Jakob Hlasek (; born 12 November 1964) is a Swiss former professional tennis player of Czech origin. He won a major doubles title at the 1992 French Open, partnering Marc Rosset.
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) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Mar 1985Rotterdam, NetherlandsCarpet Miloslav Mečíř1–6, 2–6Loss0–2Aug 1986Hilversum, NetherlandsClay Thomas Muster1–6, 3–6, 3–6Loss0–3Jul 1988Gstaad, SwitzerlandClay Darren Cahill3–6, 4–6, 6–7(2–7)Loss0–4Oct 1988Basel, SwitzerlandHard (i) Stefan Edberg5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6Win1–4Nov 1988Wembley, EnglandCarpet Jonas Svensson6–7(4–7), 3–6, 6–4, 6–0, 7–5Win2–4Nov 1988Johannesburg, South AfricaHard (i) Christo van Rensburg6–7(1–7), 6–4, 6–1, 7–6(7–4)Loss2–5Nov 1988Brussels, BelgiumCarpet Henri Leconte6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8), 4–6Win3–5Feb 1989Rotterdam, NetherlandsCarpet Anders Järryd6–1, 7–5Loss3–6Feb 1989Lyon, FranceCarpet John McEnroe3–6, 6–7(3–7)Win4–6Nov 1990Wembley, EnglandCarpet Michael Chang7–6(9–7), 6–3Win5–6Sep 1991Basel, SwitzerlandHard (i) John McEnroe7–6(7–4), 6–0, 6–3Loss5–7Nov 1991Moscow, Soviet UnionCarpet Andrei Cherkasov6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–7(5–7)Loss5–8Jul 1995Gstaad, SwitzerlandClay Yevgeny Kafelnikov3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss5–9Sep 1995Bordeaux, FranceHard Yahiya Doumbia4–6, 4–6
Doubles: 35 (20 wins – 15 losses) LegendGrand Slam (1)Tennis Masters Cup (1)ATP Masters Series (2)ATP Championship Series (2)ATP Tour (14)Titles by surfaceHard (7)Clay (3)Grass (1)Carpet (9) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentScoreLoss0–1Sep 1984Tel Aviv, IsraelHard Colin Dowdeswell Peter Doohan Brian Levine3–6, 4–6Win1–1Oct 1985Toulouse, FranceHard (i) Ricardo Acuña Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd3–6, 6–2, 9–7Loss1–2Nov 1985Hong KongHard Tomáš Šmíd Brad Drewett Kim Warwick3–6, 6–4, 2–6Win2–2Apr 1986Nice, FranceClay Pavel Složil Gary Donnelly Colin Dowdeswell6–3, 4–6, 11–9Loss2–3Oct 1986Toulouse, FranceHard (i) Pavel Složil Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd2–6, 6–3, 4–6Win3–3Nov 1987Paris, FranceCarpet Claudio Mezzadri Scott Davis David Pate7–6, 6–2Win4–3Oct 1988Basel, SwitzerlandHard (i) Tomáš Šmíd Jeremy Bates Peter Lundgren6–3, 6–1Win5–3Feb 1989Milan, ItalyCarpet John McEnroe Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy6–3, 6–4Loss5–4Feb 1989Lyon, FranceCarpet John McEnroe Eric Jelen Michael Mortensen2–6, 6–3, 3–6Win6–4Mar 1989Indian Wells, USHard Boris Becker Kevin Curren David Pate7–6, 7–5Win7–4Apr 1989Miami, USHard Anders Järryd Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe6–3, ret.Loss7–5Nov 1989Paris, FranceCarpet Eric Winogradsky John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd6–7, 4–6Win8–5Nov 1989Wembley, EnglandCarpet John McEnroe Jeremy Bates Kevin Curren6–1, 7–6Win9–5Feb 1990Stuttgart Indoor, West GermanyCarpet Guy Forget Michael Mortensen Tom Nijssen6–3, 6–2Win10–5Jun 1990Rosmalen, NetherlandsGrass Michael Stich Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe7–6, 6–3Win11–5Aug 1990Long Island, USHard Guy Forget Udo Riglewski Michael Stich2–6, 6–3, 6–4Win12–5Oct 1990Tokyo Indoor, JapanCarpet Guy Forget Scott Davis David Pate7–6, 7–5Win13–5Oct 