Ivan Lendl

Lendl was born into a tennis family in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). His parents were top players in Czechoslovakia, and his mother Olga, born Jeništová, was at one point ranked the No. 2 female player in the country.

Lendl first came to the tennis world's attention as a junior player. In 1978, he won the boys' singles titles at both the French Open and Wimbledon and was the world No. 1 ranked junior player.

Lendl turned professional in 1978. After reaching his first top-level singles final in 1979, he won seven singles titles in 1980, including three tournament wins in three consecutive weeks. Lendl was part of Czechoslovakia's Davis Cup winning team that year. He was the driving force behind the country's team in the first half of the 1980s, and was also part of the Czechoslovak team that won the World Team Cup in 1981 and was runner-up in 1984 and 1985. However, he stopped playing in these events after he moved to the United States in 1986 because Czechoslovakia's Tennis Association viewed him as an "illegal defector" from their country.

The success continued in 1981, as he won ten titles, including his first season-ending Masters Grand Prix tour title, defeating Vitas Gerulaitis in five sets. He relocated to the United States in 1981, first living at the home of mentor and friend, Wojtek Fibak.

In 1982, he won 15 of the 23 singles tournaments he entered and had a 44-match winning streak.

Lendl competed on the World Championship Tennis (WCT) tour, where he won all ten tournaments he entered, including his first WCT Finals, where he defeated John McEnroe in straight sets. He faced McEnroe again in the Masters Grand Prix final and won in straight sets to claim his second season-ending championship of the WCT. In an era when tournament prize money was rising sharply due to the competition between two circuits (Grand Prix and WCT), Lendl's title victories quickly made him the highest-earning tennis player of all time.

Lendl won another seven tournaments in 1983; however, he had not won any Grand Slam titles in the early years of his career. He reached his first Grand Slam final at the French Open in 1981, where he lost in five sets to Björn Borg.{{cite news|date=9 June 1981|title=Wimbledon next target says Borg|newspaper=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/125639788|accessdate=28 September 2024}} Lendl's second came at the US Open in 1982, where he was defeated by Jimmy Connors, not being able to cope "with Connors' penetrating, sharply-angled groundstrokes into the corners, or his net-charging attacks".{{cite news|date=14 September 1982|title=Connors 'may quit'|newspaper=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116470003|accessdate=28 September 2024}} In 1983, he was the runner-up at the Australian Open (to Mats Wilander) and the US Open (to Connors).{{cite news|date=13 September 1983|title=Connors blunts Lendl in four set final|newspaper=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116406351|accessdate=28 September 2024}}

In July 1983, Lendl played three exhibition matches (against Johan Kriek, Kevin Curren, and Jimmy Connors) in Sun City, South Africa, in the apartheid-era bantustan of Bophuthatswana.{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980CEFD91439F932A25754C0A965948260|work=The New York Times|title=Connors beats Lendl in the final of the Sun City round robin exhibition tournament|access-date=June 28, 2007|date=July 11, 1983|archive-date=October 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030230631/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/11/sports/connors-beats-lendl.html|url-status=live}} The Czechoslovak Sport Federation (ČSTV), controlled by the Communist Party, expelled him from the Czechoslovak Davis Cup team and fined him $150,000.{{cite web |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03EFD71539F935A25754C0A965948260 |title=SPORTS PEOPLE; Lendl Suspended |location=Czechoslovakia |work=The New York Times |date=July 16, 1983 |access-date=September 12, 2013 |archive-date=October 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030230636/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/16/sports/sports-people-lendl-suspended.html |url-status=live }} Lendl disputed the punishment and the fine.

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In 1984, Lendl bought his own house in Greenwich, Connecticut. Lendl's first Grand Slam title came at the 1984 French Open, where he defeated McEnroe in a long final. Down two sets to love, Lendl came back to claim the title 3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 7–5. McEnroe subsequently beat Lendl in straight sets in both finals of the US Open 1984 and Volvo Masters 1984 (played in January 1985).

