Lukáš Klein
Country (sports) | Slovakia |
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Residence | Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia |
Born | Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia[1] | 22 March 1998
Height | 6'4" (193cm) |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $143,217 |
Singles | |
Career record | 2–4 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 236 (1 November 2021) |
Current ranking | No. 250 (29 November 2021) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (2021) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–0 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 240 (5 April 2021) |
Current ranking | No. 326 (29 November 2021) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 2R (2021) |
Last updated on: 29 November 2021. |
Lukáš Klein (born 22 March 1998) is a Slovak tennis player. Klein has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 236, achieved on 1 November 2021. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 240, achieved on 5 April 2021.[2]
Klein has reached 10 career singles finals, with a record of 6 wins and 4 losses all on the ITF Futures Tour. Additionally, he has reached 11 career doubles finals, with a record of 5 wins and 6 losses, including a 1–3 result in ATP Challenger finals. He won the doubles title at the 2021 Challenger La Manche with compatriot Alex Molčan 1–6, 7–5, [10–6].
Career[]
2021: ATP debut, top 250 and Olympics singles and doubles debut[]
Klein made his ATP main draw singles debut in March 2021 at the 2021 Argentina Open in Argentina, where he defeated Andrea Collarini, Thiago Seyboth Wild and Ernesto Escobedo to qualify for the main draw. Klein then went on to upset compatriot Andrej Martin in the first round defeating him 7–5, 6–3. He would go on to lose in the second round to top seed, local favourite and eventual champion Diego Schwartzman in straight sets 4–6, 2–6.[3] He reached the top 250 and a career-high of World No. 248 in singles on 28 June 2021 after reaching the second round also as a qualifier at the 2021 Mallorca Championships by defeating 8th seed Dusan Lajovic.
At the Olympics, Klein was entered as an alternate for Matteo Berrettini, who had withdrawn due to a thigh injury.[4][5] He also participated in the doubles event partnering Filip Polášek where they reached the second round.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[]
Singles: 10 (6–4)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2017 | Slovakia F2, Piestany | Futures | Clay | Gregoire Jacq | 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Aug 2017 | Slovakia F3, Bratislava | Futures | Clay | Filip Horansky | 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Oct 2017 | Czech Republic F7, Jablonec nad Nisou | Futures | Carpet | Patrik Rikl | 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–3 | Mar 2018 | Egypt F9, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | Patrik Nema | 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 2–3 | Mar 2019 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Jacopo Berrettini | 6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 3–3 | Apr 2019 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Daniel Michalski | 6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 4–3 | Apr 2019 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Jakub Paul | 6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 4–4 | Jun 2019 | M25 Pardubice, Czech Republic | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Manuel Guinard | 4–6, 7–5, 6–7(6–8) |
Win | 5–4 | Jul 2019 | M15 Piestany, Slovakia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Fabian Marozsan | 6–1, 4–6, 6–1 |
Win | 6–4 | Sep 2019 | M15 Bratislava, Slovakia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Kirill Kivattsev | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
Doubles: 11 (5–6)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 2016 | Turkey F6, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Alex Molčan | V. Alekseenko F. Ferreira Silva |
7–6(9-7), 7–6(7–5) |
Win | 2–0 | Oct 2016 | Czech Republic F8, Jablonec nad Nisou | Futures | Carpet | Patrik Nema | Matej Vocel Pavel Motl |
6–1, 6–3 |
Loss | 2–1 | Oct 2016 | Czech Republic F9, Opava | Futures | Carpet | Patrik Nema | P. Matuszewski Grzegorz Panfil |
1–6, 3–6 |
Win | 3–1 | Apr 2017 | Greece F4, Heraklion | Futures | Hard | Patrik Nema | H. Callahan Nicholas S.Hu |
6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 3–2 | Jul 2017 | Slovakia F1, Trnava | Futures | Clay | Patrik Nema | P. Kekercheni D. Kalenichenko |
2–6, 7–5, [8–10] |
Loss | 3–3 | Apr 2019 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Marek Jaloviec | Michal Dembek Daniel Michalski |
2–6, 6–3, [8–10] |
Loss | 3–4 | Jun 2019 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Clay | Alex Molčan | Joran Vliegen Sander Gille |
2–6, 5–7 |
Win | 4–4 | Sep 2020 | M15 Jablonec, Czech Republic | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Uladzimir Ignatik | Filip Duda Petr Nouza |
6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
Loss | 4–5 | Nov 2020 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard | Alex Molčan | Harri Heliovaara Emil Ruusuvuori |
4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 5–5 | Feb 2021 | Cherbourg, France | Challenger | Hard | Alex Molčan | Albano Olivetti Antoine Hoang |
1–6, 7–5, [10–6] |
Loss | 5–6 | Mar 2021 | Zadar, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Alex Molčan | Blaz Kavcic Blaz Rola |
6–2, 3–6, [3–10] |
Junior Grand Slam finals[]
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[]
Result | Year | To | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 2016 | Australian Open | Hard | Patrik Rikl | Alex De Minaur Blake Ellis |
6–3, 5–7, [10–12] |
References[]
- ^ "Tennis - Lukas Klein (Slovakia)".
- ^ "Lukas Klein | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis".
- ^ "Nad jednotkou turnaja viedol 4:2. Klein si však štvrťfinále nezahrá". Pravda (in Slovak). 5 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ https://www.stz.sk/aktuality/oh-klein-v-tokiu-aj-v-dvojhre
- ^ "Italy's Berrettini out of Games due to thigh injury". 18 July 2021.
External links[]
- Lukáš Klein at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Lukáš Klein at the International Tennis Federation
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Slovak male tennis players
- People from Spišská Nová Ves
- Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic tennis players of Slovakia
- European tennis biography stubs
- Slovak sportspeople stubs