Raven Klaasen
Raven Klaasen (born 16 October 1982) is a professional South African tennis player. Klaasen's career-high singles ranking is world number 208, which he achieved on 24 October 2011. He has had more success playing doubles, with the notable achievement of reaching the 2014 Australian Open finals with partner Eric Butorac. Their run to the final included a victory over the World No. 1 team of Bob and Mike Bryan. As of November 2014, he is ranked at a career-high doubles ranking of 18.
Major finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
ATP career finals
Doubles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runners-up)
| Winner – Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–1) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–0) |
| ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–0) |
| ATP World Tour 250 Series (6–5) |
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| Titles by Surface |
|---|
| Hard (7–5) |
| Clay (1–1) |
| Grass (1–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
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| Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents |
Score |
|---|
| Runner-up |
1. |
10 February 2013 |
Open Sud de France, Montpellier, France |
Hard (i) |
 Johan Brunström |
 Marc Gicquel
Michaël Llodra |
3–6, 6–3, [9–11] |
| Winner |
1. |
25 May 2013 |
Open de Nice Côte d’Azur, Nice, France |
Clay |
Johan Brunström |
 Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner |
2. |
22 September 2013 |
Moselle Open, Metz, France |
Hard (i) |
Johan Brunström |
Nicolas Mahut
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga |
6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
| Winner |
3. |
29 September 2013 |
Proton Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Hard (i) |
 Eric Butorac |
 Pablo Cuevas
 Horacio Zeballos |
6–2, 6–4 |
| Runner-up |
2. |
25 January 25 2014 |
Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia |
Hard |
Eric Butorac |
 Łukasz Kubot
Robert Lindstedt |
3–6, 3–6 |
| Winner |
4. |
16 February 16 2014 |
U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, Memphis, United States |
Hard (i) |
Eric Butorac |
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner |
5. |
19 October 19 2014 |
If Stockholm Open, Stockholm, Sweden |
Hard (i) |
Eric Butorac |
 Treat Huey
Jack Sock |
6-4, 6-3 |
| Runner-up |
3. |
11 January 11 2015 |
Aircel Chennai Open, Chennai, India |
Hard |
 Leander Paes |
 Yen-hsun Lu
 Jonathan Marray |
3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
| Winner |
6. |
17 January 17 2015 |
Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand |
Hard |
Leander Paes |
Dominic Inglot
 Florin Mergea |
7–6(7–1), 6–4 |
| Runner-up |
4. |
22 February 2015 |
Delray Beach Open, Delray Beach, United States |
Hard |
Leander Paes |
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan |
3–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
| Runner-up |
5. |
23 May 2015 |
Geneva Open, Geneva, Switzerland |
Clay |
Lu Yen-hsun |
Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah |
5–7, 6–4, [7–10] |
| Winner |
7. |
21 June 2015 |
Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany |
Grass |
Rajeev Ram |
Rohan Bopanna
Florin Mergea |
7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
| Runner-up |
6. |
4 October 2015 |
Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Hard (i) |
Rajeev Ram |
Treat Huey
 Henri Kontinen |
6-7(4-7), 2-6 |
| Winner |
8. |
11 October 2015 |
Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan |
Hard |
 Marcelo Melo |
Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah |
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–7] |
| Winner |
9. |
18 October 2015 |
Shanghai Rolex Masters, Shanghai, China |
Hard |
Marcelo Melo |
 Simone Bolelli
Fabio Fognini |
6–3, 6–3 |
Doubles performance timeline
- Key
| W |
F |
SF |
QF |
R# |
RR |
LQ (Q#) |
A |
P |
Z# |
PO |
SF-B |
F-S |
G |
NMS |
NH |
Won tournament; reached the Finals; Semifinals; Quarterfinals; Rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; reached a Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup or Fed Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a Bronze, Silver (F or S) or Gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.
This table is current through 2015 US Open.
References
External links
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