Jonáš Forejtek
Country (sports) | Czech Republic |
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Born | Plzeň, Czech Republic | 10 March 2001
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Sláva Doseděl |
Prize money | $67,819 |
Singles | |
Career record | 3–1 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 293 (8 November 2021) |
Current ranking | No. 293 (8 November 2021) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open Junior | 3R (2019) |
French Open Junior | 3R (2019) |
Wimbledon Junior | 1R (2018, 2019) |
US Open Junior | W (2019) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–1 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 323 (9 March 2020) |
Current ranking | No. 377 (1 November 2021) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open Junior | W (2019) |
French Open Junior | 2R (2018) |
Wimbledon Junior | W (2019) |
US Open Junior | 1R (2018) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | 2–0 |
Last updated on: 8 November 2021. |
Jonáš Forejtek (born 10 March 2001) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.[1] Forejtek has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 293, achieved on 8 November 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 323, achieved on 9 March 2020. Forejtek has reached five career singles finals, with a record of 2 wins and 3 losses all on the ITF Futures Tour. Additionally, he has reached five career doubles finals, with a record of 4 wins and 1 loss which includes a 1–0 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals.
Junior career[]
In 2019, Forejtek reached three junior grand slam finals, one in singles and two in doubles, winning them all. At the 2019 Australian Forejtek and compatriot partner Dalibor Svrčina won the boys' doubles title beating Americans Emilio Nava and Cannon Kingsley 7–6(7–5), 6–4 in the finals. At the 2019 Wimbledon Championships he partnered with another compatriot Jiri Lehecka capturing his second boys' grand slam doubles title, defeating Govind Nanda and Liam Draxl 7–5, 6–4 in the championship match. At the 2019 US Open, he defeated Emilio Nava 6–7(4–7), 6–0, 6–2 in the final to win the boys’ singles championship.
Forejtek was the World No. 1 male junior player according to the ITF combined singles and doubles junior rankings, achieving this feat on 9 September 2019.
Professional career[]
2019[]
As wildcard entrants, Forejtek and fellow Czech Michael Vrbensky won the doubles title at the 2019 Svijany Open challenger tournament in Liberec, Czech Republic. Impressively, they defeated the number 3 seeds in the quarterfinals (second round), the number 1 seeds in the semifinals and then claimed the title by bettering the number 2 seeds Nikola Cacic and Antonio Sancic 6–4, 6–3 in the final.
2020: ATP debut[]
Forejtek made his ATP debut at 2020 Sofia Open receiving a wildcard entry into the singles main draw. He proceeded to claim an upset victory over former World No. 3 Marin Čilić in the first round, losing just 5 games. He was then defeated by another former top 10 player Richard Gasquet in the second round.
Junior Grand Slam finals[]
Singles: 1 (1 title)[]
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 2019 | US Open | Hard | Emilio Nava | 6–7(4–7), 6–0, 6–2 |
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)[]
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2019 | Australian Open | Hard | Dalibor Svrčina | Cannon Kingsley Emilio Nava |
7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
Win | 2019 | Wimbledon | Grass | Jiří Lehečka | Govind Nanda Liam Draxl |
7–5, 6–4 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[]
Singles: 5 (2–3)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2018 | Czech Republic F9, Valašské Meziříčí | Futures | Hard | Karol Drzewiecki | 3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2019 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Christopher O'Connell | 6–2, 4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 1–2 | Aug 2019 | M25 Vogau, Austria | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Camilo Ugo Carabelli | 7–6(9–7), 4–6, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–3 | Jan 2020 | M25 Nussloch, Germany | World Tennis Tour | Carpet | Ruben Bemelmans | 7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), 2–6 |
Win | 2–3 | Feb 2020 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Nikolas Sanchez Izquierdo | 6–4, 6–3 |
Doubles: 6 (5–1)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2018 | Czech Republic F7, Liberec | Futures | Carpet | Jan Mertl | Marek Gengel Petr Nouza |
6–2, 3–6, [3–10] |
Win | 1–1 | Aug 2019 | Liberec, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Michael Vrbenský | Nikola Ćaćić Antonio Šančić |
6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 2–1 | Aug 2019 | M25 Vogau, Austria | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Jan Mertl | Vít Kopřiva Jaroslav Pospíšil |
6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 3–1 | Sep 2019 | M25+H Ricany, Czech Republic | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Michael Vrbenský | Niels Lootsma Petr Nouza |
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5) |
Win | 4–1 | Mar 2020 | M25 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Michael Vrbenský | Fábián Marozsán Péter Nagy |
6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 5–1 | Aug 2021 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Michael Vrbenský | Evgeny Karlovskiy Evgenii Tiurnev |
6-1, 6-4 |
Performance timeline[]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | P | NH |
Singles[]
Current through the 2020 Sofia Open
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
French Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0���0 |
Wimbledon | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
US Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0-0 |
National representation | |||||
Olympic Games | Not Held | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Davis Cup | Z1 | RR | 0 / 1 | 2–0 | |
Career statistics | |||||
2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Career | ||
Tournaments | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Titles–Finals | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
Overall Win–Loss | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |
Year-end ranking | 536 | 362 | 75% |
References[]
External links[]
- Jonáš Forejtek at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Jonáš Forejtek at the International Tennis Federation
- Jonáš Forejtek at the Davis Cup
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Czech male tennis players
- Australian Open (tennis) junior champions
- US Open (tennis) junior champions
- Sportspeople from Plzeň
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
- Wimbledon junior champions
- Czech tennis biography stubs