Raven Klaasen
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
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Australian Open | QF (2017) |
French Open | 2R (2014) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2015, 2021) |
US Open | 2R (2014, 2015) |
Last updated on: 25 April 2022. |
Raven Klaasen (/ˈklɑːsən/ KLAH-sən;[1] born 16 October 1982) is a South African professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7 in August 2019, and has won 19 doubles titles on the
and Venus respectively.In singles, Klaasen has a career-high ranking of world No. 208, achieved in October 2011.
He has represented South Africa in the Davis Cup since 2009, and has a win–loss record of 13–4.
He reached his 300th match win at the 2022 Estoril Open with Ben McLachlan defeating Hugo Nys/Jan Zieliński in the round of 16.[2]
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2014 | Australian Open | Hard | Eric Butorac | Łukasz Kubot Robert Lindstedt |
3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 2018 | Wimbledon
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Grass | Michael Venus
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Mike Bryan Jack Sock |
3–6, 7–6(9–7), 3–6, 7–5, 5–7 |
Year-end championships
Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2016 | ATP Finals, London | Hard (i) | Rajeev Ram | Henri Kontinen John Peers |
6 –2, 1–6, [8–10] |
Loss | 2019 | ATP Finals, London | Hard (i) | Michael Venus
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Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut |
3–6, 4–6 |
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2015 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | Marcelo Melo | Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini |
6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 2016 | Miami Open | Hard | Rajeev Ram | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut |
7–5, 1–6, [7–10] |
Win | 2017 | Indian Wells Masters |
Hard | Rajeev Ram | Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo |
6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–8] |
Loss | 2018 | Canadian Open | Hard | Michael Venus |
Henri Kontinen John Peers |
2–6, 7–6(9–7), [6–10] |
Loss | 2019 | Rome Masters | Clay | Michael Venus | Robert Farah |
1–6, 3–6 |
ATP career finals
Doubles: 42 (19 titles, 23 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2013 | Open Sud de France, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Johan Brunström | Marc Gicquel Michaël Llodra |
3–6, 6–3, [9–11] |
Win | 1–1 | May 2013 | Open de Nice, France | 250 Series | Clay | Johan Brunström | Robert Farah
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6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 2–1 | Sep 2013 | Moselle Open, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Johan Brunström | Nicolas Mahut Jo-Wilfried Tsonga |
6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
Win | 3–1 | Sep 2013 | Malaysian Open , Malaysia
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250 Series | Hard (i) | Eric Butorac | Pablo Cuevas Horacio Zeballos |
6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 3–2 | Jan 2014 | Australian Open, Australia | Grand Slam | Hard | Eric Butorac | Łukasz Kubot Robert Lindstedt |
3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 4–2 | Feb 2014 | U.S. National Indoor Championships, United States | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Eric Butorac | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 5–2 | Oct 2014 | Stockholm Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Eric Butorac | Treat Huey Jack Sock |
6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 5–3 | Jan 2015 | Chennai Open, India | 250 Series | Hard | Leander Paes | Lu Yen-hsun Jonathan Marray |
6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
Win | 6–3 | Jan 2015 | Auckland Open, New Zealand | 250 Series | Hard | Leander Paes | Dominic Inglot Florin Mergea |
7–6(7–1), 6–4 |
Loss | 6–4 | Feb 2015 | Delray Beach Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard | Leander Paes | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
3–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
Loss | 6–5 | May 2015 | Geneva Open, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | Lu Yen-hsun | Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah |
5–7, 6–4, [7–10] |
Win | 7–5 | Jun 2015 | Halle Open, Germany | 500 Series | Grass | Rajeev Ram | Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea |
7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
Loss | 7–6 | Oct 2015 | Malaysian Open, Malaysia | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Rajeev Ram | Treat Huey Henri Kontinen |
6–7(4–7), 2–6 |
Win | 8–6 | Oct 2015 | Japan Open, Japan | 500 Series | Hard | Marcelo Melo | Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah |
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–7] |
Win | 9–6 | Oct 2015 | Shanghai Masters, China | Masters 1000 | Hard | Marcelo Melo | Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini |
6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 9–7 | Apr 2016 | Miami Open, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | Rajeev Ram | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut |
7–5, 1–6, [7–10] |
Loss | 9–8 | May 2016 | Geneva Open, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | Rajeev Ram | Steve Johnson Sam Querrey |
4–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 9–9 | Jun 2016 | Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands | 250 Series | Grass | Dominic Inglot | Michael Venus
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3–6, 6–3, [11–9] |
Win | 10–9 | Jun 2016 | Halle Open, Germany (2) | 500 Series | Grass | Rajeev Ram | Łukasz Kubot Alexander Peya |
7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
Win | 11–9 | Oct 2016 | Chengdu Open, China | 250 Series | Hard | Rajeev Ram | Pablo Carreño Busta Mariusz Fyrstenberg |
7−6(7–2), 7−5 |
Loss | 11–10 | Oct 2016 | Japan Open, Japan | 500 Series | Hard | Rajeev Ram | Marcel Granollers Marcin Matkowski |
2–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Loss | 11–11 | Nov 2016 | ATP Finals, United Kingdom | Tour Finals | Hard (i) | Rajeev Ram | Henri Kontinen John Peers |
6–2, 1–6, [8–10] |
Win | 12–11 | Feb 2017
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Delray Beach Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard | Rajeev Ram | Treat Huey Max Mirnyi |
7–5, 7–5 |
