Jason Kubler

Jason Kubler

Country	Australia
Residence	Brisbane, Australia
Born	(1993-05-19) 19 May 1993 Brisbane, Australia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$42,450
Singles
Career record	0–1 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 0 Challengers, 4 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 268 (29 October 2012)
Current ranking	No. 540 (4 November 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2010)
Doubles
Career record	0–1 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Last updated on: November 6, 2013.

Jason Kubler (born 19 May 1993 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) is a professional Australian tennis player.

Junior career

In 2009 Kubler was a part of the winning Australian junior Davis Cup team with Luke Saville and Joey Swaysland. Following his success at the junior Davis Cup, Kubler won 5 junior titles in a row which saw his junior ranking rise to No. 3 in the world.

Coming into the 2010 Australian Open junior championships Kubler was named by many as a favourite to win his home Grand Slam and make it three from the last for years to be home grown champions. Although Kubler started the tournament well he fell in the third round to fellow Aussie and eventual runner up Sean Berman. Despite being seeded second and first in Roland Garros and Wimbledon junior tournaments respectively, Kubler did not live up to his seeding, crashing in the second and third round of either tournament.

Kubler received a wildcard entry into his first and only junior tournament of 2011 in the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. Kubler reached the semifinals before falling to local Liam Broady and in doing so recorded his best ever junior result.

As a junior Kubler reached the No. 1 combined world ranking, posting a singles win/loss record of 67-17 (and 42-19 in doubles) in May 2010.

Junior Slam results:

Australian Open: 3R (2010)
French Open: 2R (2010)
Wimbledon: SF (2011)
US Open: 1R (2010)

Junior singles titles (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	14 July 2009	Darwin	Hard	Jordan Kelly-Houston	6–3, 6–4
2.	23 August 2009	Lautoka	Hard	William Kwok	6–4, 6–1
3.	19 October 2009	Osaka	Hard	Hiroyasu Ehara	6–0, 4–6, 6–2
4.	26 October 2009	Nanthaburi	Hard	Yasutaka Uchiyama	7–6(3), 6–2
5.	3 November 2009	Jeju-Do	Hard	Yasutaka Uchiyama	6–2, 6–4
6.	24 May 2010	Charleroi	Clay	James Duckworth	6–7(3), 7–6(1), 6–4

Professional career

2008

Kubler played his first senior tournament in September 2008, of the five Australian future tournaments he entered he was able to qualify for one which resulted in a straight sets first round loss to Marinko Matosevic.

2009

2009 saw Kubler again enter Australian future events in which some he qualified for and some he was given a wildcard entry to. After much success on the ITF junior circuit Kubler disappointed with a first round loss in all the Australian future main draws he played.

2010

Kubler began 2010 by entering all the Australian ATP tournaments with the help of wildcards, the events were held in Brisbane, Sydney and the Australian Open in Melbourne. Kubler lost first round in both Brisbane and Sydney qualifying and was defeated in the first round of the Australian Open by Ivan Ljubičić 6-2 6-1 6-1. After disappointment in his debut on the Grand Slam stage, Kubler entered qualifying for the Burnie Challenger where he was defeated in the final round of qualifying by the eventual champion Bernard Tomic.

Kubler then headed to Europe to play a few Spanish clay court futures event, all resulted in non-qualification. Towards the end of April Kubler successfully gained his first ever ATP points in an Australian futures event held in Ipswich and went on to reach the final of the event, losing to Brydan Klein in straight sets. Following a ranking rise due to his finals performance in an Australian future tournament Kubler received direct entry into a clay Dutch futures tournament in June where he was a surprise semifinalist, beating former top 200 player and number 1 seed Matwe Middelkoop in the quarterfinals 6-2 6-4.

In the lead up to the US open juniors tournament Kubler entered an Italian hard court futures tournament where he was seeded eighth. Kubler reached the semifinals of the tournament falling to the top seed from Italy in straight sets. Following his US Open junior efforts Kubler returned to Europe for a month and a half with the highlight being a semifinal in a Portuguese future tournament before returning to Australia to compete in more futures events.

2011

After an injury plagued start to the year Kubler won his first futures tournament in Birmingham, Alambama defeating Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3 6-2 in the final in October. Kubler continued his good form into the following week where he recorded back-to-back titles in Niceville, Florida with a 6-2 6-4 victory over Roman Vogeli in the final.

2012

At the beginning of the year Kubler opted not to enter Australian tournaments being held during January/February and instead chose to enter four consecutive American futures tournaments in Florida. The decision would prove successful for Kubler as he made the final of three out of four tournaments and came out victorious in the last tournament to win his third futures title of his career.

Professional Career Finals

Singles: 14 (7–7)

Challenger and Futures Finals: 7 Titles, 7 Runner-ups

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	02010-05-02May 2, 2010	Ipswich, Australia	Clay	Brydan Klein	3–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	02011-10-30October 30, 2011	Birmingham, USA	Clay	Yoshihito Nishioka	6–3, 6–2
Winner	3.	02011-11-06November 6, 2011	Niceville, USA	Clay	Roman Vogeli	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	02012-01-15January 15, 2012	Plantation, USA	Clay	Jack Sock	1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up	5.	02012-01-29January 29, 2012	Weston, USA	Clay	Brian Baker	5–7, 3–6
Winner	6.	02012-02-05February 5, 2012	Palm Coast, USA	Clay	Rhyne Williams	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	02012-03-25March 25, 2012	Ipswich, Australia	Clay	Samuel Groth	7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	8.	02012-04-01April 1, 2012	Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	John Millman	6–4, 1–6, 6–1
Runner-up	9.	02012-07-01July 1, 2012	Izmir, Turkey	Clay	Lorenzo Giustino	4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Runner-up	10.	02012-09-30September 30, 2012	Sevilla, Spain	Clay	Gerard Granollers-Pujol	0–6, 6–4, 1–6
Runner-up	11.	02013-03-31March 31, 2013	Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	James Duckworth	6–7(9–11), 2–6
Winner	12.	02013-04-20April 20, 2013	Padova, Italy	Clay	Jordi Samper-Montaña	6–1, 6–4
Winner	13.	02013-11-02November 2, 2013	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Jean-Marc Werner	7–6(7–5), 6–0
Winner	14.	02013-12-15December 15, 2013	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Clay	Sherif Sabri	7–5, 6–3

External links

• ATP Profile
• Jason Kubler at the International Tennis Federation
• Jason Kubler at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
• The Age Feature on Jason Kubler

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