Raven Klaasen ( ; born 16 October 1982) is a South African professional

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player who specialises in doubles. He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7 in August 2019, and has won 19 doubles titles on the

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, including two at Masters 1000 level. Klaasen is a two-time Grand Slam finalist, having finished runner-up at the

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alongside

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, and the 2018 Wimbledon Championships with Michael Venus. He was also runner up at the ATP Finals in both

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and

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, partnering

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and Venus respectively. In singles, Klaasen has a career-high ranking of world No. 208, achieved in October 2011. He has represented South Africa in the

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since 2009, and has a win–loss record of 13–4. He reached his 300th match win at the

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with Ben McLachlan defeating Hugo Nys/

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in the round of 16.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Year-end championships

Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

ATP career finals

Doubles: 42 (19 titles, 23 runner-ups)

Doubles performance timeline

''Current through the

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Klaasen, Raven 1982 births Living people Coloured South African people South African people of Dutch descent South African male tennis players Sportspeople from Qonce African Games medalists in tennis African Games gold medalists for South Africa African Games silver medalists for South Africa Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games