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 surfaceHard (5)Clay (14)Carpet (2) No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore1.Spain F21, SantanderClay José Antonio Sánchez de Luna7–65, 4–6, 7–662.Spain F17, MaspalomasClay Petar Popović6–4, 6–23.Spain F22, TenerifeCarpet Óscar Burrieza2–6, 7–60, 6–44.Spain F39, SabadellClay Gabriel Trujillo Soler6–1, 6–35.Spain F41, VilafrancaClay Andrea Arnaboldi4–6, 6–4, 6–06.Spain F19, LanzaroteHard Roberto Bautista Agut6–1, 6–47.Spain F26, XàtivaClay Agustin Boje-Ordonez6–1, 6–48.Spain F39, VilafrancaClay Marco Viola2–6, 6–4, 6–19.Spain F16, MartosHard Gerard Granollers6–4, 6–310.Italy F17, SassuoloClay Guillermo Olaso6–2, 6–411.Italy F19, FanoClay Michał Przysiężny6–4, 6–212.Spain F24, VigoClay Ricardo Rodríguez6–4, 3–6, 6–213.Spain F11, VicClay Gerard Granollers3–6, 6–4, 6–014.Spain F25, BéjarHard Andrés Artuñedo4–0, Ret15.Spain F29, OviedoClay Juan Lizariturry6–4, 6–75, 6–216.Spain F33, SabadellClay Roberto Carballés Baena3–6, 6–0, 6–217.Spain F39, TenerifeCarpet Jaime Pulgar-Garcia6–3, 6–77, 6–318.Spain F42, LanzaroteHard Andrea Basso6–4, 6–119.Egypt F19, Sharm El SheikhClay Riccardo Sinicropi6–1, 6–320.Spain F7, Alcalá de HenaresHard Georgi Rumenov Payakov3–6, 6–4, 6–321.Spain F23, XàtivaClay Johan Tatlot6–4, 6–1
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