Ivan Lendl’s residences reflect his journey from Czechoslovakian tennis talent to global superstar and US citizen. Until around the age of 21, he lived with his parents in an apartment on the third floor of a multifamily building at 18 Bachmačská Street in Ostrava. In 1981, he moved to Boca Raton, Florida, where he owned a condominium and trained. At that time, he was a frequent guest of his tennis advisor and confidant, Wojtek Fibak, at his homes in Greenwich, Connecticut. The former Polish top-ten player not only played a crucial role as Ivan Lendl’s mentor and manager in the early stages of his rise to world number one but also helped him settle into life in the United States and gave him an understanding of the Western lifestyle and the commercial mechanisms of professional sports. As a passionate art collector, he influenced Lendl culturally as well. Fibak’s English country-style house at 36 Mayfair Lane, built in 1932, offered 7,438 square feet of living space, 7 bedrooms, and 10 bathrooms and was situated on 5.4 acres of park-like grounds on a quiet country road. The property also included a swimming pool, a pool house, an 830-square-foot guest house with one bedroom above the garage, and a terraced tennis court built specifically for Lendl.

As he liked Greenwich and the surrounding area very much, and the landscape reminded him of his Czechoslovakian homeland, Ivan Lendl finally bought his first house there at 16 Rock Ridge Avenue in 1984. It was a Georgian colonial mansion, built in 1928, with 7 bedrooms and 10 bathrooms on a 3.4-acre lot. To prepare for the US Open, he famously had a replica of the Flushing Meadows hard court installed on these grounds. Lendl also kept several German Shepherds there, which were meant to serve as loyal companions and, not without reason, as protectors of the property. Another mansion he owned in Greenwich had been destroyed by fire in March 1985. It was located on an exclusive development plot named Conyers Farm, vacant at the time, and Lendl had planned to renovate it. Police determined the fire was started in a first-floor fireplace. Four people from Stamford – three adults and a 15-year-old girl – were arrested and charged with reckless burning, criminal trespass, and reckless endangerment.

In the late 1980s, Lendl purchased a 445-acre property at 400 5 1/2 Mile Road in Cornwall/Goshen, Connecticut. He commissioned an 18,000-square-foot Georgian Federal-style mansion, which was built in 1992 and became the primary home of him and his family for over three decades. It featured 10 bedrooms, 15 bathrooms, and extensive training facilities like a 1,872-square-foot gymnasium with 25-foot ceilings. Additional amenities included a separate spa and workout room with his-and-her steam rooms, locker rooms, a game room, indoor and outdoor pools, a caretaker’s house, a horse barn, formal gardens, and, of course, a custom hard court designed to match the US Open surfaces. In 2005, he decided to sell the estate after he was unable to get permits to build a high-end golf course on the land. The estate then was on and off the market for about 20 years and was finally sold in January 2024 for $12 million, setting a record for the highest residential sale in Litchfield County. One month later he bought a 70-acre property in West Cornwall, where he now lives with his wife and practices pickleball on his own pickleball court.

Ivan Lendl also acquired properties in Florida, which he initially used as winter residences while his daughters grew up. For example, he owned a 3,027-square-foot home in Bradenton, built in 1989, that was located close to the IMG Sports Academy and offered for sale in 2023. He maintained as well an 8,461-square-foot luxury residence at 3200 Savannah Place, about 9 and a half miles north of Vero Beach, for many years. It was situated in the high-end gated community known as Windsor, set between the Indian River and the Atlantic Ocean along Florida’s Treasure Coast. Built in 2002, this British West Indies-style home spanned 1.1 acres across two lots. It featured 8 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, plus a resort-style swimming pool, and overlooked a lake behind the green of the first hole on Windsor’s golf course. It was sold in 2020 for $5.8 million since Lendl and his wife wanted to downsize after their 5 daughters had moved out. In February 2026, at the inauguration of the Ivan Lendl Stadium Court at the Grand Harbor Golf and Beach Club, located just a 25-minute drive away, Lendl informed the audience that he was planning to return to Vero Beach.

Of course, books about Ivan Lendl have also been published in his home country. They can be easily translated using various software tools if you don’t understand Czech. Regardless, the following four books presented here contain extremely valuable visual material for every Lendl fan.

The softcover book ‘Ivan Lendl’ by Jiří Janoušek and Pavel Vitouš, published in 1990, details Ivan Lendl’s rise to the top of the tennis world, his playing style, and his rigorous physical and mental preparation. It also recounts Lendl’s childhood, his beginnings in tennis in Czechoslovakia, and his subsequent career in the USA. The final section of the 191-page publication contains an insightful statistical overview covering the period from 1970 (!) to early 1990, including results from various tournaments and (inter)national rankings. Numerous photographs (primarily in black and white) from his career and private moments complete the book.

Lubomír Man’s 1995 book, ‘Jak vyhrát pomerančovou mísu’ (‘How to Win the Orange Bowl’), chronicles Lendl’s career from his childhood and early days in tennis to his victory at the prestigious, unofficial junior world championships, the so-called ‘Orange Bowl’. It comprises 159 pages with lots of images (mainly black and white) from Lendl’s youth and concludes with general tips for tennis beginners.

Petr Čermák’s 2013 biography, ‘Lendl – Veliký příběh’ (‘Lendl – The Great Story’), illuminates the unique tennis talent of Ivan Lendl and his path to the top of the world. It describes his difficult beginnings, when, despite international success, he faced criticism and was unwelcome in his homeland, then socialist Czechoslovakia, and later became unpopular in the USA as well. The book then analyzes the period from 1985 onward, when Lendl conquered the tennis world with his performances, becoming a megastar and ultimately a legend. Čermák focuses not only on statistics but also on Lendl’s personality and his newfound mentality. The publication comprises 192 pages plus an additional 32-page color photo section.

‘Cesta na tenisový trůn’ (‘The Road to the Tennis Throne’) was written by Vladimír Houdek, who had coached and managed the tennis twins Karolína and Kristýna Plíšková for many years, from their youth on local courts and also during their professional careers. In 256 pages, he offers a glimpse behind the scenes of top-level tennis and tells the story of Karolína Plíšková’s rise to fame. Published in 2019, the book is not only interesting for parents of young tennis players, but also for anyone who is passionate about the sport. Moreover, the abundance of high-quality photos of current players and tournaments, as well as the interspersed portraits of legends, invite repeated browsing.

The Grand Harbor Golf & Beach Club in Vero Beach, Florida, has officially renamed its stadium court the ‘Ivan Lendl Stadium Court’ to honor Lendl’s brilliant career and his association with the club. The dedication ceremony, attended by the tennis legend, took place on February 1, 2026, during the fifth annual Vero Beach International Tennis Open and included the unveiling of an Ivan Lendl memorial plaque near the tennis net of this clay court.