Jan Kodeš
WCT Finals | SF (1974) |
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Doubles | |
Career record | 313-183 |
Career titles | 17 |
Highest ranking | No. 12 (21 May 1979) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | F (1977) |
Jan Kodeš (born 1 March 1946) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time major singles champion, Kodeš was one of the premier players in the early 1970s.
Kodeš's greatest success was achieved on the
Kodeš never played at the
Kodeš was inducted into the
Career statistics
Grand Slam finals: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1970 | French Open | Clay | Željko Franulović | 6–2, 6–4, 6–0 |
Win | 1971 | French Open (2) | Clay | Ilie Năstase | 8–6, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 |
Loss | 1971 | US Open | Grass | Stan Smith | 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–7(3–5) |
Win | 1973 | Wimbledon | Grass | Alex Metreveli | 6–1, 9–8(7–5), 6–3 |
Loss | 1973 | US Open (2) | Grass | John Newcombe | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 3–6 |
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Australian Open | Absent | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||||||||
French Open | 2R | 4R | 1R[a] | 4R | W | W | QF | QF | 4R | 4R | 3R | 4R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2 / 16 | 43–13 | 76.79 |
Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | SF | W | QF | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1 / 15 | 19–14 | 57.58 |
US Open | A | A | A | 2R | A | F | 2R | F | 4R | 4R | QF | 3R | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 9 | 27–9 | 75.00 |
Win–loss | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 7–1 | 13–2 | 9–3 | 17–2 | 10–3 | 7–3 | 6–2 | 5–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3 / 40 | 89–36 | 71.20 |
Open era finals
Singles (9 titles, 19 runner-ups)
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1. | 1970 | St. Petersburg, U.S. | Clay | Joaquín Loyo-Mayo | 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 2. | 1970 | French Open, Paris | Clay | Željko Franulović | 6–2, 6–4, 6–0 |
Loss | 1. | 1970 | Rome , Italy
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Clay | Ilie Năstase | 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–8 |
Loss | 2. | 1971 | Nice, France | Clay | Ilie Năstase | 8–10, 9–11, 1–6 |
Win | 3. | 1971 | Catania, Italy | Clay | Georges Goven | 6–3, 6–0, 6–2 |
Loss | 3. | 1971 | Rome WCT, Italy | Clay | Rod Laver | 5–7, 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 4. | 1971 | French Open, Paris | Clay | Ilie Năstase | 8–6, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 |
Loss | 4. | 1971 | US Open, New York | Grass | Stan Smith | 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 5. | 1971 | Stockholm WCT, Sweden | Hard (i) | Arthur Ashe | 1–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–1, 4–6 |
Loss | 6. | 1972 | Nice, France | Clay | Ilie Năstase | 0–6, 4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 7. | 1972 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Manuel Orantes | 6–4, 1–6, 5–7, 2–6 |
Win | 5. | 1972 | Barcelona , Spain
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Clay | Manuel Orantes | 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 6. | 1973 | Cologne, West Germany | Carpet (i) | Brian Fairlie | 6–1, 6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 8. | 1973 | Vancouver, Canada | Carpet (i) | Tom Gorman | 6–3, 2–6, 5–7 |
Win | 7. | 1973 | Wimbledon, London | Grass | Alex Metreveli | 6–1, 9–8, 6–3 |
Loss | 9. | 1973 | US Open, New York | Grass | John Newcombe | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 10. | 1973 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Carpet (i) | Jiří Hřebec | 6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 0–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 11. | 1974 | Acapulco, Mexico | Carpet (i) | Tom Okker | 2–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 12. | 1975 | Hampton, U.S. | Carpet (i) | Jimmy Connors | 6–3, 3–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 13. | 1975 | Hamburg, West Germany | Clay | Manuel Orantes | 6–3, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4, 1–6 |
Loss | 14. | 1975 | Düsseldorf, West Germany | Clay | Jaime Fillol | 4–6, 6–1, 0–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 15. | 1975 | Kitzbühel , Austria
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Clay | Adriano Panatta | 6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 4–6 |
Win | 8. | 1975 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Adriano Panatta | 6–2, 3–6, 7–6, 6–2 |
Win | 9. | 1976 | Basel , Switzerland
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Carpet (i) | Jiří Hřebec | 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 16. | 1976 | Nice, France | Clay | Corrado Barazzutti | 2–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–7, 6–8 |
Loss | 17. | 1976 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Manuel Orantes | 6–7, 2–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 18. | 1976 | Aviles, Spain | Clay | Željko Franulović | 6–7, 1–6, 7–5, 6–7 |
Loss | 19. | 1977 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Guillermo Vilas | 7–5, 2–6, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6 |
Doubles (17 titles, 24 runner-ups)
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 1970 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Željko Franulović | Dick Crealy Allan Stone |
2–6, 6–2, 12–12 ret. |
Loss | 2. | 1970 | Kitzbühel , Austria
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Clay | Željko Franulović | 8–10, 2–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | 3. | 1970 | Phoenix , U.S.
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Hard | Charlie Pasarell | Dick Crealy Ray Ruffels |
6–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 4. | 1970 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Željko Franulović | Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels |
5–7, 2–6, 7–5, 7–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 5. | 1971 | Macon, U.S. | Carpet | Željko Franulović | Clark Graebner Thomaz Koch |
3–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 6. | 1971 | Catania, Italy | Clay | Jan Kukal | Pierre Barthès François Jauffret |
6–7, 6–2, 3–6 |
Win | 1. | 1971 | Indianapolis , U.S.
