Jan Kodeš
Country | Czechoslovakia |
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Residence | Prague, Czech Republic |
Born |
Prague, Czechoslovakia | March 1, 1946
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | 1968 (amateur tour from 1966) |
Retired | 1983 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $693,197 |
Int. Tennis HOF | 1990 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | 410-241 (Open era) |
Career titles | 11 |
Highest ranking | No. 4 (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 (May 21, 1979) |
Last updated on: October 9, 2012. |
Jan Kodeš (Czech: Jan Kodeš; born March 1, 1946, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a right-handed Czech former tennis player who won three Grand Slam events in the early 1970s. Kodeš's greatest success was on the clay courts of the French Open. He won the title there in 1970, beating Željko Franulović in the final, and in 1971, defeating Ilie Năstase in the final. 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 ILTF banning Nikola Pilić from that Wimbledon. Kodeš beat home favorite Roger Taylor in the semifinals 8–9, 9–7, 5–7, 6–4, 7–5 and Alex Metreveli in the final 6–1, 9–8, 6–3.
Kodeš never played the Australian Open but he was twice the runner-up at the US Open, in 1971 and 1973.
Kodeš reached his highest tour ranking of World No. 4 in September 1973. During his career, he won a total of 8 top-level singles titles and 17 doubles titles.
He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1990, in 2013 he received Czech fair play award from Czech Olympic Committee.
Career statistics
Grand Slam tournament performance timeline
Tournament | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | SR | W–L | Win % | |||
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | Absent | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||||
French Open | 2R | 4R | 1R[a] | 4R | W | W | QF | QF | 4R | 4R | 3R | 4R | 3R | 2 / 13 | 41–10 | 80.39 | |||
Wimbledon | 1R | 1R1 | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | SF | W | QF | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 1 / 12 | 18–11 | 62.07 | |||
US Open | A | A | A | 2R | A | F | 2R | F | 4R | 4R | QF | 3R | A | 0 / 8 | 26–8 | 76.47 | |||
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 | 3 / 33 | 85–29 | 74.56 |
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).
Finals: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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Winner | 1970 | French Open (1) | Clay | Željko Franulović | 6–2, 6–4, 6–0 |
Winner | 1971 | French Open (2) | Clay | Ilie Năstase | 8–6, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 1971 | US Open (1) | Grass | Stan Smith | 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–7(3–5) |
Winner | 1973 | Wimbledon | Grass | Alex Metreveli | 6–1, 9–8(7–5), 6–3 |
Runner-up | 1973 | US Open (2) | Grass | John Newcombe | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 3–6 |
Open era singles finals (26)
Wins (8)
Outcome | No. | Date | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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Runner-up | 1. | 1969 | Barranquilla, Colombia | Clay | Ilie Năstase | 4–6, 4–6, 10–8, 6–2, 3–6 |
Winner | 1. | 1970 | French Open, Paris | Clay | Željko Franulović | 6–2, 6–4, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 2. | 1970 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Ilie Năstase | 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–8 |
Runner-up | 3. | 1971 | Nice, France | Clay | Ilie Năstase | 8–10, 9–11, 1–6 |
Winner | 2. | 1971 | Catania, Italy | Clay | Georges Goven | 6–3, 6–0, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 4. | 1971 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Rod Laver | 5–7, 3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 3. | 1971 | French Open, Paris | Clay | Ilie Năstase | 8–6, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 5. | 1971 | U.S. Open, New York City | Grass | Stan Smith | 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 6. | 1971 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | Arthur Ashe | 1–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–1, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 1972 | Nice, France | Clay | Ilie Năstase | 0–6, 4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 1972 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Manuel Orantes | 6–4, 1–6, 5–7, 2–6 |
Winner | 4. | 1972 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Manuel Orantes | 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 5. | 1973 | Cologne WCT, Germany | Carpet | Brian Fairlie | 6–1, 6–3, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 9. | 1973 | Vancouver WCT, Canada | Carpet | Tom Gorman | 6–3, 2–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 6. | 1973 | Wimbledon, London | Grass | Alex Metreveli | 6–1, 9–8, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 10. | 1973 | U.S. Open, New York City | Grass | John Newcombe | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 11. | 1973 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Mateflex | Jiří Hřebec | 6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 0–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 12. | 1975 | Hampton, U.S. | Carpet | Jimmy Connors | 6–3, 3–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 13. | 1975 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | Manuel Orantes | 6–3, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 14. | 1975 | Düsseldorf, Germany | Clay | Jaime Fillol | 4–6, 6–1, 0–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 15. | 1975 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Adriano Panatta | 6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 4–6 |
Winner | 7. | 1975 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Adriano Panatta | 6–2, 3–6, 7–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 8. | 1976 | Basel, Switzerland | Mateflex | Jiří Hřebec | 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 16. | 1976 | Nice, France | Clay | Corrado Barazzutti | 2–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–7, 6–8 |
Runner-up | 17. | 1976 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Manuel Orantes | 6–7, 2–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 18. | 1977 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Guillermo Vilas | 7–5, 2–6, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6 |
