/6

Any pictures?

[Kristen]

Ivo has impressed me in the last few matches of his I have seen. Nice guy!

[Kristen]

Some photos from Melbourne.
First round of qualifying, vs Bjorn Phau.

[tennis2018]

I found this 1 billed as Ivan Klec...same guy or is there a twin??

[Kristen]

Good find
Here is my other one from January this year, at Adelaide Airport.

[Juanes]

Klec - Jakupovič 7-6(6), 6-2 (82 minutes)

1st set:

serve Klec: 1-0 on 15
Jakupovic: 1-1 on 30
Klec: 1-2 on 30 - break
Jakupovic: 2-2 on 30 - break
Klec: 3-2 on 30
Jakupovic: 3-3 on 15
Klec: 4-3 on 0
Jakupovic: 4-4 after deuce
Klec: 4-5 after deuce - break
Jakupovic: 5-5 on 0 - break
Klec: 5-6 on 0 - break
Jakupovic: 6-6 ater deuce - break
tiebreak: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

2nd set:

Jakupovic: 1-0 on 30 - break
Klec: 2-0 after deuce
Jakupovic: 2-1 on 15
Klec: 3-1 on 15
Jakupovic: 4-1 on 0 - break
Klec: 5-1 on 30
Jakupovic: 5-2 after deuce
Klec: 6-2 on 30

[Juanes]

USA F8, Mobile, AL, 15.000 USD, hard

Singles:
1R: (8)Ivo Klec (SVK) - Blake Strode (USA) 6-2, 6-4
2R: (8)Ivo Klec (SVK) - Michael Venus (USA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
QF: (8)Ivo Klec (SVK) - (q)Daniel Danilovic (MNE) 7-5, 6-1
SF: (8)Ivo Klec (SVK) - (2)Leonardo Tavares (POR) 3-6, 7-5, 6-1
F: (8)Ivo Klec (SVK) - Gregory Ouellette (USA) 6-1, 6-4

Doubles:
1R: Koniecko, Poole (USA) - (4)Klec, Tavares (SVK/POR) 6-4, 6-4

[Juanes]

congrats, Ivo

[Juanes]

Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ivo-Kl...2299817?ref=ts

[Juanes]

Leon, Mexico, 35.000 USD+H, hard

Singles:
1R: Ivo Klec (SVK) - Rameez Junaid (AUS) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(4)
2R: (8)Kyu-Tae Im (KOR) - Ivo Klec (SVK) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(4)

[Juanes]

Cordoba, 15.000 USD, Mexico, hard

Qualifying:
1R: (1)Ivo Klec (SVK) - bye
2R: (1)Ivo Klec (SVK) - Hugo Arturo Flores Olivas (MEX) 6-0, 6-0
F: (1)Ivo Klec (SVK) - Luis Patino (MEX) 6-0, 6-4

Singles:
1R: (3-q)Ivo Klec (SVK) - (wc)Rogelio Gomez (MEX) 6-0, 6-0
2R: (3-q)Ivo Klec (SVK) - (q)Pablo Martinez (MEX) 6-3, 6-4
QF: (3-q)Ivo Klec (SVK) - Ashwin Kumar (USA) 7-6(2), 6-2
SF: (1)Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) - (3-q)Ivo Klec (SVK) 6-4, 6-4


Doubles:
1R: (4)S. Gonzalez, Palencia (MEX) - Klec, Bradshaw (SVK/GBR) 6-2, 6-4

[Juanes]

Iran F6, Kish Island, 15.000 USD, clay

Singles:
1R: (1)Ivo Klec (SVK) - (q)Fariz Mohammed (IND) 4-0 skreč.
2R: (1)Ivo Klec (SVK) - Stanislav Poplavskiy (UKR) 6-1, 1-0 skreč.
QF: (1)Ivo Klec (SVK) - (q)Jules Marie (FRA) 6-1, 6-1
SF: (1)Ivo Klec (SVK) - (4)Walter Trusendi (ITA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
F: (3)Kristijan Mesaros (CRO) - (1)Ivo Klec (SVK) 6-4, 6-4

Doubles:
1R: (1)Ivo Klec/David Savic (SVK/SRB) - Ronak Manuja/Duncan Mugabe (IND/UGA) 6-2, 6-2
QF: Enrico Burzi/Walter Trusendi (ITA) - (1)Ivo Klec/David Savic (SVK/SRB) 5-7, 7-6(6), (10-6)

[Juanes]

Iran F7, Kish Island, 15.000 USD, clay

Dvojhra:
1R: (1)Ivo Klec (SVK) - (WC)Mohsen Hossein Zade (IRI) 6-3 6-4
2R: (1)Ivo Klec (SVK) - Bjorn Propst (AUT) 7-5 6-4
QF: (7)Artem Smirnov (UKR) - (1)Ivo Klec (SVK) 7-5 6-1

Doubles:
1R: (1)Ivo Klec/David Savic (SVK/SRB) - Stanislav Poplavskiy/Salar Saraydarpour (UKR/USA) 6-2 6-1
QF: (1)Ivo Klec/David Savic (SVK/SRB) d. Enrico Burzi/Walter Trusendi (ITA) 6-4 2-6 (10-8)
SF: (1)Ivo Klec/David Savic (SVK/SRB) - Yaraslau Shyla/Andrei Vasilevski (BLR) 6-4 6-7(5) (12-10)
F: Gerald Melzer/Kristijan Mesaros (AUT/CRO) - (1)Ivo Klec/David Savic (SVK/SRB) 6-3 6-3