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Clay | Željko Franulović | Clark Graebner Erik van Dillen |
7–6, 5–7, 6–3 |
Win | 2. | 1972 | Nice , France
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Clay | Stan Smith | Frew McMillan Ilie Năstase |
6–3, 3–6, 7–5 |
Win | 3. | 1972 | Hamburg , West Germany
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Clay | Ilie Năstase | Bob Hewitt Ion Țiriac |
4–6, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 7. | 1972 | Montreal , Canada
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Clay | Jan Kukal | Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac |
6–7, 3–6 |
Win | 4. | 1973 | Los Angeles , U.S.
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Hard | Vladimír Zedník | Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase |
6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 5. | 1973 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Mateflex | Vladimír Zedník | Róbert Machán Balázs Taróczy |
7–6, 7–6 |
Win | 6. | 1974 | Palm Desert, U.S. | Hard | Vladimír Zedník | Raymond Moore Onny Parun |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 7. | 1974 | Düsseldorf, West Germany | Clay | Jiří Hřebec | Kenichi Hirai Toshiro Sakai |
6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 8. | 1975 | Salisbury , U.S.
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Carpet | Roger Taylor | Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase |
6–7, 2–6 |
Win | 8. | 1975 | Munich , West Germany
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Clay | Wojciech Fibak | Milan Holeček Karl Meiler |
7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 9. | 1975 | Hamburg , West Germany
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Clay | Wojciech Fibak | Juan Gisbert Sr. Manuel Orantes |
3–6, 6–7 |
Win | 9. | 1975 | Düsseldorf, West Germany | Clay | François Jauffret | Harald Elschenbroich Hans Kary |
6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 10. | 1975 | Montreal , Canada
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Hard | Ilie Năstase | Cliff Drysdale Raymond Moore |
4–6, 7–5, 6–7 |
Win | 10. | 1975 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Ilie Năstase | Juan Gisbert Sr. Manuel Orantes |
6–4, 3–6, 9–7 |
Win | 11. | 1976 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Jiří Hřebec | Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann |
6–7, 6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 12. | 1977 | Baltimore , U.S.
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Carpet | Ross Case | Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas |
3–6, 7–6, 4–6 |
Win | 12. | 1977 | Monte Carlo , Monaco
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Clay | François Jauffret | Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker |
2–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 13. | 1977 | French Open, Paris | Clay | Wojciech Fibak | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez |
6–7, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 13. | 1977 | Barcelona , Spain
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Clay | Wojciech Fibak | Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan |
6–0, 6–4 |
Loss | 14. | 1977 | Vienna , Austria
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Carpet | Wojciech Fibak | Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan |
4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 15. | 1977 | Oviedo, Spain | Carpet | Raúl Ramírez | Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart |
3–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 16. | 1978 | Springfield, U.S. | Carpet | Marty Riessen | Stan Smith | 3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 17. | 1978 | Nice , France
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Clay | Tomáš Šmíd | Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret |
4–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 18. | 1978 | Rome , Italy
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Clay | Tomáš Šmíd | Víctor Pecci Belus Prajoux |
7–6, 6–7, 1–6 |
Win | 14. | 1978 | Stuttgart , West Germany
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Clay | Tomáš Šmíd | Carlos Kirmayr Belus Prajoux |
6–3, 7–6 |
Loss | 19. | 1978 | Aix-en-Provence, France | Clay | Tomáš Šmíd | Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas |
6–7, 1–6 |
Win | 15. | 1978 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Wojciech Fibak | Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd |
6–7, 6–1, 6–2 |
Win | 16. | 1979 | Hamburg, West Germany | Clay | Tomáš Šmíd | Mark Edmondson John Marks |
6–3, 6–1, 7–6 |
Loss | 20. | 1979 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay | Tomáš Šmíd | Tom Okker Balázs Taróczy |
1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 21. | 1979 | Indianapolis , U.S.
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Clay | Tomáš Šmíd | Gene Mayer John McEnroe |
4–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 22. | 1980 | Barcelona , Spain
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Clay | Balázs Taróczy | Steve Denton Ivan Lendl |
2–6, 7–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 23. | 1980 | Cologne, West Germany | Carpet | Tomáš Šmíd | Bernard Mitton Andrew Pattison |
4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 17. | 1982 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay | Tomáš Šmíd | Balázs Taróczy Heinz Günthardt |
7–6, 6–4 |
Loss | 24. | 1983 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay | Tomáš Šmíd | Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy |
6–3, 2–6, 3–6 |
At results above are not shown wins and runner-ups from 1965 to 1969, such as tournaments in Santiago, Viňa del Mar, São Paulo, Lyon, Cannes, Luxembourg, Split, Varna, Plovdiv, Paris (Racing Club) or International championships of Czechoslovakia in Bratislava. The draws of players were always minimum 32 players, same as at contemporary ATP Tour events, but they are not listed in ATP Annuals, since ATP was founded at 1972.
References
- ISBN 0-00-711707-8
- ^ "Wimbledon Singles Titles Captured by King, Kodeš". No. The Spokesman-Review. AP. 8 July 1973.
- ^ ISBN 9780362001686.
- ^ "Newcombe cops U.S. net Open". No. Star–News. UPI. 10 September 1973. p. Fifteen.
Further reading
Jan Kodeš, with Petr Kolar, A Journey to Glory from behind the Iron Curtain, New Chapter Press, Chicago, 2010,