A report on Ivan Lendl

Ivan Lendl in Miami, March 2012
Ivan Lendl in the final of the 1984 ABN World Tennis tournament in Rotterdam
Lendl (far right) talking to Judy Murray.

Czech–American former professional tennis player.

- Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl in Miami, March 2012

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Roger Federer prepares to hit a forehand.

Forehand

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Shot made by swinging the racket across one's body with the hand moving palm-first.

Shot made by swinging the racket across one's body with the hand moving palm-first.

Roger Federer prepares to hit a forehand.
Moment after Rafael Nadal hitting a left-handed forehand at the 2010 US Open.
Serena Williams preparing to hit a forehand.

In the 1980s, Ivan Lendl was famous for the smoothness of his forehand and his ability to strike the ball hard, no matter where he was standing on the court.

Czechoslovakia

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Sovereign state in Central Europe, created in October 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary.

Sovereign state in Central Europe, created in October 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary.

Czechoslovakia during the interwar period and the Cold War
Czechoslovakia during the interwar period and the Cold War
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, founder and first president
Czechoslovak troops in Vladivostok (1918)
Czechoslovak declaration of independence rally in Prague on Wenceslas Square, 28 October 1918
A monument to Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and Milan Štefánik—both key figures in early Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia in 1928
Linguistic map of Czechoslovakia in 1930
The partition of Czechoslovakia after Munich Agreement
The car in which Reinhard Heydrich was killed in 1942
Territory of the Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–1939)
Socialist coat of arms in 1960–1989
Spartakiad in 1960
Czechoslovakia after 1969
The Visegrád Group signing ceremony in February 1991
Federal Assembly in Prague
Federative coat of arms in 1990–1992

Several accomplished professional tennis players including Jaroslav Drobný, Ivan Lendl, Jan Kodeš, Miloslav Mečíř, Hana Mandlíková, Martina Hingis, Martina Navratilova, Jana Novotna, Petra Kvitová and Daniela Hantuchová were born in Czechoslovakia.

Zverev at the 2021 French Open

Alexander Zverev

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German professional tennis player.

German professional tennis player.

Zverev at the 2021 French Open
Zverev practising at the 2013 Boodles Challenge
Zverev at the 2014 Bavarian International Tennis Championships
Zverev at the 2015 US Open
Zverev at the 2016 US Open
Zverev at the 2017 Washington Open
Zverev with the champion's trophy at the 2018 Washington Open
Zverev at the 2019 French Open
Zverev playing in the 2022 Monte Carlo Masters
Zverev hitting a forehand
Zverev serving
Sascha (left) with his older brother Mischa (right) in 2013

Ivan Lendl, another former world No. 1, joined Zverev's team in August 2018.

Ostrava

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City in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region.

City in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region.

Self-governing districts of Ostrava
Cadastral areas of Ostrava
City logo
The Church of St. Wenceslaus, one of the oldest and most important monuments of Ostrava
Marian Column (1702) at Masaryk Square
The Sophienhütte ironworks, c. 1910
Miloš Sýkora Bridge over the Ostravice River and Silesian Ostrava Town Hall
Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava
Ostrava trams in their traditional blue and white livery at the "Nová Ves vodárna" stop
Railway station Ostrava-Svinov
The Ostravice River
Inside the Antonín Dvořák Theatre
Colours of Ostrava
Ostrava Puppet Theatre
Jirásek Square, former chicken market (kuří rynek), in Moravská Ostrava
Heyrovský Secondary Industrial School and High School
VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava
VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava – Ceremonial Hall
Vítkovice stadium

Ivan Lendl (born 1960), tennis player

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American author, radio host, columnist, and former professional tennis player.

American author, radio host, columnist, and former professional tennis player.

He also reached the semifinals of singles at Wimbledon (beating Petr Korda, Cédric Pioline, Ivan Lendl, Jan Gunnarsson and Andre Agassi in the quarterfinals before being knocked-out by Boris Becker), and was a men's doubles runner-up at the Australian Open (partnering with his former Stanford teammate Patrick McEnroe).

Isabelle Lendl

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American amateur golfer.

American amateur golfer.

Her father is Ivan Lendl, a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Mucha in his studio (c. 1899)

Alphonse Mucha

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Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist, living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, best known for his distinctly stylized and decorative theatrical posters, particularly those of Sarah Bernhardt.

Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist, living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, best known for his distinctly stylized and decorative theatrical posters, particularly those of Sarah Bernhardt.

Mucha in his studio (c. 1899)
Portrait of Saints Cyril and Methodius for the Roman Catholic church in Pisek, North Dakota (1887)
Poster of Sarah Bernhardt as Gismonda (1895)
Cover of Le Pater (1899)
Illustration from Le Pater of "Lead us not into temptation" (1899)
Sarah Bernhardt in her Gismonda costume, photographed by Théobold Chartran (1896)
La Dame aux Camélias (1896)
Bernhardt in a male role as Lorenzaccio (1896)
Poster for an evening of theater honoring Sarah Bernhardt (1896)
La Tosca (1898)
Medea (1898)
As Hamlet (1899)
Railroad poster advertising travel to Monaco and Monte-Carlo (1897)
Zodiac calendar for La Plume (1897)
Poster for JOB cigarette papers (1898)
Cover design for the magazine La Plume (1898)
Moët & Chandon Crémant Impérial (1899)
Mucha working on a poster for publishing house Cassan (1896)
Decorative panel from The Seasons - Summer (1896)
The Seasons - Spring (1897)
Reverie, poster for the publishing house Champenois (1897)
The Arts - painting (1898)
The Arts - Dance (1898)
Flowers - the Lily (1898)
Flowers - the Rose (1898)
A scene from the decoration of pavilion of Bosnia-Herzegovina at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900, now in the Museum of the Petit Palais, Paris (1900)
Image from the Bosnia Pavilion murals, now in Petit Palais (1900)
Menu designed by Mucha for the restaurant of the Bosnia Pavilion of the 1900 Paris Universal Exposition
Jewelry designs by Mucha in Documents Decoratifs (1901)
Cascade pendant designed by Alfons Mucha for Fouquet jewelers, (1900). (Petit Palais museum, Paris)
The jewelry shop Georges Fouquet, created by Mucha (1901)
Detail of the jewelry shop decoration
Cover of Documents Decoratifs (1901)
Pattern from Documents Decoratifs (1901)
Pattern from Documents Decoratifs (1901)
Ideas for dish ware in Documents Decoratifs (1901)
Self-portrait of Mucha at work (1907)
Painting of Josephine Crane Bradley as Slavia (1908)
Poster of actress Maude Adams as Joan of Arc (1909)
Mucha-designed artwork on a 1920 Czechoslovak Republic 100 Czechoslovak korun note
Decorated ceiling of Municipal House in Prague (1910–1912)
Winter Night, depicting a Ukrainian peasant dying during a famine (detail; 1920)
Stained glass window by Mucha for Saint Vitus Cathedral, Prague (1931)
Mucha in Prague (1928)
Mucha's The Slav Epic today in the National Gallery of Prague
Mucha at work on The Slav Epic (1920s)
Photographic study for The Meeting at Krǐžky by Alfons Mucha, 1914/1915, probably collodion.
Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.1: The Slavs in Their Original Homeland (1912)
Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.2: The Celebration of Svantovít (1912)
Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.3: Introduction of the Slavonic Liturgy in Great Moravia (1912)
Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.4: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria (1923)
Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.5: King Přemysl Otakar II of Bohemia (1924)
Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.6: The Coronation of Serbian Tsar Štěpán Dušan (1926)
Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.7: Milíč of Kroměříž (1916)
Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.8: Master Jan Hus Preaching at the Bethlehem Chapel: Truth Prevails (1916)
Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.9: The Meeting at Křížky (1916)
Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.10: After the Battle of Grunewald (1924)
Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.11: After the Battle of Vítkov (1916)
Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.12: Petr of Chelčice (1918)
Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.13: The Hussite King Jiří z Podĕbrad (1923)
Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.14: Defense of Sziget against the Turks by Nicholas Zrinsky (1914)
Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.15: The Printing of the Bible of Kralice in Ivančice (1914)
Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.16: Jan Amos Komenský (1918)
Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.17: The Holy Mount Athos (1926)
Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.18: The Oath of Omladina under the Slavic Linden Tree (1926)
Mucha's The Slav Epic No.19: The Abolition of Serfdom in Russia (1914)
Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.20: The Apotheosis of the Slavs, Slavs for Humanity (1926)

One of the largest collections of Mucha's works is in the possession of former world no. 1 professional tennis player Ivan Lendl, who started collecting his works upon meeting Jiří Mucha in 1982.