Doubles titles (17)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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Runner-up | 1. | 1970 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Željko Franulović | Dick Crealy Allan Stone |
2–6, 6–2, 12–12, RET. |
Runner-up | 2. | 1970 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Željko Franulović | John Alexander Phil Dent |
8–10, 2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 1970 | Phoenix, U.S. | Hard | Charlie Pasarell | Dick Crealy Ray Ruffels |
6–7, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 1970 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Željko Franulović | Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels |
5–7, 2–6, 7–5, 7–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 1971 | Macon, U.S. | Carpet | Željko Franulović | Clark Graebner Thomaz Koch |
3–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 6. | 1971 | Catania, Italy | Clay | Jan Kukal | Pierre Barthès Francois Jauffret |
6-7, 6-2, 3-6 |
Winner | 1. | 1971 | Indianapolis, U.S. | Clay | Željko Franulović | Clark Graebner Erik Van Dillen |
7–6, 5–7, 6–3 |
Winner | 2. | 1972 | Nice, France | Clay | Stan Smith | Frew McMillan Ilie Năstase |
6–3, 3–6, 7–5 |
Winner | 3. | 1972 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | Ilie Năstase | Bob Hewitt Ion Ţiriac |
4–6, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 7. | 1972 | Montreal, Canada | Clay | Jan Kukal | Ilie Năstase Ion Ţiriac |
6–7, 3–6 |
Winner | 4. | 1973 | Los Angeles, U.S. | Hard | Vladimír Zedník | Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase |
6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 5. | 1973 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Mateflex | Vladimír Zedník | Róbert Machán Balázs Taróczy |
7-6, 7–6 |
Winner | 6. | 1974 | Palm Desert WCT, U.S. | Hard | Vladimír Zedník | Raymond Moore Onny Parun |
6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 7. | 1974 | Düsseldorf, Germany | Clay | Jiří Hřebec | Ken-Ichi Hirai Toshiro Sakai |
6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 8. | 1975 | Salisbury, U.S. | Carpet | Roger Taylor | Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase |
6–7, 2–6 |
Winner | 8. | 1975 | Munich, Germany | Clay | Wojtek Fibak | Milan Holeček Karl Meiler |
7–5, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 9. | 1975 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | Wojtek Fibak | Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes |
3–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 9. | 1975 | Düsseldorf, Germany | Clay | François Jauffret | Harald Elschenbroich Hans Kary |
6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 10. | 1975 | Montreal, Canada | Hard | Ilie Năstase | Cliff Drysdale Raymond Moore |
4–6, 7–5, 6–7 |
Winner | 10. | 1975 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Ilie Năstase | Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes |
6–4, 3–6, 9–7 |
Winner | 11. | 1976 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Jiří Hřebec | Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann |
6–7, 6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 12. | 1977 | Baltimore, U.S. | Carpet | Ross Case | Ion Ţiriac Guillermo Vilas |
3–6, 7–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 12. | 1977 | Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco | Clay | François Jauffret | Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker |
2–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 13. | 1977 | French Open, Paris | Clay | Wojtek Fibak | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez |
6–7, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 13. | 1977 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Wojtek Fibak | Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan |
6–0, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 14. | 1977 | Vienna, Austria | Carpet | Wojtek Fibak | Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan |
4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 15. | 1977 | Oviedo, Spain | Carpet | Raúl Ramírez | Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart |
3–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 16. | 1978 | Springfield, U.S. | Carpet | Marty Riessen | Robert Lutz Stan Smith |
3–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 17. | 1978 | Nice, France | Clay | Tomáš Šmíd | Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret |
4–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 18. | 1978 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Tomáš Šmíd | Víctor Pecci Belus Prajoux |
7–6, 6–7, 1–6 |
Winner | 14. | 1978 | Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany | Clay | Tomáš Šmíd | Carlos Kirmayr Belus Prajoux |
6–3, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 19. | 1978 | Aix-en-Provence, France | Clay | Tomáš Šmíd | Ion Ţiriac Guillermo Vilas |
6–7, 1–6 |
Winner | 15. | 1978 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Wojtek Fibak | Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd |
6–7, 6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 16. | 1979 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | Tomáš Šmíd | Mark Edmondson John Marks |
6–3, 6–1, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 20. | 1979 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay | Tomáš Šmíd | Tom Okker Balázs Taróczy |
1–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 21. | 1979 | Indianapolis, U.S. | Clay | Tomáš Šmíd | Gene Mayer John McEnroe |
4–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 22. | 1980 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Balázs Taróczy | Steve Denton Ivan Lendl |
2–6, 7–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 23. | 1980 | Cologne, Germany | Carpet | Tomáš Šmíd | Bernard Mitton Andrew Pattison |
4–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 17. | 1982 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay | Tomáš Šmíd | Balázs Taróczy Heinz Günthardt |
7–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 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, Luxemburg, 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. More you can find at Jan Kodes biography from Peter Kolar: A Journey to Glory from behind the Iron Curtain.
References
- ↑ Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. Barrett, John. Collins Willow 2011 ISBN 0-00-711707-8
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