Lendl lost in the final of the 1985 French Open to Mats Wilander.{{cite news|date=11 June 1985|title=Consistent Wilander topples Lendl|newspaper=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122515247|accessdate=28 September 2024}} He then faced McEnroe again in the final of the US Open, winning in straight sets. He reached the WCT Finals for the second and last time, defeating Tim Mayotte in three sets. He also won the Masters Grand Prix title for the third time, defeating Boris Becker in straight sets. He was upset by 19-year old and No. 6 Stefan Edberg in the semifinals of the 1985 Australian Open in an epic spread over two days.{{Cite web |last= |date=2009-12-08 |title=1985: EDBERG UPSETS LENDL |url=http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1165 |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=World Tennis Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-01-16 |title=That 1980s Sports Blog: 1985 Australian Open: Stefan Edberg |url=http://that1980ssportsblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/1985-australian-open-stefan-edberg.html |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=That 1980s Sports Blog}}{{Cite web |last=West |first=Ewan |date=2021-12-09 |title=On this day: Stefan Edberg won his first Major title at the 1985 Australian Open |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/on-day-when-stefan-edberg-won-first-major-title-1985-australian-open |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |language=en-us}}

Lendl won the French Open title in 1986, beating Mikael Pernfors in the final.{{cite news|date=10 June 1986|title=Lendl sets eyes on Wimbledon|newspaper=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/118124117|accessdate=28 September 2024}} He reached the Wimbledon final for the first time, but lost to Boris Becker in straight sets.{{cite news|date=8 July 1986|title=Big-serving Becker takes title|newspaper=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/118130462|accessdate=28 September 2024}} At the US Open, Lendl beat Edberg in straight sets in the semi finals{{cite news|date=8 September 1986|title=Final 4 born in Czechoslovakia|newspaper=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131837415|accessdate=28 September 2024}} and Miloslav Mecir in straight sets in the final.{{cite news|date=9 September 1986|title=Lendl and Navratilova show why they're champions|newspaper=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131837556|accessdate=28 September 2024}} Lendl beat Becker in straight sets in the season-ending Masters.

Lendl lost in the 1987 Australian Open semi finals to Pat Cash.{{cite news|date=5 July 1987|title=Pat Cash slips right into final|newspaper=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/118141922/13039987|accessdate=28 September 2024}} He won the French Open, beating Wilander in a four-set final that finished in semi-darkness and pouring rain.{{cite news|date=9 June 1987|title=Lendl confounds critics|newspaper=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/118296871|accessdate=28 September 2024}} At Wimbledon he beat Edberg in the semi finals in four sets before losing in straight sets to Cash in the final.{{cite news|date=7 July 1987|title=Lendl: He just played great|newspaper=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/118142206|accessdate=28 September 2024}} In the US Open final, Lendl was suffering from influenza, but outlasted Wilander in a match lasting 4 hours and 47 minutes (the longest singles final in the tournaments history,{{cite news|date=16 September 1987|title=Lendl world's best on hard courts|newspaper=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122122230|accessdate=28 September 2024}} surpassed the following year). Lendl won the Masters Grand Prix championship title in three sets over Wilander.{{cite web|title=Lendl Picks Up $210,000 and His Fifth Masters Title|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-08-sp-27403-story.html|website=The Los Angeles Times|date=December 8, 1987|access-date=July 28, 2017|archive-date=July 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712123212/http://articles.latimes.com/1987-12-08/sports/sp-27403_1_ivan-lendl|url-status=live}} This took him to his fifth and last Grand Prix year-end tour title.

In each year from 1985 through 1987, Lendl's match-winning percentage was over 90%. This record was equalled by Roger Federer in 2004–2006, but Lendl remains the only male tennis player with over 90% match wins in five different years (1982 was the first, 1989 the last). From the 1985 US Open to the 1988 Australian Open, Lendl reached ten consecutive Grand Slam singles semifinals — a record that was broken by Federer at the 2007 Australian Open.

