Omar Jasika (; born 18 May 1997) is an Australian

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player. He is the 2014 US Open boys' singles champion defeating

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in the final. Jasika along with

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also won the 2014 US Open boys' doubles title after defeating

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and

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in the final. In winning both, Jasika became the first player in 28 years to win both the boys’ singles and doubles events at the US Open. Jasika has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 239 achieved on 3 April 2017, as well as a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 220 achieved on 22 May 2016.

Personal life

Jasika was born in

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, Australia. He is of Bosnian descent. His parents, Admir and Bina, emigrated from

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to Australia during the

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before Omar was born. He is the eldest child in his family and his brother, Amor, is also an aspiring professional tennis player. Jasika began playing tennis at the age of six. He attended South Oakleigh College throughout his schooling years.

Professional tour

2014: Tour Debut

After his success at the US Open, Jasika made his

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debut in September, after he was given a wild card into the Malaysian Open. He drew

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in round one, and won the first set, and was within 2 points of the match in the second, before losing in three sets. In October, Jasika made his first final at the Australia F7 in

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2015

Jasika commenced 2015 at the Onkaparina Challenger where he drew No.1 seed and world No.80

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. He lost in three sets. Jasika competed in the qualifying for the Australian Open, when he won two rounds, but lost in the final round to

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. In February, he played in the Australia Futures 1 tournament, where he lost in the final to

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. In March, Jasika headed to China where he made the final round of qualifying in both

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and

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Challengers before heading to

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where he qualified for and made the quarter final of the Guadeloupe Challenger. In May, Jasika won his first ITF title in

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. In July, Jasika won his second ITF title in

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, dropping just one set along the way.

2016

Jasika made his grand slam debut at the

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after being awarded a wild card. He won his first round match, beating

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in 4 sets; he subsequently lost to former finalist

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in the following round in straight sets. Jasika spent the remainder of the year predominantly on the Futures circuit across North America and Europe, making numerous quarter and semi finals, but no finals. In December, Jasika won the Australian Open wildcard play-off, earning him direct entry into the

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. Jasika ended the year with a ranking of 367.

2017: First Challenger title

Jasika commenced the year with a wildcard into the Happy Valley Challenger where he reached his first

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final. At the

, Jasika lost in round 1 to

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. In February, Jasika won his first Challenger title in

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. In March, Jasika returned to the ITF circuit in Australia, reaching the semi final of the F2 in Canberra. In July, Jasika travelled to North America and competed on the Challenger Circuit, winning just one match. In September, Jasika reached the quarter final of

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and in October, the quarter final of the

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. Jasika ended 2017 with a ranking of 276 .

2018

Jasika commenced the season by reaching the quarter final of the Playford Challenger before losing in round 1 2018 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying. Jasika was suspended from professional tennis by ASADA for two years after testing positive to cocaine in December 2017. Jasika will be eligible to play again in March 2020.

2020-2021: Planned return from suspension

Jasika returned from suspension at the ITF tournament held in Geelong, Australia in March, losing in the first round of qualifying. His return was stalled by the

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2022: Return from suspension

In February 2022, Jasika's played first professional match in years at the ITF tournament in Canberra, where he reached the quarter-final. In March 2022, in his fourth tournament back, Jasika won the ITF tournament Bendigo. Following this, he won an ITF tournament in Chiang Rai, Thailand, during April, beating compatriot Dayne Kelly 6-1, 7-6. After that he won at Heraklion in Greece.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 14 (8–6)

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Junior career

ITF Junior finals (4)

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jasika, Omar 1997 births Living people Australian male tennis players US Open (tennis) junior champions Australian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Tennis players from Melbourne Doping cases in tennis Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Sportsmen from Victoria (Australia)