Adam Pavlásek

Czech tennis player (born 1994)
Adam Pavlásek
Pavlásek at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Czech Republic
ResidenceBilovec, Czech Republic
Born (1994-10-08) 8 October 1994 (age 29)
Bílovec, Czech Republic
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2012
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachMichal Navratil
Prize money$ 946,703
Singles
Career record6–9
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 72 (9 January 2017)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2017)
French Open2R (2016, 2018)
Wimbledon2R (2017)
US OpenQ1 (2015, 2018)
Doubles
Career record28–21
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 38 (1 April 2024)
Current rankingNo. 38 (1 April 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2024)
French Open2R (2023)
WimbledonQF (2023)
US Open2R (2023)
Last updated on: 2 April 2024.

Adam Pavlásek (born 8 October 1994) is a Czech professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 72 in January 2017 and doubles ranking of world No. 38 on 1 April 2024. He is the current No. 1 Czech player in men's doubles.[1] In singles, he played mostly on the ATP Challenger Tour.

Junior career

Adam Pavlásek at the 2018 French Open

Pavlásek made the semifinals at 2012 Australian Open and 2012 French Open and quarterfinal at 2011 US Open in singles. He also made two Grand Slam finals at 2012 Australian Open and 2012 French Open in doubles.

As a junior, Pavlásek posted a 72–40 win–loss record in singles, 66–36 in doubles and reached the No. 7 combined world ranking in 2012.

Professional career

Singles

At the start of 2015, Pavlásek replaced injured countryman Radek Štěpánek in the Hopman Cup, playing alongside Lucie Šafářová. He made a name for himself by defeating world No. 20 Fabio Fognini of Italy, Pavlásek's first ever win over a top 20 player.[2]

Pavlásek made his Grand Slam debut at the 2016 French Open as a lucky loser.

He made his top 100 debut on 12 June 2016 following his 2016 Sparta Prague Open Challenger title.[3]

He made his ATP World Tour debut at 2016 Generali Open Kitzbühel, defeating Máximo González and Marcel Granollers to make his first ATP-level quarterfinal, where he lost to Nikoloz Basilashvili.

Doubles

He made his doubles debut at the 2023 French Open and recorded his first Major doubles win partnering Ariel Behar over Albert Ramos Viñolas and Bernabe Zapata Miralles.

At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships he reached the quarterfinals of a Major for the first time with Behar defeating former Wimbledon champions, ninth seeded pair of Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić before losing to eventual champions Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski.[4]

He reached his first ATP final with Behar at the 2023 European Open but lost to the Tsitsipas brothers.[5]

At the 2024 Australian Open he made the quarterfinals with Behar. As a result he reached the top 50 in the doubles rankings. The Uruguayan-Czech team upset fifth seeds Santiago González and Neal Skupski in three sets to advance and face next, first time doubles quarterfinalists newly formed Chinese-Czech duo of Zhang Zhizhen and Tomáš Macháč.[6]

ATP finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2023 European Open, Antwerp 250 Series Hard (i) Uruguay Ariel Behar Greece Petros Tsitsipas
Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [8–10]

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 16 (10–6)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–6)
ITF Futures Tour (6–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (6–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2012 Czech Republic F6, Liberec Futures Hard Czech Republic Jiří Veselý 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–0
Win 2–0 Sep 2012 Turkey F37, Antalya Futures Hard Moldova Andrei Ciumac 6–1, 6–3
Win 3–0 Aug 2013 Poland F2, Olsztyn Futures Clay Monaco Benjamin Balleret 6–2, 5–7, 7–6(7–5)
Win 4–0 Oct 2013 Turkey F39, Antalya Futures Hard Netherlands Miliaan Niesten 6–1, 6–4
Win 5–0 Mar 2014 Italy F5, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Belgium Arthur De Greef 6–3, 6–3
Win 6–0 May 2014 Egypt F18, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Belgium Germain Gigounon 2–6, 6–0, 6–2
Loss 6–1 May 2015 Ostrava, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Spain Íñigo Cervantes Huegun 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 6–2 May 2015 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay United Kingdom Aljaž Bedene 5–7, 2–6
Win 7–2 Jun 2015 Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia Challenger Clay Chile Hans Podlipnik Castillo 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 7–3 Jan 2016 Bangkok, Thailand Challenger Hard Russia Mikhail Youzhny 4–6, 1–6
Loss 7–4 Feb 2016 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard (i) Australia Jordan Thompson 6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Loss 7–5 Apr 2016 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay Sweden Elias Ymer 5–7, 4–6
Win 8–5 Jun 2016 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay France Stéphane Robert 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 8–6 Jul 2016 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Netherlands Robin Haase 4–6, 7–6(11–9), 2–6
Win 9–6 Sep 2016 Banja Luka, Bosnia/Herzegovina Challenger Clay Serbia Miljan Zekić 3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win 10–6 May 2018 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay Serbia Laslo Đere 7–6(7–1), 6–7(9–11), 6–4