In 1988 Lendl reached just one Grand Slam final, losing the US Open final to Wilander in five sets in 4 hours 54 minutes (the longest US singles final to that point).{{cite news|date=13 September 1988|title=Wilander wrests title off Lendl|newspaper=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/102070431|accessdate=28 September 2024}} Lendl began 1989 by winning his first Australian Open title with a straight sets final victory over Miloslav Mečíř, and went on to win 10 titles out of 17 tournaments he entered. He lost the US Open final to Becker, which was the last of eight consecutive US Open finals that Lendl contested.{{cite news|date=12 September 1989|title=Becker wins first US Open|newspaper=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/120851964|accessdate=28 September 2024}} Lendl successfully defended his Australian Open title in 1990 when Edberg retired in the final.

The only Grand Slam singles title Lendl never managed to win was Wimbledon. In 1990, Lendl put in intensive efforts to train and improve his grass court game. He switched to a larger headed racket and skipped the 1990 French Open in order to spend more time practising on grass. He won the Queen's Club Championships, with comfortable straight-set victories over McEnroe in the semi-final and Becker in the final, but was unable to reproduce this form at Wimbledon, and although he reached the semi-finals for the seventh time in eight years, he looked "tight and inhibited" in losing to eventual champion Stefan Edberg in straight sets.{{cite news|date=8 July 1990|title=It will be a case of how they wake up|newspaper=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122295885|accessdate=28 September 2024}}

Lendl remained near the top of the rankings in 1991. He skipped the French Open again to focus on Wimbledon, but lost in the third round against David Wheaton, and was never to win the Wimbledon title. The Australian Open in January that year, where he lost in four sets to Becker, was his last Grand Slam final.{{cite news|date=28 January 1991|title=Speechless Becker becomes world No 1|newspaper=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122340816|accessdate=28 September 2024}}

Lendl was well known for his meticulous and intensive training and physical conditioning regime, and his scientific approach to preparation and playing. As part of his preparations for the US Open, he hired the same workers who laid the hardcourt surfaces at Flushing Meadows each year to install an exact copy in the grounds of his home in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Lendl announced his retirement from professional tennis on December 21, 1994, aged 34, due to chronic back pain.{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E01E0D71038F932A15751C1A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times|title=Chronic back problems bring an end to Lendl's career|access-date=April 1, 2008|date=December 21, 1994|archive-date=October 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030230631/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/21/sports/tennis-chronic-back-problems-bring-an-end-to-lendl-s-career.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/magazine/can-ivan-lendl-lead-andy-murray-to-tennis-greatness.html?pagewanted=4&hpw|work=The New York Times|date=June 20, 2012|access-date=June 23, 2012|first=Peter|last=De Jonge|title=Can Ivan Lendl Lead Andy Murray to Tennis Greatness?|archive-date=September 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908111249/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/magazine/can-ivan-lendl-lead-andy-murray-to-tennis-greatness.html?pagewanted=4&hpw|url-status=live}} His last professional match prior to that had been his defeat in the second round of the US Open in 1994, three and a half months earlier.

Lendl won a career total of 94 ATP singles titles (plus 57 other non-ATP tournaments, a total of 151 singles titles) and 6 doubles titles, and his career total prize money of U.S. $21,262,417 was a record at the time. In 2001, he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

On April 10, 2010, Lendl returned to play in the Caesars Tennis Classic exhibition match in Atlantic City, New Jersey, against his rival from the late 1980s, Mats Wilander, his first tournament since his retirement in 1994. He lost the one-set match 3–6.

On February 28, 2011, Lendl returned to the court again in an exhibition match against McEnroe at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It was planned to be a one-set, first-to-eight event. However, McEnroe, leading 6–3, injured his ankle and had to retire from the match.

