Jason Cask (born 7 February 1971) is a former professional

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player from Australia. He was born in Sydney, Australia.

Tennis career

Cask, who was coached by Terry Rocavert, made the quarter-finals of the boys' singles at the

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and was a boys' doubles semi-finalist at the

1989 Australian Open The 1989 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 77th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 16 through 29 January 1989. Seniors Men's ...

(with William O'Neil).ITF Junior Profile
/ref> He first attempted qualification for the men's draw in 1988 and continued to participate in the qualifiers every year without success, until he received a wild card into the

1992 Australian Open The 1992 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne, Australia and was held from 13 through 26 January 1992. It was the 80th edition of the Australian Open and the first Grand Slam tourna ...

.ATP World Tour Profile
/ref> In the first round he faced American 15th seed

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and lost in straight sets. During the

1991 ATP Tour The 1991 IBM ATP Tour was the elite tour for professional men's tennis organized by the ATP Tour. The IBM ATP Tour included the Grand Slam tournaments (organized by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP Championship Series, Single-W ...

season, Cask took part in the Queensland Open and made it to the second round, beating

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cask, Jason 1971 births Living people Australian male tennis players Tennis players from New South Wales 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Australian people Sportsmen from New South Wales