Country (sports) | Czechoslovakia |
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Residence | Prague, Czech Republic |
Born | Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 1 March 1946
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | 1968 (amateur from 1966) |
Retired | 1983 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $693,197 |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1990 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | 630–341 (64.9%) in pre Open-Era & Open Era |
Career titles | 9 |
Highest ranking | No. 5 (13 September 1973) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | W (1970, 1971) |
Wimbledon | W (1973) |
US Open | F (1971, 1973) |
Other tournaments | |
Tour Finals | RR (1970, 1971, 1972, 1973) |
WCT Finals | SF (1974) |
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 tennis player who won three Grand Slam singles events in the early 1970s.
His greatest success was achieved on the clay courts of the French Open played at the Stade Roland Garros. He won the singles title there in 1970, beating Željko Franulović in the final in straight sets, and again in 1971, this time defeating Ilie Năstase in the final in four sets. He also won Wimbledon on grass in 1973, although 13 of the top 16 players, and 81 players in total, did not play the tournament[1] that year because of a boycott over the banning from Wimbledon of Nikola Pilić by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF). Kodeš beat home favorite Roger Taylor in the semifinals in five sets and Alex Metreveli in the final in three straight sets.[2][3]
Kodeš never played the Australian Open but he was twice the runner-up at the US Open, in 1971, losing to Stan Smith, and 1973 when he lost in five sets to John Newcombe.[4][3]
He reached his highest ATP ranking of world No. 5 in September 1973.[3] During the open era, he won a total of nine top-level singles titles and 17 doubles titles.
Kodeš was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1990. In 2013, he received the Czech Fair Play Award from the Czech Olympic Committee. He is an economics graduate of the Prague University.[3]
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 | 1R1 | 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 |
1 Start of the Open Era.
a 1968 French Open counts as 0 wins, 0 losses. Fernando Gentil received a walkover in the first round, after Kodeš withdrew, does not count as a Kodeš loss (nor a Gentil win).
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 | Joaquin 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 | 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 | Clay | Manuel Orantes | 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 6. | 1973 | Cologne WCT, Germany | Carpet (i) | Brian Fairlie | 6–1, 6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 8. | 1973 | Vancouver WCT, 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, Germany | Clay | Manuel Orantes | 6–3, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4, 1–6 |
Loss | 14. | 1975 | Düsseldorf, Germany | Clay | Jaime Fillol | 4–6, 6–1, 0–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 15. | 1975 | Kitzbühel, Austria | 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 | 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 | Clay | Željko Franulović | John Alexander Phil Dent |
8–10, 2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 3. | 1970 | Phoenix, U.S. | 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. | Clay | Željko Franulović | Clark Graebner Erik van Dillen |
7–6, 5–7, 6–3 |
Win | 2. | 1972 | Nice, France | Clay | Stan Smith | Frew McMillan Ilie Năstase |
6–3, 3–6, 7–5 |
Win | 3. | 1972 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | Ilie Năstase | Bob Hewitt Ion Țiriac |
4–6, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 7. | 1972 | Montreal, Canada | Clay | Jan Kukal | Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac |
6–7, 3–6 |
Win | 4. | 1973 | Los Angeles, U.S. | 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 WCT, U.S. | Hard | Vladimír Zedník | Raymond Moore Onny Parun |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 7. | 1974 | Düsseldorf, Germany | Clay | Jiří Hřebec | Kenichi Hirai Toshiro Sakai |
6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 8. | 1975 | Salisbury, U.S. | Carpet | Roger Taylor | Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase |
6–7, 2–6 |
Win | 8. | 1975 | Munich, Germany | Clay | Wojciech Fibak | Milan Holeček Karl Meiler |
7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 9. | 1975 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | Wojciech Fibak | Juan Gisbert Sr. Manuel Orantes |
3–6, 6–7 |
Win | 9. | 1975 | Düsseldorf, Germany | Clay | François Jauffret | Harald Elschenbroich Hans Kary |
6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 10. | 1975 | Montreal, Canada | 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 WCT, U.S. | Carpet | Ross Case | Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas |
3–6, 7–6, 4–6 |
Win | 12. | 1977 | Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco | 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 | Clay | Wojciech Fibak | Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan |
6–0, 6–4 |
Loss | 14. | 1977 | Vienna, Austria | 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 | Robert Lutz Stan Smith |
3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 17. | 1978 | Nice, France | Clay | Tomáš Šmíd | Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret |
4–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 18. | 1978 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Tomáš Šmíd | Víctor Pecci Belus Prajoux |
7–6, 6–7, 1–6 |
Win | 14. | 1978 | Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany | 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 Masters, 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. | Clay | Tomáš Šmíd | Gene Mayer John McEnroe |
4–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 22. | 1980 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Balázs Taróczy | Steve Denton Ivan Lendl |
2–6, 7–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 23. | 1980 | Cologne, 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
- ^ Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. Barrett, John. Collins Willow 2011 ISBN 0-00-711707-8
- ^ "Wimbledon Singles Titles Captured by King, Kodeš". No. The Spokesman-Review. AP. 8 July 1973.
- ^ a b c d John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 268–269. 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, ISBN 978-0942257687