In May 2012, Lendl played in Prague in the 2012 Sparta Prague Open tournament. He defeated fellow Czech Jiří Novák in the exhibition match.{{cite news|first=Nick|last=Fishpool|url=http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/news/articles/lendl-takes-to-court-at-itf-pro-circuit-event-in-prague.aspx|title=Lendl takes to court at ITF Pro Circuit event in Prague|work=ITFTennis.com|date=May 21, 2012|access-date=May 22, 2012|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060917/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/news/articles/lendl-takes-to-court-at-itf-pro-circuit-event-in-prague.aspx|url-status=dead}}

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On December 31, 2011, Lendl was appointed to coach Andy Murray.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/16372414.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Andy Murray appoints Ivan Lendl as his new coach|access-date=January 3, 2012|date=December 31, 2011|archive-date=May 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528163843/https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/16372414|url-status=live}} Lendl has been credited with improving Murray's maturity and consistency, guiding him to his first two Grand Slam victories in the 2012 US Open and 2013 Wimbledon Championships. On winning the US Open in 2012, Murray became the second player in the Open Era, after Lendl, to have lost their first four Grand Slam finals, and won the fifth.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/19511963|title=Andy Murray beats Tomas Berdych to reach US Open final|first=David|last=Ornstein|publisher=BBC Sport|date=September 8, 2012|access-date=September 8, 2012|archive-date=September 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909003053/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/19511963|url-status=live}} On March 19, 2014, it was announced that Lendl and Murray would be ending their two-year coaching partnership.

On June 12, 2016, Lendl rejoined Andy Murray's coaching team. By the end of 2016, Murray had become world No. 1, having won his second Wimbledon title, third major championship overall, second Olympic gold medal in singles, and his first ATP World Tour Finals title, defeating Novak Djokovic.Pierce Newberry. (June 12, 2016). [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/36511186 Andy Murray says Ivan Lendl has rejoined his coaching team] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805185714/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/36511186 |date=August 5, 2018 }} BBC, Retrieved June 12, 2016.

In August 2018, Lendl joined Alexander Zverev's team.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/46254510|title=Alexander Zverev stuns Novak Djokovic to win ATP Finals in London|date=November 19, 2018|work=BBC Sport|access-date=November 19, 2018|archive-date=November 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119184514/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/46254510|url-status=live}} They split up in July 2019 due to disappointing results in 2019 and personal differences. Zverev has stated that Lendl was more interested in his dog or his golf game than in professional coaching.{{cite web |title=Medien: Lendl nicht mehr Zverev-Coach |url=https://www.ndr.de/sport/mehr_sport/Medien-Lendl-nicht-mehr-Zverev-Coach,zverev818.html |website=NDR.de |access-date=July 26, 2019 |date=July 26, 2019 |language=de |archive-date=July 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726101159/https://www.ndr.de/sport/mehr_sport/Medien-Lendl-nicht-mehr-Zverev-Coach,zverev818.html |url-status=live }}

He is currently coaching Hubert Hurkacz since November 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/hurkacz-coaching-team-2025|title= Hurkacz adds Lendl and Massu to coaching setup |date=29 November 2024}}

Nicknamed "The Terminator" and "Ivan the Terrible",{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/andymurray/8987499/Andy-Murrays-new-coach-Ivan-Lendl-demanded-fitness-as-a-player-and-may-expect-the-same-as-a-coach.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/andymurray/8987499/Andy-Murrays-new-coach-Ivan-Lendl-demanded-fitness-as-a-player-and-may-expect-the-same-as-a-coach.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Andy Murray's new coach Ivan Lendl demanded fitness as a player and may expect the same as a coach|last=Briggs|first=Simon|journal=Daily Telegraph|date=January 1, 2012|access-date=September 3, 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}} Lendl's Tennis Hall of Fame biography states: "As a professional Lendl's strength and power was the difference maker. It was earned by a fanatical work ethic, countless hours bashing balls on the tennis court, and even more hours pumping iron in the weight room. Despite his size, Lendl never fancied the serve-and-volley game, though he used it effectively when necessary. He was a punishing baseliner, hitting a heavy topspin forehand – though tight and flat compared to high and looping – and he had one of the most aggressive, relentless backcourt games that tennis has ever seen. His fitness was beyond reproach."{{cite web|url=https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/ivan-lendl| title=Tennis Hall of Fame biography|access-date=27 November 2024}}

At the beginning of his professional career, Lendl used Adidas clothing and Kneissl rackets, subsequently changing to Adidas rackets. Toward the end of his days on the ATP tour, Lendl ended his long-term clothing, shoe, and racket deal with Adidas. He signed with Mizuno, and finally began to play with a mid-sized racket very similar to the Adidas racket he had used throughout most of his career.{{citation needed|date=July 2013}}

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Lendl reached 19 Grand Slam singles finals in his career. He won eight titles, and was a runner-up in 11.

