Jiri Lehecka climbed two spots to a career-high No. 288 after claiming his third career title on the ITF World Tennis Tour on Sunday.

The 19-year-old Czech defeated four of his compatriots, and then Ukrainian Vitaliy Sachko 6-3 6-2 in the final, at M25 Jablonec nad Nisou to secure his second clay title on home soil.

The former junior world No. 10, who won the 2019 Wimbledon boys’ doubles title alongside Jonas Forejtek, continues to make good progress on his transition to the professional realm, having reached three finals so far this year – winning two – to add to his maiden triumph at M25 Prague last September.

Fellow 19-year-old Carlos Gimeno Valero, who sits just one spot above Lehecka in the rankings, and Argentine Nicolas Kicker also won tournaments at M25 level this weekend.

Spaniard Gimeno Valero won his fifth career singles title two months after winning his first ATP Challenger crown, beating Pedro Cachin 1-6 6-3 6-4 at M25 Vic, while former world No. 78 Kicker won his 15th professional title on clay - his 12th at ITF level - after defeating rising Bulgarian Adrian Andreev 6-7(4) 6-3 6-2 at M25 Pensacola.

Six other men’s events took place on the ITF World Tennis Tour last week at M15 level, with wins for Ryan Peniston, Eric Vanshelboim, Alexander Shevchenko, Nick Hardt, Timo Legout and Yunseong Chung.

Vanshelboim’s triumph at M15 Brcko saw him move up to joint fourth on the list for the most men’s match-wins on the ITF World Tennis Tour this season with 27. Only Oliver Crawford (31 wins), Franco Agamenone (30) and Hsu Yu Hisou (29) have won more ITF matches than the Ukrainian this year.

Dominican Hardt is also enjoying a good spell of form, having won 12 of his last 13 matches in Antalya, to take home back-to-back titles over the past two weeks – his fourth and fifth career triumphs on the ITF World Tennis Tour.

The Tour continues with 10 men’s events this week, headlined by M25 tournaments in Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Most, Czech Republic.