Doubles: 21 (7–14)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (6–12)
ITF Futures Tour (1–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (5–11)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2012 Ostrava, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Czech Republic Jiří Veselý Moldova Radu Albot
Russia Teymuraz Gabashvili
5–7, 7–5, [8–10]
Win 1–1 Jul 2012 Czech Republic F4, Prostějov Futures Clay Czech Republic Jiří Veselý Italy Riccardo Bellotti
Austria Dominic Thiem
7–6(7–2), 6–3
Loss 1–2 Sep 2012 Poland F6, Legnica Futures Clay Czech Republic Jan Šátral Poland Marcin Gawron
Poland Grzegorz Panfil
w/o
Loss 1–3 Apr 2014 Turkey F11, Antalya Futures Hard Switzerland Luca Margaroli France Rémi Boutillier
Benin Alexis Klégou
3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win 2–3 Jul 2014 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Moldova Radu Albot Poland Tomasz Bednarek
Finland Henri Kontinen
7–5, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss 2–4 Nov 2014 Bratislava, Slowakei Challenger Hard (i) Slovakia Norbert Gombos United Kingdom Ken Skupski
United Kingdom Neal Skupski
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 2–5 Jun 2015 Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia Challenger Clay Slovakia Norbert Gombos Czech Republic Roman Jebavý
Czech Republic Jan Šátral
2–6, 2–6
Win 3–5 Jan 2019 Koblenz, Germany Challenger Hard (i) Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář Austria Jürgen Melzer
Slovakia Filip Polášek
6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–6 May 2019 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay Serbia Nikola Čačić Slovakia Filip Polášek
Austria Philipp Oswald
w/o
Loss 3–7 Apr 2022 Oeiras, Portugal Challenger Clay Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář Portugal Nuno Borges
Portugal Francisco Cabral
4-6, 0-6
Win 4–7 Apr 2022 Madrid, Spain Challenger Clay Slovakia Igor Zelenay Brazil Rafael Matos
Spain David Vega Hernández
6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss 4–8 May 2022 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Czech Republic Andrew Paulson Portugal Nuno Borges
Portugal Francisco Cabral
4-6, 7-6(7-3), [5-10]
Win 5–8 May 2022 Zagreb, Croatia Challenger Clay Slovakia Igor Zelenay Croatia Domagoj Bilješko
Andrey Chepelev
4–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Loss 5–9 May 2022 Poznan, Poland Challenger Clay Czech Republic Marek Gengel United States Hunter Reese
Poland Szymon Walków
6-1, 3-6, [6-10]
Loss 5–10 Jul 2022 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay Czech Republic Roman Jebavý Brazil Marcelo Demoliner
Germany Jan-Lennard Struff
4-6, 5-7
Win 6–10 Jul 2022 Zug, Switzerland Challenger Clay Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář Poland Karol Drzewiecki
Finland Patrik Niklas-Salminen
6–3, 7–5
Loss 6–11 Aug 2022 Liberec, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Czech Republic Roman Jebavý Austria Neil Oberleitner
Austria Philipp Oswald
6-7(5-7), 2-6
Loss 6–12 Sep 2022 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay Czech Republic Roman Jebavý Jamaica Dustin Brown
Italy Andrea Vavassori
4–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss 6–13 Sep 2022 Genoa, Italy Challenger Clay Czech Republic Roman Jebavý Jamaica Dustin Brown
Italy Andrea Vavassori
2–6, 2–6
Win 7–13 Jan 2023 Nonthaburi, Thailand Challenger Hard Czech Republic Marek Gengel United States Robert Galloway
Mexico Hans Hach Verdugo
7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss 7–14 Jan 2023 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Challenger Hard (i) Czech Republic Roman Jebavý Monaco Romain Arneodo
Austria Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
4–6, 3–6

References

  1. ^ "Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Doubles Rankings".
  2. ^ "Pavlasek rises to give Czechs tie win". Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Pavlasek Enters Top 100 With Prague Title". ATP Tour. 2016-06-12. Archived from the original on 2023-04-02.
  4. ^ https://www.lta.org.uk/fan-zone/wimbledon-championships/news/2023-neal-skupski-wesley-koolhof-to-make-mens-doubles-semi-final-debut/
  5. ^ "Hijikata/Purcell Clinch Tokyo Title, Tsitsipas Brothers Win Antwerp Trophy". atpworldtour.com. ATP. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Bopanna/Ebden cut through tie-break tension for QF spot".

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