Jonáš Forejtek
Czech tennis player
 Forejtek at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Country (sports) |  Czech Republic |
|---|---|
| Born | (2001-03-10) 10 March 2001 (age 23) Plzeň, Czech Republic |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Sláva Doseděl |
| Prize money | $134,148 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 3–1 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 217 (1 August 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 346 (3 April 2023) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2022) |
| US Open | Q1 (2022) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–1 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 302 (28 February 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 463 (6 February 2023) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | 2–0 |
| Last updated on: 3 April 2023. | |
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. 217, achieved on 1 August 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 302, achieved on 28 February 2022. 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 2–0 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 Jiří Lehečka 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 Vrbenský 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 Ćaćić and Antonio Šančić 6–4, 6–3 in the final.
2020–2021: ATP and top 300 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.
Forejtek made his debut in the top 300 on 1 November 2021 at World No. 294.
2022: Top 250 debut
He made his top 250 debut on 16 May 2022 at No. 226 following a semifinal showing as a qualifier at the 2022 Heilbronner Neckarcup Challenger in Germany.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2019 | Australian Open | Hard | Dalibor Svrčina | Cannon Kingsley Emilio Nava | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
| Win | 2019 | Wimbledon | Grass | Jiří Lehečka |  Liam Draxl Govind Nanda | 7–5, 6–4 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 7 (3–4)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |  Nikolás Sánchez Izquierdo | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–3 | Sep 2023 | M15 Buschhausen, Germany | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Louis Wessels | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Sep 2023 | M25 Pardubice, Czech Republic | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Louis Wessels | 4–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
Doubles: 7 (5–2)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Říčany, 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 |
| Loss | 5–2 | Jan 2022 | Forlì, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Jelle Sels |  Victor Vlad Cornea Fabian Fallert | 4–6, 7–6(8–6), [7–10] |
Performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Singles
Current through the 2020 Sofia Open
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| US Open | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0-0 |
| National representation | ||||||
| Olympic Games | Not Held | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Davis Cup | Z1 | RR | A | 0 / 1 | 2–0 | |
| Career statistics | ||||||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 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 | 304 | 261 | 75% | |
References
- ^ "Jonáš Forejtek – ITF Profile". Archived from the original on 2020-10-11. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
External links
- Jonáš Forejtek at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Jonáš Forejtek at the International Tennis Federation
- Jonáš Forejtek at the Davis Cup
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by | Czech Junior Athlete of the Year 2019 | Succeeded by |
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