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Kārlis Lejnieks

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Kārlis Lejnieks
Country (sports) Latvia
ResidenceLatvia
Born (1988-03-16) March 16, 1988 (age 36)
Latvian SSR
Prize money27,458 USD
Singles
Career record2–5
Highest ranking492
Doubles
Career record0–0
Highest ranking1020
Last updated on: October 27, 2008.

Kārlis Lejnieks (born March 16, 1988) is a retired Latvian tennis player, who now pursues an interest in coaching.[1] Through his career Lejnieks has won one Futures doubles title and has one runner-up in singles.

Lejnieks made his ATP debut in 2008 St. Petersburg Open where he defeated Russian Alexandre Kudryavtsev in the first round. In the second round he lost to Nr.3 seed Fernando Verdasco. After the tournament he reached a career-high 347 position in the ATP rating. He retired at the age of 23 years on June 27, 2011, stating that lack of motivation and previous injuries forced him to do so.

From 2006 to 2011 he played in the Latvian Davis Cup team.

Career Finals

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Singles

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Wins

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Runners-up

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No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. April 14, 2008 Spain F15 Hard Germany Gero Kretschmer 4–6, 7–5, 5–7

Doubles

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Wins

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No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
1. May 5, 2008 Greece F1 Hard Montenegro Daniel Danilović Australia Isaac Frost
Australia Leon Frost
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]

References

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  1. ^ "Lejnieks pārtrauc profesionālā tenisista karjeru". 27 June 2011.
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