1990Stockholm, SwedenCarpet Guy Forget John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd6–4, 6–2Win14–5Nov 1990Doubles Championships, AustraliaHard Guy Forget Emilio Sánchez Sergio Casal6–4, 7–6, 5–7, 6–4Loss14–6Jul 1991Gstaad, SwitzerlandClay Guy Forget Gary Muller Danie Visser6–7, 4–6Win15–6Sep 1991Basel, SwitzerlandHard (i) Patrick McEnroe Petr Korda John McEnroe3–6, 7–6, 7–6Loss15–7Oct 1991Vienna, AustriaCarpet Patrick McEnroe Anders Järryd Gary Muller4–6, 5–7Loss15–8Feb 1992Brussels, BelgiumCarpet Guy Forget Boris Becker John McEnroe3–6, 2–6Win16–8May 1992Rome, ItalyClay Marc Rosset Wayne Ferreira Mark Kratzmann6–4, 3–6, 6–1Win17–8Jun 1992French Open, ParisClay Marc Rosset David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy7–6, 6–7, 7–5Win18–8Oct 1992Lyon, FranceCarpet Marc Rosset Neil Broad Stefan Kruger6–1, 6–3Loss18–9May 1994Madrid, SpainClay Jean-Philippe Fleurian Rikard Bergh Menno Oosting3–6, 4–6Loss18–10Jul 1994Washington, USHard Jonas Björkman Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith4–6, 6–4, 3–6Win19–10Oct 1994Lyon, FranceCarpet Yevgeny Kafelnikov Martin Damm Patrick Rafter6–7, 7–6, 7–6Loss19–11Mar 1995St. Petersburg, RussiaCarpet Yevgeny Kafelnikov Martin Damm Anders Järryd4–6, 2–6Loss19–12Oct 1995Tokyo Indoor, JapanCarpet Patrick McEnroe Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis6–7, 4–6Win20–12Oct 1995Lyon, FranceCarpet Yevgeny Kafelnikov John-Laffnie de Jager Wayne Ferreira6–3, 6–3Loss20–13Mar 1996Milan, ItalyCarpet Guy Forget Andrea Gaudenzi Goran Ivanišević4–6, 5–7Loss20–14May 1996Hamburg, GermanyClay Guy Forget Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor2–6, 4–6Loss20–15Jun 1996French Open, ParisClay Guy Forget Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek2–6, 3–6
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament19831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA3R3RNH2R1R1R1R1R1RA2R1R2R0 / 115–11French OpenA2R2R2R1R3R4R2RQF1R2R1R1R3R0 / 1316–13Wimbledon3R2R1R3R4R2R1R2R2R3R3R3R1R4R0 / 1420–14US OpenA1R1R1R3R4RA3R3R2R2RA2R4R0 / 1115–11Win–loss2–13–43–43–35–46–43–34–47–43–44–33–31–49–40 / 4956–49ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsTournaments Were NotMasters Series EventsBefore 1990AAQF2RAA2R0 / 35–3MiamiQF3RSF3RAA3R0 / 511–5Monte Carlo1RA1R1RAAA0 / 30–3Rome1R2R2R1RAA1R0 / 52–5Hamburg2RAAAAA1R0 / 21–2CanadaSFQFA3R2R1R1R0 / 69–6CincinnatiQF2R1R2RAA2R0 / 56–5Stockholm2R3R2R2RAAA0 / 44–4ParisQF2RSF1R2RQFA0 / 610–6Win–loss16–86–612–76–82–23–23–60 / 3948–39Ranking1799133322383017203671703574
Doubles Tournament19831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA1RANH3R1R2R3R1R2RA2RQFSF0 / 1012–10French OpenA1R2R2R1R1R3R1R3RW1R2RSFF1 / 1322–12Wimbledon2R2R1RSF2RA3R3RASF1R1RQFQF0 / 1221–12US OpenAA1R1R1R3RAQF1R2R1RA2RSF0 / 1011–10Win–loss1–11–31–35–32–42–35–36–42–312–30–32–311–416–41 / 4566–44ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsTournaments Were NotMasters Series EventsBefore 1990AA1R2RAA2R0 / 31–3MiamiSF2R3RAAA2R0 / 45–4Monte CarloQFAQF2RAAA0 / 33–3Rome1RSFW1RAA1R1 / 58–4HamburgQFAAAAAF0 / 24–2Canada1RQFA1R2RQF1R0 / 65–6CincinnatiSF1RSF1RAA1R0 / 56–5Stuttgart (Stockholm)WQFAAAA2R1 / 36–2ParisQF2R2R2RAQF2R0 / 63–6Win–loss13–77–612–51–61–13–24–82 / 3741–35Ranking1801074739354751239818049249
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