Jakob Hlasek

Jakob Hlasek (Czech: Jakub Hlásek; born 12 November 1964) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland of Czech origin.

Jakob Hlasek

Country (sports)	Switzerland
Residence	Montreux, Switzerland
Born	(1964-11-12) 12 November 1964 Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 ^1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1983
Retired	1996
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 5,895,293
Singles
Career record	432–330
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 7 (17 April 1989)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (1984, 1985)
French Open	QF (1991)
Wimbledon	4R (1987, 1996)
US Open	4R (1988, 1996)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (1988)
Grand Slam Cup	QF (1991, 1996)
WCT Finals	QF (1989)
Olympic Games	QF (1984, demonstration)
Doubles
Career record	367–272
Career titles	20
Highest ranking	No. 4 (13 November 1989)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1996)
French Open	W (1992)
Wimbledon	SF (1986, 1992)
US Open	SF (1996)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	F (1992)
Hopman Cup	W (1992)

Career

The major highlights of Hlasek's career came in 1992. He won the French Open men's doubles title that year (partnering fellow Swiss player Marc Rosset). He was also a member of Switzerland Davis Cup team which reached the final of the 1992 Davis Cup (where they were defeated by the United States), and won the 1992 Hopman Cup (partnering Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière). His best Grand Slam performance was reaching the quarter finals of the 1991 French Open, defeating David Pate, Emilio Sánchez, Tomás Carbonell and Christian Miniussi before losing to Andre Agassi.

Further success for his country came in 1996, when Hlasek was a member of the Swiss team which won the World Team Cup.

During his career, Hlasek won five top-level singles titles and 20 doubles titles. His career-high singles ranking was world no. 7, and his career-high doubles ranking was world no. 4 (both attained in 1989). His career prize-money earnings totalled $5,895,293.

Career finals

Singles: 14 (5 wins – 9 losses)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1985	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Miloslav Mečíř	1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 1986	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Thomas Muster	1–6, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Jul 1988	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Darren Cahill	3–6, 4–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Loss	0–4	Oct 1988	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Stefan Edberg	5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	1–4	Nov 1988	Wembley, England	Carpet	Jonas Svensson	6–7^(4–7), 3–6, 6–4, 6–0, 7–5
Win	2–4	Nov 1988	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard (i)	Christo van Rensburg	6–7^(1–7), 6–4, 6–1, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	2–5	Nov 1988	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Henri Leconte	6–7^(3–7), 6–7^(6–8), 4–6
Win	3–5	Feb 1989	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Anders Järryd	6–1, 7–5
Loss	3–6	Feb 1989	Lyon, France	Carpet	John McEnroe	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Win	4–6	Nov 1990	Wembley, England	Carpet	Michael Chang	7–6^(9–7), 6–3
Win	5–6	Sep 1991	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	John McEnroe	7–6^(7–4), 6–0, 6–3
Loss	5–7	Nov 1991	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Andrei Cherkasov	6–7^(2–7), 6–3, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	5–8	Jul 1995	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	5–9	Sep 1995	Bordeaux, France	Hard	Yahiya Doumbia	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 35 (20 wins – 15 losses)

Legend Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup (1) ATP Masters Series (2) ATP Championship Series (2) ATP Tour (14)

Titles by surface Hard (7) Clay (3) Grass (1) Carpet (9)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	17 September 1984	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Colin Dowdeswell	Peter Doohan Brian Levine	3–6, 4–6
Win	1.	14 October 1985	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Ricardo Acuña	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 6–2, 9–7
Loss	2.	25 November 1985	Hong Kong	Hard	Tomáš Šmíd	Brad Drewett Kim Warwick	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	2.	21 April 1986	Nice, France	Clay	Pavel Složil	Gary Donnelly Colin Dowdeswell	6–3, 4–6, 11–9
Loss	3.	13 October 1986	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Pavel Složil	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	3.	9 November 1987	Paris, France	Carpet	Claudio Mezzadri	Scott Davis David Pate	7–6, 6–2
Win	4.	10 October 1988	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Tomáš Šmíd	Jeremy Bates Peter Lundgren	6–3, 6–1
Win	5.	20 February 1989	Milan, Italy	Carpet	John McEnroe	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4.	27 February 1989	Lyon, France	Carpet	John McEnroe	Eric Jelen Michael Mortensen	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	6.	20 March 1989	Indian Wells, US	Hard	Boris Becker	Kevin Curren David Pate	7–6, 7–5
Win	7.	3 April 1989	Miami, US	Hard	Anders Järryd	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6–3, ret.
Loss	5.	6 November 1989	Paris, France	Carpet	Eric Winogradsky	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–7, 4–6
Win	8.	13 November 1989	Wembley, England	Carpet	John McEnroe	Jeremy Bates Kevin Curren	6–1, 7–6
Win	9.	26 February 1990	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Guy Forget	Michael Mortensen Tom Nijssen	6–3, 6–2
Win	10.	18 June 1990	Rosmalen, Netherlands	Grass	Michael Stich	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	7–6, 6–3
Win	11.	27 August 1990	Long Island, US	Hard	Guy Forget	Udo Riglewski Michael Stich	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	12.	15 October 1990	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Guy Forget	Scott Davis David Pate	7–6, 7–5
Win	13.	29 October 1990	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Guy Forget	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 6–2
Win	14.	25 November 1990	Doubles Championships, Sanctuary Cove	Hard	Guy Forget	Emilio Sánchez Sergio Casal	6–4, 7–6, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	6.	15 July 1991	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Guy Forget	Gary Muller Danie Visser	6–7, 4–6
Win	15.	30 September 1991	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Patrick McEnroe	Petr Korda John McEnroe	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	7.	21 October 1991	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Patrick McEnroe	Anders Järryd Gary Muller	4–6, 5–7
Loss	8.	17 February 1992	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Guy Forget	Boris Becker John McEnroe	3–6, 2–6
Win	16.	18 May 1992	Rome, Italy	Clay	Marc Rosset	Wayne Ferreira Mark Kratzmann	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Win	17.	8 June 1992	French Open, Paris	Clay	Marc Rosset	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	7–6, 6–7, 7–5
Win	18.	26 October 1992	Lyon, France	Carpet	Marc Rosset	Neil Broad Stefan Kruger	6–1, 6–3
Loss	9.	2 May 1994	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	Rikard Bergh Menno Oosting	3–6, 4–6
Loss	10.	25 July 1994	Washington, US	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	19.	24 October 1994	Lyon, France	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Martin Damm Patrick Rafter	6–7, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	11.	27 March 1995	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Martin Damm Anders Järryd	4–6, 2–6
Loss	12.	16 October 1995	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Patrick McEnroe	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–7, 4–6
Win	20.	23 October 1995	Lyon, France	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	John-Laffnie de Jager Wayne Ferreira	6–3, 6–3
Loss	13.	4 March 1996	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Guy Forget	Andrea Gaudenzi Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 5–7
Loss	14.	13 May 1996	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Guy Forget	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	2–6, 4–6
Loss	15.	10 June 1996	French Open, Paris	Clay	Guy Forget	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	2–6, 3–6