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• These records cover the entire period of tennis from 1877.

• These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis.
• Combined year end championships are: WCT Finals and Masters Grand Prix
• Records in bold indicate peer-less achievements.

Lendl was the International Tennis Federation's World Champion on four occasions (1985, 1986, 1987, 1990) and the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Player of The Year three times (1985, 1986, 1987). Earlier in his career, he was also named ATP Most Improved Player, in 1981.

Due to his achievements, Lendl is often considered among the greatest tennis players in the sport's history.Tennis magazine ranked Lendl the fifth best male player of the period 1965–2005.{{cite magazine |title=Ivan Lendl - Top 10 Men's Tennis Players of All Time |magazine=Sports Illustrated |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1009/top.ten.tennis/content.1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918225840/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1009/top.ten.tennis/content.1.html |archive-date=September 18, 2010 |access-date=June 10, 2017 |url-status=dead}} In his book Modern Encyclopedia of Tennis, Bud Collins included Lendl in his list of the greatest men's tennis players of the period 1946–1992. Tennis magazine described Lendl as "the game's greatest overachiever" in its 40th anniversary series.{{cite web|url=http://www.tennis.com/features/40greatest/40greatest.aspx?id=544|publisher=Tennis magazine|title=40 Greatest Players of the Tennis Era|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112084827/http://www.tennis.com/features/40greatest/40greatest.aspx?id=544|archive-date=November 12, 2006}} In 1986, North Korea issued a postage stamp featuring Lendl.{{cite journal |date=April 1991 |journal=USSR Philately |issue=4 |page=cover's 4th page |location=Moscow |issn=0130-5689 |language=ru }}

Lendl successfully applied for a U.S. Permanent Resident Card in 1987, hoping to obtain U.S. citizenship in time to represent the US in the 1988 Olympic Games and in the Davis Cup. A bill in Congress to bypass the traditional five-year waiting procedure was rejected in 1988 because Czechoslovak authorities refused to provide the necessary waivers.{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE0DB1331F935A3575AC0A96E948260|work=The New York Times|title=Lendl's bid to get U.S.citizenship earlier denied|access-date=June 25, 2007|date=September 6, 1988|archive-date=October 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030230632/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/06/sports/sports-people-lendl-bid-denied.html|url-status=live}} He became a U.S. citizen on July 7, 1992.{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEFD7143BF93BA35754C0A964958260|work=The New York Times|title=Lendl becomes U.S.citizen|access-date=June 28, 2007|date=July 8, 1992|archive-date=October 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030230635/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/08/sports/sports-people-tennis-lendl-becomes-us-citizen.html|url-status=live}}