Win | 13–11 | Mar 2017 | Indian Wells Masters , United States
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Masters 1000 | Hard | Rajeev Ram | Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo |
6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–8] |
Loss | 13–12 | Jun 2017 | Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands | 250 Series | Grass | Rajeev Ram | Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo |
3–6, 4–6 |
Won | 14–12 | Feb 2018
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Open 13, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Michael Venus | Marcus Daniell Dominic Inglot |
6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–4] |
Loss | 14–13 | Jun 2018 | Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands | 250 Series | Grass | Michael Venus | Dominic Inglot Franko Škugor |
6–7(3–7), 5–7 |
Loss | 14–14 | Jul 2018 | Wimbledon Championships , United Kingdom
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Grand Slam | Grass | Michael Venus | Mike Bryan Jack Sock |
3–6, 7–6(9–7), 3–6, 7–5, 5–7 |
Loss | 14–15 | Aug 2018 | Canadian Open, Canada | Masters 1000 | Hard | Michael Venus | Henri Kontinen John Peers |
2–6, 7–6(9–7), [6–10] |
Loss | 14–16 | Oct 2018 | Japan Open, Japan | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Michael Venus | Ben McLachlan Jan-Lennard Struff |
4–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 14–17 | Jan 2019 | Auckland Open, New Zealand | 250 Series | Hard | Michael Venus | Ben McLachlan Jan-Lennard Struff |
3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 14–18 | May 2019 | Italian Open, Italy | Masters 1000 | Clay | Michael Venus | Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah |
1–6, 3–6 |
Win | 15–18 | Jun 2019
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Halle Open, Germany (3) | 500 Series | Grass | Michael Venus | Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo |
4–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
Win | 16–18 | Aug 2019 | Washington Open, United States | 500 Series | Hard | Michael Venus | Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău |
3–6, 6–3, [10–2] |
Loss | 16–19 | Nov 2019 | ATP Finals, United Kingdom | Tour Finals | Hard (i) | Michael Venus | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut |
3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 16–20 | Feb 2020 | Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates | 500 Series | Hard | Oliver Marach | John Peers Michael Venus |
3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 17–20 | Oct 2020 | Cologne Championship , Germany
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250 Series | Hard (i) | Ben McLachlan | Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies |
6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 18–20 | Jul 2021 | Washington Open, United States (2) | 500 Series | Hard | Ben McLachlan | Neal Skupski Michael Venus |
7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
Loss | 18–21 | Feb 2022
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Open 13, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Ben McLachlan | Denys Molchanov Andrey Rublev |
6–4, 5–7, [7–10] |
Loss | 18–22 | Jul 2022 | Hall of Fame Open, United States | 250 Series | Grass | Marcelo Melo | William Blumberg Steve Johnson |
4–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 18–23 | Aug 2022 | Los Cabos Open, Mexico | 250 Series | Hard | Marcelo Melo | William Blumberg Miomir Kecmanović |
0–6, 1–6 |
Win | 19–23 | Oct 2022 | Korea Open, South Korea | 250 Series | Hard | Nathaniel Lammons | Nicolás Barrientos Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela |
6–1, 7–5 |
Doubles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Current through the 2022 Davis Cup.
Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | F | 2R | QF | 2R | 1R | QF | 2R | A | 3R | 0 / 8 | 16–8 |
French Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 10 | 6–10 | |
Wimbledon
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A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 3R | 2R | SF | 3R | F | SF | NH | QF | 0 / 8 | 21–8 | |
US Open | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | QF | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 10 | 11–10 | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 11–4 | 4–4 | 9–4 | 4–4 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 1–3 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 0 / 36 | 54–36 |
Year-end championship | ||||||||||||||||
ATP Finals | Did not qualify | F | RR | RR | F | Did not qualify | 0 / 4 | 7–7 | ||||||||
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters
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A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | W | 2R | QF | NH | 1R | 1 / 7 | 9–6 | |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | F | 1R | QF | 1R | NH | 1R | 0 / 7 | 7–7 | |
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | QF | 1R | NH | QF | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | QF | 2R | NH | 2R | 0 / 6 | 5–6 | |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | 2R | F | 1R | 2R | 0 / 6 | 7–6 | |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | QF | SF | F | A | NH | 1R | 0 / 6 | 6–6 | |
Cincinnati Masters
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A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | QF | 2R | 2R | QF | 2R | 1R | 0 / 8 | 6–8 | |
Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | W | 2R | QF | QF | QF | NH | 1 / 6 | 9–5 | ||
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | QF | 2R | 2R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 9 | 6–9 | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–8 | 9–6 | 6–9 | 8–8 | 14–9 | 11–8 | 1–3 | 4–8 | 0–0 | 2 / 62 | 59–60 |
National representation | ||||||||||||||||
Davis Cup | Z1 | Z1 | PO | PO | Z1 | Z2 | Z2 | Z2 | Z2 | Z1 | Z2 | Z1 | Z2 | 0 / 0 | 12–6 | |
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | |
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 39 | |
Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 9–8 | 26–16 | 35–25 | 42–23 | 38–23 | 30–21 | 40–26 | 39–22 | 15–14 | 19–23 | 5–6 | 299–210 | |
Year-end ranking | 363 | 187 | 112 | 73 | 44 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 60% |
References
- ^ "The pronunciation by Raven Klaasen himself". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Maximo Gonzalez and Andre Goransson Reach SFS in Estoril | ATP Tour | Tennis".