José Checa Calvo
# José Checa Calvo

José "Pepe" Checa Calvo (born 2 April 1985) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional player.

## Career

Born in the town of Las Pedroñeras, Checa is a product of the Cuenca Tennis Club, where he trained with his elder sisters. He began competing professionally in 2003.

Checa won 21 ITF singles titles during his career. On the ATP Challenger Tour, Checa was a Montauban semi-finalist in 2006 and beat world number 78 Bjorn Phau at the Tampere Open in 2009. After winning six ITF titles in 2013, he attained a career high singles ranking of 230 in April, 2014. He never made an ATP Tour main draw but featured in several qualifying tournaments including the 2014 Torneo Godó (ATP Tour 500), beating Ante Pavić in the first round.

Forced to retire from professional tennis in 2015 due to injuries, Checa transitioned straight into a career as a tour coach, taking charge of Santiago Giraldo. In 2017 he parted company with Giraldo and became coach of Andrey Kuznetsov. He was the coach of Ilya Ivashka, who rose to 50 in the world under his charge.

## ITF Futures titles

### Singles: (21)

* Titles by surface
* Hard (5)
* Clay (14)
* Carpet (2)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Aug 2005 | Spain F21, Santander | Clay | José Antonio Sánchez de Luna | $7–6^5,$ 4–6, $7–6^6$ |
| 2. | Jun 2006 | Spain F17, Maspalomas | Clay | Petar Popović | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 3. | Jun 2008 | Spain F22, Tenerife | Carpet | Óscar Burrieza | 2–6, $7–6^0,$ 6–4 |
| 4. | Oct 2008 | Spain F39, Sabadell | Clay | Gabriel Trujillo Soler | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 5. | Nov 2008 | Spain F41, Vilafranca | Clay | Andrea Arnaboldi | 4–6, 6–4, 6–0 |
| 6. | Jun 2009 | Spain F19, Lanzarote | Hard | Roberto Bautista Agut | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 7. | Aug 2009 | Spain F26, Xàtiva | Clay | Agustin Boje-Ordonez | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 8. | Nov 2010 | Spain F39, Vilafranca | Clay | Marco Viola | 2–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| 9. | Jun 2012 | Spain F16, Martos | Hard | Gerard Granollers | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 10. | Jul 2012 | Italy F17, Sassuolo | Clay | Guillermo Olaso | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 11. | Jul 2012 | Italy F19, Fano | Clay | Michał Przysiężny | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 12. | Aug 2012 | Spain F24, Vigo | Clay | Ricardo Rodríguez | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
| 13. | May 2013 | Spain F11, Vic | Clay | Gerard Granollers | 3–6, 6–4, 6–0 |
| 14. | Aug 2013 | Spain F25, Béjar | Hard | Andrés Artuñedo | 4–0, Ret |
| 15. | Sep 2013 | Spain F29, Oviedo | Clay | Juan Lizariturry | 6–4, $6–7^5,$ 6–2 |
| 16. | Oct 2013 | Spain F33, Sabadell | Clay | Roberto Carballés Baena | 3–6, 6–0, 6–2 |
| 17. | Nov 2013 | Spain F39, Tenerife | Carpet | Jaime Pulgar-Garcia | 6–3, $6–7^7,$ 6–3 |
| 18. | Dec 2013 | Spain F42, Lanzarote | Hard | Andrea Basso | 6–4, 6–1 |
| 19. | Jun 2014 | Egypt F19, Sharm El Sheikh | Clay | Riccardo Sinicropi | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 20. | Apr 2015 | Spain F7, Alcalá de Henares | Hard | Georgi Rumenov Payakov | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 21. | Aug 2015 | Spain F23, Xàtiva | Clay | Johan Tatlot | 6–4, 6–1 |