On September 16, 1989, six days after competing in the final of the US Open versus Boris Becker, Lendl married Samantha Frankel.{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE0D8153EF93AA2575AC0A96F948260|work=The New York Times|title=Lendl gets married|access-date=June 25, 2007|date=September 19, 1989|archive-date=October 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030230632/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/19/sports/sports-people-tennis-lendl-gets-married.html|url-status=live}} They have five daughters: Marika, twins Isabelle and Caroline, Daniela, and Nikola.{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=2881137 |title=The education of Ivan Lendl – a golfing dad |work=ESPN |first=Michael |last=Arkush |date=May 24, 2007 |access-date=March 21, 2016 |archive-date=April 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403100348/http://espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=2881137 |url-status=live }} Two of his daughters (Marika and Isabelle) were members of the University of Florida Women's Golf Team.{{cite web |url=http://www.gatorzone.com/golf/women/bios.php?year=2008&player_id=19 |title=Gator Women's Golf Roster/Bios |publisher=GatorZone.com |access-date=September 12, 2013 |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204803/http://www.gatorzone.com/golf/women/bios.php?year=2008&player_id=19 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.gatorzone.com/golf/women/bios.php?year=2009&player_id=19 |title=Gator Women's Golf Roster/Bios |publisher=GatorZone.com |access-date=September 12, 2013 |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029215732/http://www.gatorzone.com/golf/women/bios.php?year=2009&player_id=19 |url-status=live }} Daniela was a member of the University of Alabama Women's Golf Team.{{cite web |url=http://www.rolltide.com/sports/w-golf/mtt/alab-w-golf-mtt.html |title=2012-13 Women's Golf Roster |publisher=Rolltide.com |access-date=September 12, 2013 |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921130047/http://www.rolltide.com/sports/w-golf/mtt/alab-w-golf-mtt.html |url-status=live }} His daughter Caroline was a part of the University of Alabama Women's Rowing Team for the 2011–2012 academic year, and his daughter Nikola was an instructor at SoulCycle.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tennisplanet.me/blog/2017/11/what-does-the-following-say-about-lendl.html|title=What does the following say about Lendl?|website=Tennis Planet.me|access-date=February 9, 2018|archive-date=February 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210002655/http://www.tennisplanet.me/blog/2017/11/what-does-the-following-say-about-lendl.html|url-status=live}}

After finishing his tennis career in 1994, Lendl took up golf, reaching a handicap of 0 and achieving a win on the Celebrity Tour. Lendl has played in the Gary Player Invitational charity Pro-Am several times,{{citation needed|date=July 2013}} and organized a charity competition in 2004 called the Ivan Lendl Celebrity Golf Tournament. Still competitive at the mini-tour levels, Lendl now spends much of his time managing his daughters' golfing careers.

Lendl had a nearly complete collection of posters by Alfons Mucha. The collection was exhibited in Prague in 2013.{{cite news|url=http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/lendl-mucha-is-only-artist-that-interests-me|title=Lendl: Mucha is only artist that interests me|last=Willoughby|first=Ian|date=April 30, 2013|publisher=Radio Prague|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-date=June 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614122156/http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/lendl-mucha-is-only-artist-that-interests-me|url-status=live}}{{cite news|author=William Grimes|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/10/arts/posters-populist-art-for-the-collector.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|title=Posters: Populist Art For the Collector|work=The New York Times|date=September 10, 1993|access-date=September 12, 2013|archive-date=November 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113221944/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/10/arts/posters-populist-art-for-the-collector.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|url-status=live}} He sold the collection in 2014 to Czech businessman Richard Fuxa for 3.5 million dollars.{{cite news|author=Chris Johnstone|url=https://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/ivan-lendl-sells-alfons-mucha-poster-collection-to-czech-businessman-report|title=Ivan Lendl sells Alfons Mucha poster collection to Czech businessman|work=Radio Prague|date=April 15, 2014|access-date=March 7, 2020|archive-date=March 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325002557/http://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/ivan-lendl-sells-alfons-mucha-poster-collection-to-czech-businessman-report|url-status=live}}

In December 2024, it was announced that Lendl would compete in a professional pickleball event at the PPA Tour's Daytona Beach Open in the 5.0 50+ category.{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDvGG2sOaGa/?igsh=MW42aTNyNWpibmIydA== | title=Instagram }}

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• Jiří Janoušek, Pavel Vitouš (1990). Ivan Lendl. Prague, Czechoslovakia: Lidové nakladatelství. {{ISBN|80-7022-088-0}}. {{OCLC|13268682}}. {{in lang|cs}}
• Ivan Lendl, George Mendoza (1986). Hitting Hot: Ivan Lendl's 14-day Tennis Clinic. New York: Random House. {{ISBN|0-394-55407-8}}.

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