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	SR	W–L
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	3R	3R	NH	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	2R	0 / 11	5–11
French Open	A	2R	2R	2R	1R	3R	4R	2R	QF	1R	2R	1R	1R	3R	0 / 13	16–13
Wimbledon	3R	2R	1R	3R	4R	2R	1R	2R	2R	3R	3R	3R	1R	4R	0 / 14	20–14
US Open	A	1R	1R	1R	3R	4R	A	3R	3R	2R	2R	A	2R	4R	0 / 11	15–11
Win–Loss	2–1	3–4	3–4	3–3	5–4	6–4	3–3	4–4	7–4	3–4	4–3	3–3	1–4	9–4	0 / 49	56–49
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	Tournaments Were Not Masters Series Events Before 1990							A	A	QF	2R	A	A	2R	0 / 3	5–3
Miami								QF	3R	SF	3R	A	A	3R	0 / 5	11–5
Monte Carlo								1R	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 3	0–3
Rome								1R	2R	2R	1R	A	A	1R	0 / 5	2–5
Hamburg								2R	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 2	1–2
Canada								SF	QF	A	3R	2R	1R	1R	0 / 6	9–6
Cincinnati								QF	2R	1R	2R	A	A	2R	0 / 5	6–5
Stockholm								2R	3R	2R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 4	4–4
Paris								QF	2R	SF	1R	2R	QF	A	0 / 6	10–6
Win–Loss								16–8	6–6	12–7	6–8	2–2	3–2	3–6	0 / 39	48–39
Ranking	179	91	33	32	23	8	30	17	20	36	71	70	35	74

Doubles

Tournament	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	SR	W–L
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	1R	A	NH	3R	1R	2R	3R	1R	2R	A	2R	QF	SF	0 / 10	12–10
French Open	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	3R	1R	3R	W	1R	2R	SF	F	1 / 13	22–12
Wimbledon	2R	2R	1R	SF	2R	A	3R	3R	A	SF	1R	1R	QF	QF	0 / 12	21–12
US Open	A	A	1R	1R	1R	3R	A	QF	1R	2R	1R	A	2R	SF	0 / 10	11–10
Win–Loss	1–1	1–3	1–3	5–3	2–4	2–3	5–3	6–4	2–3	12–3	0–3	2–3	11–4	16–4	1 / 45	66–44
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	Tournaments Were Not Masters Series Events Before 1990							A	A	1R	2R	A	A	2R	0 / 3	1–3
Miami								SF	2R	3R	A	A	A	2R	0 / 4	5–4
Monte Carlo								QF	A	QF	2R	A	A	A	0 / 3	3–3
Rome								1R	SF	W	1R	A	A	1R	1 / 5	8–4
Hamburg								QF	A	A	A	A	A	F	0 / 2	4–2
Canada								1R	QF	A	1R	2R	QF	1R	0 / 6	5–6
Cincinnati								SF	1R	SF	1R	A	A	1R	0 / 5	6–5
Stuttgart (Stockholm)								W	QF	A	A	A	A	2R	1 / 3	6–2
Paris								QF	2R	2R	2R	A	QF	2R	0 / 6	3–6
Win–Loss								13–7	7–6	12–5	1–6	1–1	3–2	4–8	2 / 37	41–35
Ranking	180	107	47	39	35	47	5	12	39	8	180	49	24	9

External links

• Jakob Hlasek at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jakob Hlasek at the International Tennis Federation
• Jakob Hlasek at the Davis Cup